Published: December 20th 2009December 20th 2009
Teotihuacan!
We roughed a 45 min bus ride and pounded up an endless stream of stairs... and here we are: on the top of the 2nd biggest pyramid in Mexico!
It seems we've been doing a lot of 'resting' these days, though we've definitely earned our padded bike shorts on the few days where we have been on our saddles. Since San Miguel we traveled through Guanajuato, Queretaro, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo states to arrive at S'mac's in Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca. (S'mac is Sarah M, a hilarious energy filled friend of Nicholas' from his time in Fukui. Huajuapan is a town of 80,000 very religious people in Northern Oaxaca state). We took a side bus trip to Mexico City (we don't bike NORTH) and spent our first real days as a legitimate tourist in the big city. As always, pictures say it better than words, and so I'll end this blog post with a few borrowed words:
"Dream of that you are able to dream of; Go where you are able to go; Do what you are able to do; LIVE!"
(Efren Zenteno- a cyclist we met on the road who this year completed his quest to cycle across all 7 continents)
Wishing everyone the best for the holiday season!
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Look honey! We're lost!
Nicholas trying to decipher the not-so-complicated roads of Queretaro
And ofcourse to Sara, Angel and Israel in Huajuapan. We treated their home like it was our own: cooking, laundrying, spreading out all our stuff... And in return they drove us to one of the prettiest places we've seen on this trip, shared meals and stories, introduced us to their friends and were just all around happy wonderful people! (oh, and Sara also gave us her beautiful pictures that are now up on our blog!) We're now THAT much more ready to face the hills (we've seen previews) up ahead!
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chocolate craving...
Nicholas was less than impressed with me ordering a cup of hot chocolate the size of my head...
5 minutes of fame
We were celebreties for all of 5 minutes when a bus transporting a family from a wedding stopped at our impromptu campsite... A conversation with one aunt, turned into an autograph signing, picture taking frenzy!
The long way up to Huajuapan
Squint and look to the right hand side of the picture... That's the road, way down below, that we came up this hill on!
Learning how to handle a gun...
In Huajuapan, a good shot earns you dancing marionette display!
Holiday Party Huajuapan Style!
Sarah, her colleagues and their assortment of friends know how to put together a fun party!
Pinata?
A party's not a party without a little pinata smashing... I wasn't very good
Candy hoarding
The most exciting part of pinata bashing is dashing for the goodies afterwards! This sugar is going to get us up a LOT of hills!
Who forgot the tent poles?
Having camped for the most of our four months on the road, you'd think we'd have this camping thing down... But there we were, having driven 4 hours to a beautiful waterfall, trying to set up our tent... with our tent poles back at the apartment!
Wow, now this is REAL camping
Chairs, a grill, friends and a campfire? So THIS is what camping is like more than 20m from the highway!
Venturing into the cave...
S'mac and Angel showing us the way down...
And the stars!
S'mac trying to describe how even MORE beautiful the waterfall is in the summertime when the water is not ice cold
Frieda?
Enjoying the garden in the Blue House... the Frieda Kahlo museum that once housed one of the most famous Latin American artists
Birthday Margaritas!
Nicholas's birthday falling on a Thursday meant we could capitalise on Jue-Beves (Thursday drinks...) Here's Nicholas and Ana hamming it up for the Birthday photo!
Our version of a birthday cake!
These little half chocolate, half vanilla cupcakes were SO good, that I couldn't think of a better birthday cake... And yes, that IS a Starbucks Frappucino in the background...
Only in Mexico city...
Instead of celebrating the warmth and sunshine of December in Mexico, the chulangos (people from Mexico city) decided to instead make thousands of pounds of snow and ice, and transformed the centre Zocalo into a winter wonderland... We stood dumbfounded as people lined up for HOURS to skate on the outdoor skating rink, throw fake snowballs at each other and drive snowmobiles on a 5 m snow track...
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Date: 28th December 2009
now I get it
We wondered what was going on in the DF zocalo but didn't venture to really find out. Glad you did... while I flee from the cold, Mexicans are creating a winter wonderland. How Ironic.
From Blog: Season's Greetings!
now I get it
We wondered what was going on in the DF zocalo but didn't venture to really find out. Glad you did... while I flee from the cold, Mexicans are creating a winter wonderland. How Ironic.
From Blog: Season's Greetings!
Date: 9th January 2010
happy 2010!
hello my half-chocolate, half-vanilla cupcakes!! I love love love all the pictures in this blog! looks like y'all are having a blast! and Emi chan, thank you for the snailmail! you rock my world chica! and happy belated birthday Nicholas! lots of love being sent your way!
From Blog: Season's Greetings!
happy 2010!
hello my half-chocolate, half-vanilla cupcakes!! I love love love all the pictures in this blog! looks like y'all are having a blast! and Emi chan, thank you for the snailmail! you rock my world chica! and happy belated birthday Nicholas! lots of love being sent your way!
From Blog: Season's Greetings!
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Hujuapan hearts u
So happy to see that H-to-the-L made the blog! We had a blast hosting you. Hope the memories of crazy Catholics at 4:30 am, my crazy co-workers at 3:30 am, and crazy-long drives to waterfalls (and Camilla!) make you laugh from time to time on the long road ahead...or at least helped you get through the killer hills on the way to Oaxaca City. Sending lots of love to you both. Merry Ku-ri-su-ma-su!!
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