At the ruins of Teotihuacan, just outside of Mexico City
The Templo de Quetzalcoatl -- which was built over by later civilizations (notice the bricks on top)
Archaelogists discovered this incredible facade from ~AD 250 that had been buried under the other bricks
The Piramide del Sol in the distance (the world's third largest pyramid)
James and me with a giant cactus!
The path leading to the Piramide del Sol (Sun Pyramid)
A model of the city of Teotihuacan ...positioned spectacularly in front of the Sun Pyramid
Skelatons of 137 people were found in the Ciudadela
An incredible statue from the Museo del Sitio
Piramide del Sol -- 222 meters long on each side
Cobbled together with over 3M tons of stone without the help of animals, metal tools, or the wheel
James and Christina half way up the Pyramide del Sol
Making the climb up the second half
View up the steep sides of the Pyramide del Sol
Kimberly climing the Pyramide del Sol
The view South of the Ciudadel and surrounding valley
The view East (notice how much clearer the sky is...away from the pollution of Mexico City)
The view north of the Pyramid de la Luna and the Calzada de los Muertos
Dan and James on the top of the Piramide del Sol
Christina, Kimberly, & James resting on the top of the Piramide del Sol
The view of Teotihuacan from the top of the Piramide del Sol
Kimberly & James in front of the Piramide del Sol
Kimberly & Dan on the Calzada de los Muertos
In front of the Piramide del Sol
The Piramide de la Luna
James taking BlackBerry photos...
Resting half-way up the Piramide de la Luna
The altitude really gets to you!
The view of the Calzada de los Muertos from the top of the Piramide de la Luna
James and Christina from atop the Piramide de la Luna
James climbing around on the other structures that line the Calzada de los Muertos
Resting
At Restaurant La Gruta, outside the Teotihuacan pyramids
The cavern used to be a Toltec granary -- lunch was tasty!
Driving through Mexico City -- incredible how densely populated it is!
Tepotzotlan: In the Plaza Hidalgo in front of the San Francisco Javier Church
The front entry facing Plaza Hidalfo is classic late baroque -- or churriguersco
The main altar inside the San Francisco Javier church
Inside the San Francisco Javier church
In a small chapel inside the San Francisco Javier church
The roof of a small chapel inside the San Francisco Javier church
The library in the Museo Nacional de Virreinato, an ex-convent that once served as a Jesuit college of Indian languages.
In the museum: the remains of a saint
Pouring rain!!!
To our surprise, we left the museum to find a group of locals performing a traditional offering/ rain dance.
The scene in the Plaza Hidalgo was incredible
