In the morning I went with the two British girls I had dined with last night, Charlotte and her sister Lexi, to the Teotihuacan Pyramids. There are two pyramids, the larger one being the Pyramid of the Sun, and the smaller one the Pyramid of the Moon. After taking a local bus to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, we took another bus an hour northwest to Teotihuacan.
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| A poorly representative photo of the sprawl of Mexico City on the way to Teotihuacan |
The steps leading up the Pyramid of the Sun are steep, but you reach the top surprisingly quickly, that is, if you take adequate breaks after each section of stairs. Weather was nearly perfect when we went -- overcast, but not hot. To the southwest, the edge of Mexico City's sprawl could be seen. In other directions, small towns lazed in the desert. We took bucketloads of photos and a snack break before climbing back down.
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| Charlotte, Lexi, and I with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background |
After climbing Pyramid of the Moon (halfway up was as far as was allowed), we exited through Puerta 3 and caught the bus back to Mexico City after snacking on some fruit cups from a nearby vendor. The bus back to Centro Historico from the main bus station was so full it felt like there was a queue just to get off the bus. You would need to get up from your seat a few stops early so that you could shuffle back a few people, one stop at a time, before arriving at the exit doors hopefully by the time your stop came up.
Later that night myself, the British girls, and the Australian girl from the previous night and her friend who had just arrived that day went out to dinner. The place we originally had in mind didn't have space for our group but we found a building nearby that had a ground floor bar, and about a dozen different restaurants and bars in a loft and covered balcony area upstairs. I would later find out it was actually a hostel.
Later that night myself, the British girls, and the Australian girl from the previous night and her friend who had just arrived that day went out to dinner. The place we originally had in mind didn't have space for our group but we found a building nearby that had a ground floor bar, and about a dozen different restaurants and bars in a loft and covered balcony area upstairs. I would later find out it was actually a hostel.
The place was really neat, with many large, picnic bench style tables for sitting at, and you had your choice of many different varieties of food.
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| One side of the upstairs loft area |
We turned in relatively early at 11 because the British girls had an early bus the next morning.
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