Teotihuacan....... Wow

So yesterday we were up at 5am with Thomas our roommate and out the door by 530am to go grab a bus to Teotihuacan, an hour or so outside the city. We got to the Zocalo subway station that was deserted, our luck was in, rush our starts at 6 and you wouldn`t believe the rush hour, it was like people were playing Rugby the way the crammed throught the doors! Even with the early hour the subway car was busy but we made it to the bus station easily by 610, just in time to get the 615 bus, arrival at 730ish.

The bus driver was crazy, it was unreal, full lock to the right and pedal to the metal to get out of stopped traffic, and to top it off the air conditioning was in full blast, it was soooooo cold! We arrived safely and expecting to walk out into warmer climates, it was about 10 degrees colder than the city...... not fun. But our spirits were lifted when we realized we were the first through the gates, the only people in the entire site.... totally worth the early start.

We climbed the 1st pyramid, not too high, but steep, the Sun was not yet over the hills. The view was amazing. We could see the Pyramid of the Sun towering to the North, with teh Pyramid of the Moon (the lesser of the 2) not faqr behind it. What a sight, Piramide del Sol stands at 63m tall, the highest in the world when it was constructed in 100AD. Time to literally clamber down the pyramid we were on and venture down the Road of the Dead to see this monstrosity close up!

We were not dissapointed, the whole way down there were places to explore, we even made a new canine friend, and the view of the pyramid just got better and better. From the base it was simply awesome in the true sense of the word. Time to climb! Thankfully they had installed hand rail because this was some serious stewp climbing, some so steep and shallow it was hard to get a foot on! we stopped at each of the 3 levels to a) catch our breath and b) take in the amazing views of the rest of the site. Whn we reaqched the top, the 1st to summit that day, even ahead of the guard, there was still noone around and definately noone else on the pyramid..... TOTALLY worth the early morning. It was amazing to think how this was constructed nearly 2000 years ago, we just took it in for as long as possible and then started to descend, not an easy feet, thank God for the hand rails!

When we reached the bottom we ventured towards the Pyramid of the Moon, exploring a little on the way, ti was beautiful to see the excavated rooms with original murials and carings. The 2nd Pyramid, though small, was just as tough, the step0s were nearly up to my knee and didnt seem to end, I was almost grateful when we saw that the next 2 sets were closed! The only people up there, we sat and watched some other people filter towards us. Having gotten the work out for the day we decided to leave, with a flyby visit to the museum. We now just had to find our way back to the City, and some lunch on the way.

More to come, time is up on the computer.