Classical Period Pyramids. I had to go! Probably the first pyramids in the Americas, built sometime around 200BC, these ruins were interesting. Having seen Macchu Pichu, Angkor Wat, Chichen Itza, the Great Wall of China and the Terracotta Army, I was not expecting to be wowed at all by these Central Mexican pyramids. I was mistaken, they were awesome and impressive! The Pyramid of the Sun was huge, and symmetric layout of the area was incredible, but even more incredible was the views from the tops of the pyramids (though the proximity to Mexico City meant smog was one of the things to view). I went with two of my new friends and we sat in the super powerful and hot sun and I talked way too much about what I knew about the Aztecs and ... read more

Wrapped up my time at the archives for the week and decided to go check out the old Aztec central Temple. It was another excellent museum. I loved it. My power cord on my computer died and I though I lost computer access, but remembered all about those amazing things called cibercafes. Not much to tell other than the fact that I didn't sit in my room typing all night and looking at pictures and information led me to go hangout with people. I had lots of fun, I met another Canadian, a Swede and two Americans. We went out for dinner and some beers before I returned to the B&B to prepare for a good night sleep.... read more

So I woke up a little late but found my way to the Archive only to find out that it was bureaucratic hell. 3 hours of registering only to find out that I need to supply my own gloves and face mask. Also I found out that I needed to bring my passport to register (an hour and a half round trip back to the bed and breakfast). So rather than finding the face masks and gloves, I decided to go and see what was happening in the city center. And I can say it was rather exciting! I guess the city holds a really large celebration for Day of the Dead even though I had heard that most of the 'good stuff' happens in Oaxaca, I guess they were wrong! Lots of food, dancing and ... read more

I have started this trip completely unprepared for what was coming. I knew nothing about Mexico City but did not care. I met up with some old friends and crashed on their couch in the East Queen St. area near Broadview Ave. My first night (the 28th) was just some relaxing and laughing while we talked about the things that had happened since I we had last hung out. It had been years since we had seen each other. They both had to work the next day and I was exhausted, so we called it an early night around midnight and commented on our status of becoming old. The next morning I had breakfast with Littlefair in Greektown at the Detroit Eatery (or something like that) and talked about how crazy it was that Rob Ford ... read more

I can´t believe it, but the ending is approaching quickly. Córdoba is going to be my last new stop on this adventure and it is unfortunately not as adventure filled as you could hope for from a place like this. It is nice, but it is basically just a smaller version of Buenos Aires. Now, to my understanding, the surrounding countryside is supposed to be amazingly beautiful with lots of hills and forests that could make for weeks of camping and adventures. Unfortunately for me that doesn´t work into my very real concrete schedule (I also had to not do some pretty cool sounding things around Salta, and skip Jujuy and San Pedro de Atacama and.... You always have to skip something unfortunately). The bus ride and my last day in Salta were fairly uneventful. I ... read more