I can save you the trouble of reading the rest by summarizing Mexico with one phrase: “I have to come here again”.
Mexico City welcomes me with its green beetle taxis. The thought of a super charged beetle crosses my mind as I take one of the green devils into the city. People drive here like crazy and one of the locals tells me they have a saying here: “driving in Mexico City is like having a master's degree in driving”. That’s probably true, assuming the degrees are given out by a university in hell.
The taxi takes me to a well located hotel, just next to one of the city’s well known symbols - El Angel. Even now I can see it peering at me through the window.
In my wanderings through the city I find this beautiful replica of El Angel. It doesn’t have an official name as far as I know but I guess you could call it “La Vaca” (The Cow).
After an extremely busy week I am finally able to find some time to see a little of the city and its surroundings. And so I go to see the pyramids in Teotihuacan (apparently lo rak ani kan). The dogs there don’t seem to be impressed at the huge complex of pyramids and other monuments.
Teotihuacan consists of one major boulevard – the Avenue of the Dead – and two main pyramids – the pyramids of the Sun and Moon. In addition to these there are many smaller pyramids, temples and residential areas.
The annotated version shows my legs (resting a little after having climbed the Pyramid of the Moon) overlooking the Pyramid of the Sun, looming over the Avenue of the dead.
When I started writing this I was about to go to the airport to catch my flight to Rio de Janeiro. Things have changed though – I’m coming back home a lot sooner than expected – so see you soon!
