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North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico February 3rd 2008

Tim and Barb dropped us off at the airport and we had dinner with them. So much nicer to be dropped off to(or picked up from) an airport by friends or family than by random strangers. Just a quick note about Vancouver airport, even though in the scheme of things it pales in significance to other things I have to write about (as I am writing this about a week later) but I have never been in a nicer airport. If airports at all reflect the area that they are in, then Vancouver's does a pretty good first/last impression. What other airport can you lie next to a creek (even if it is an artificial one) surrounded by plants and listen to bird calls and rain forest tracks played through the speakers? Any nerves (and there ... read more
Jono sitting by the creek... in the airport
Jono in our luxury hostel room
Inside the hostel

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico January 20th 2008

I got ride from Mexican climbers to go south of Mexico on Mid Jan. 3climbers from Mexico city, 2climbers from Guadalajara. they are very nice. I am very lucky . we were staying one of climbers house in mexico city, and camping , climbing around mexico city 1week. I am leaning some climbers spanish ,too. more photos here http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=6448g34s.c8p0vs9k&x=0&y=4w7gmu ... read more
la cueva
la cueva
arenal

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Teotihuacán January 15th 2008

Templo = Tiempo= Time......Being in a temple, stopping time, encontrar la propia divinidad Indescriptible, mirarse a los ojos profundamente. Saber que a través de ellos no hay tiempo ni lugar, sólo espacio vital para volar. Tomando el metro en la estación Allende, cambiando de línea muuuchas veces, llegamos al Terminal de Buses Norte, y nos subimos al bus rumbo a las ruinas. Nos encontramos con Adrian S. King (US) y nos dejamos llevar los los pasajes hacia el Templo de Quetzalcoatl, luego el Templo del Sol, por la ruta de los muertos hacia la Pirámide de la Luna, luego al Museo arqueológico. Luego nos encontramos con Juanito, un arquitecto de la Universidad Autónoma de México, quien nos compartió su visión del emplazamiento, nos explicó la historia de construcción de esta ciudad, sus efectos visuales, el tratamiento ... read more
Sun Temple before climbing him
Me touching sun energy / top of Sun Pyramid
Adrian´s offering /Up the Sun Pyramid

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Teotihuacán December 29th 2007

unweit des hostels findet sich die studihütte, die vermieterin ist nett und die küche sitzt voll mit freundlichen studentinnen aus aller herren länder. die schönste frau der welt ist leider vermißt gemeldet, eine mitbewohnerin vermutet sie bei ihrem freund. da das der grund ist warum ich dringend zum mariachisingen und flirten da bin hält sich meine überraschung in grenzen und ich hinterlasse blümchen und die adresse des hostels an der tür. im hostel hat sich auch noch niemand zum bier und nachricht abholen gefunden, dafür ist die hütte voll mit semesterende feiernden jungstudenten. ich begeb' mich zur metro und fahr nach indios verdes, von wo ein bus nach acolman in der letzten reihe des gewirres abfährt. jouan und pedro wollen auch zum konzert, sie zeigen mir wo wir hin müssen und sind sehr fasziniert über deutsche, ... read more
begrüßungsfeuerwerk in acolman
panteon rococo
indianer beim kampfliederabsingen

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Teotihuacán December 3rd 2007

After the Big Apple we flew down to Mexico City (on the 19th november). Again, apologies for the late updates but as I hurriedly mentioned in the previous post we have been having a bit of a mare with our photos and trouble getting the internet to work. Mexico city is a huge, dirty city with a bit of a traffic problem. We were told that 18 million people live there and that 30% of the population are under 18. Randy buggers, the mexicans. Anyway, we quickly checked the place out (there is a really cool cathedral and some mad old pyramids that the spaniards demolished and built churches on top of), and left the next day for Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan is an ancient city that no-one really knows anything about. They don´t even know who built ... read more
Teotihuacan

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico November 15th 2007

Hola todos! Nous voici a la 2e journée de notre périple. Nous n'avons toujours pas nos sacs, mais c pas grave, la vie continue...Nous avons passé une partie de l'avant-midi et tout l'apres-midi a marcher a travers la ville de México. C'était agréable, mais vraiment agité...ici les rues sont bondées de vendeurs ambulants de toutes sortes et les gens aiment bien abuser du klaxon...c'est la musique des grandes villes. Nous sommes revenues a notre hotel vers 4h et avons été un peu découragées de voir que nos sacs n'étaient toujours pas arrivés...ils étaient censés etre la...mais bon que voulez-vous, c la vie! Nous nous sommes donc assises au salon, espérant trouver un moyen d'oublier nos sacs. C'est alors que l'alcool nous a trouvées...eh oui, le barman est venu a nous...il avait compris notre désarroi et il ... read more

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico October 17th 2007

Hola Amigos ! Da har vi endelig kommet til Mexico-city.Hadde en litt daarlig start som vi nevnte i forrige utgave av Erik og Miriams reise blog.Har vaart i Mexico en stund naa og har faat oppleve en del allerede. Heldighvis kom bagasjen fram denne gangen...puh.Fikk oss et ok hotell i mexico-city noe slittent men har vaart borti verre.Det fungerer og det er det.Er litt usikker paa om Miriam saa noen Kakkerlakker borti gangen.He he Har vaart fram og tilbake i denne kjempe byen for og prove og faa med oss det som vi kan av serverdighter.Og de staar i koer for og selge oss all skitt du kan tenke deg.Vi Har hatt 4 dager i Mexico-city foer vi satt kursen for Cancun og Playa del Carmen.Vi hadde en uforglemmelig tur til Pyramiden Teotihucan som ligger 45 ... read more
Mexico
mexico
mexico

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico October 8th 2007

Well they say start as you mean to continue and so armed with my backpack I set off on foot from the house in England. Over 24hrs later, having virtually had a cavity search in Toronto, the plane swooped down over Mexico City and arrived safely on the afternoon of the 7th. Everybody knows that Mexico City is one of the biggest metropoli in the world but when you actually fly over the place it really brings it home. It's not even like it's just shanty towns or low rise buidlings either it's big tower blocks and conjested roads all jammed tight together and stretching endlessly into the distance, disapearing into the thick brown smog that often looms over the city. When I landed it didn't really take long to get a good idea of what ... read more
Gotta love the beetles!
Shaman blessing
Lunch

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Teotihuacán September 13th 2007

(July 31, 2007) In February of 2004 a professor at the department of anthropology at Michigan had offered some students the opportunity to do a dig just outside of Mexico City. It was part of the work he was doing, and I became very interested. However, because I had been offered another research job in Cuernavaca, Mexico, I was not able to take up the offer to do the dig. At that time, my interest in Mexico was growing, especially the history and the archaeological record. Tenochtitlan, now Teotichuacan, always came up in readings, and soon became one of the top spots that I had wanted to visit. Three years later, I finally was able to visit the historic Aztec capital with Janneth. We left our hotel room early, had a nice breakfast, and made the ... read more
Mexico City
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Teotihuacán August 22nd 2007

My hostel was running a trip to Teotihuacan (pronounced Tey-oh-tih-wacan) which is an ancient city with pyramids an hour north of Mexico City. However, I decided that to save money and to beat the crowds I'd make the journey myself. Tricky.....or so I though! I set my alarm early and work to find that it was raining outside- boo! I grabbed my umbrella but stupidly didn't bring my jumper (I assumed it would soon brighten up) and set off. After an hour on the metro and an hour on the bus I arrived at the site. It was still raining, but the plus was that it was absolutely empty! The site is set over 2km and I counted 12 people while I was there. Piramide del Sol is the world's 3rd largest Pyramid and I climbed ... read more
View from the top
Windswept Sophie
The Moon Pyramid




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