On the bus ride out from the centre we picked up all sorts of randoms; playing traditional music, selling food, jewellary, all sorts, as we sped through the ever deterioting suburbs. Non-descip., grey, stone, half built houses - some built on steep slopes like the favellas of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. It´s a depressing sight and shows the vast contrast from the centre to the outskirts. On arrival at Teotihaucan I was initially struck by several things; the shear size of the place, the way tourists were massively outnumbered by school kids and finally that I had been a idiot to wear jeans. The main two sites are the Piramida de el sol and the Piramida de la luna (Pyramids of the sun and moon). After climbing the steep steps of the first pyramid
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