Ball Court

Main sport of the times involved 2 teams of 4 using mainly hips to knock a rubber ball through a ring on the side wall. If game goes against the direction of sun (?), someone gets sacrificed and their blood must touch the ground.

Monte Alban ruins, Oaxaca City

November 5th 2008
I only had 2 days in Oaxaca which made the morning lost in locating my day bag left somewhere the night before and the hostels padlock that had gone awol. Having found the bag and bought a replacement padlock I spent the remainder of the day visiting the ruins of Monte Alban. Like, Teotihuacan, not that much is known about it but it's glory days were between AD 450 and AD 600. It sits 400m up a st ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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