Teotihuacan

just north of Mexico City is one of Mexico's most famous ruins

no one knows who the people who lived there were

or what language they spoke

the city was abandoned hundreds of years before the Aztec came

I was awed by the scale, it was huge

that's the Pyramid of the Moon

located at the end of the Avenue of the Dead

that's obviously not what the people who built it and lived there called it....

it was steep!

going up was way easier than going down

we got up to the top - yeah!!

going to the edge to come back down was like going over a cliff

had a great view down the Avenue from the top

well half way up the top was as far as you could go

to the left is the other large pyramid, the Pyramid of the Sun

it is even bigger than the Pyramid of the Moon

and just as tricky going down

had to go side step

great photo Jacquie, with the sun, cool, thanks!

when we first got there, there was almost no one else there

it was wonderful to experience the energy of the place by ourselves

at one point, Betsy and I left the main avenue

found some shade trees off to the right there to have a smoke

we started looking around and found several potsheds, some with dull red paint

and some with curved lips like in bowls

we thought we had found diamonds, well they were to us

by the time we left the place was packed, vendors and hawkers, crowds

up and down the streets and the pyramids

it was Sunday, and on Sunday it was free for Mexicans

and it was also Father's Day

I would be so proud to be of Mexican heritage

when my grandchildren are older - I am bringing them here

to Teotihuacan

Betsy was there

I was there

who ever the builders were, they were very interesting and creative

this one makes me smile

next - 2nd main reason to come to Mexico City - Diego Rivera's murals