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Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico This is the entrance to the museum at the first archeological site,
the name of this site was called Cacaxtla (Ka-kasht-la). |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico How COOL is that? |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico What a wonderful display of artifacts. |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico We wonder what happened to that poor guys head on the left. My
goodness! Notice the difference in the shape of the center skull, it
is much wider in the middle. |
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Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico This was incredible. It was right in the floor of the museum with
glass over it. Notice the few artifacts that were buried with this
individual. |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico What a great display of historical art. |
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Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico If you look closely at this sign you will see a number of
things. First, we start with the site at the top, it is completely
covered over with a roof, and is in the process of still being excavated. The roof
has got to be about 300 meters long by 150 meters wide. It is massive! |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico Heading towards the first site you can see the massive roof and
get a sense of just how big it was. |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico On the way there we saw this cute little pyramid. |
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 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico Seeing Cindy in the distance gives you and idea of how big this site
is. |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico Wow, that is an original painting on the wall down there.
Unbelievable, how bright and clear they are. |
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 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico More paintings! Despite being under the big roof, these very old
murals have a little roof over them and Plexiglas in front. In
addition, they had installed a roll down blind to protect them from the
light (even though this area was very near the center of the big roof, we
don't think the sun would EVER reach the murals... oh well...) |
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 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico These next two shots are quite something. They are so well preserved we can't
believe how lucky we are to be here to see them. What history! |
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 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico This is the the beautiful view of the farmlands in the valley. We
had quite the vantage point from up here. A long time ago, there was
a big lake in this valley. It's gone now, but we could imagine it
there, with the crops and fields looking much like they are now. For
over 2000 years this valley has been farmed... Incredible. |
 Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico See the three tiny people down there in the center? |
 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico This is a distant view of Xochitecatl (So-chi-te-catl) and the trail leading to it.
We crossed gardens and fields and climbed hills to get there. It was
a beautiful hike and a great time to contemplate our love for each other.
But we guess we did not contemplate it enough as we were still not talking
when we got to the other side. Watch for Cindy in the distance in
the coming photos :). |
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 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico At the foot of the stairs of this main structure there was this huge,
carved rock
bowl, probably able two meters in diameter and this small pool about three
meters across. |
 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico Look at that view! |
 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico This is a view back to the other site showing the trail we took to get
to this site. |
 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico This pyramid was tiered all the way down each side. |
 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico Again, look at that view! |
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 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico The agaves in the foreground must have stood two meters tall. We are
seeing them all over Mexico and they are really something else. |
 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico This was one of our favourite pyramids at this site, simply because it
was so unusual to see a round pyramid. Originally, you would start at the
base and wind your way around and around until you got to the top.
Now they have stairs leading up to the top. Still very impressive. |
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 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico Again look at that view and that fertile land! |
 Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico There was a small museum and display at this site also. Outside,
these works were displayed... |
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Xochitecatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico We are now heading back to the other site...and then back to the coach,
where we kiss and make up :) |
 Heading towards San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico We are traveling again. Now we are heading north and west towards a
wonderful little town called San Juan Teotihuacán, where we spend over two
weeks. We took a number of side trips from here, which we will
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 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico We are here, and we have to turn where that bus is coming out!!
Oh Oh!! How are we going to do that, there are no traffic lights, there is
lots of traffic and it is a tight turn! But thanks to Barry's great
driving skills we make it, with only a few honks. |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico We find the RV Park and as usual we are the only ones here. It is
so quiet we can't believe it. The lady that owns the park speaks a
fair amount of English, she is kind and funny and we just loved her.
We should also mention that although it rains each day around 5:00 pm, it
is much cooler up here in the mountains of the interior. We are enjoying
the interior much more than we ever thought we would. |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico Look at the size of that tree! |
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 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico That's right, this is the zocalo... |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico And the Government Palace... |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico In their square they have all of these little plastic electric cars for
the kids to drive around, it is so cute and funny to watch them.
They don't know to watch for pedestrians and almost always collide with
someone. We sat safely on a bench and enjoyed the entertainment. |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico Sometimes we just can't resist. Our lunch was just delicious! We just love Mexican
food. |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico We are like a couple of big kids! |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico What a beautiful church. We just had to go and check it out. |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico One of these things is not like the others... |
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San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico Stairway to heaven... |
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San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico Look at that magnificent door. We are always impressed by these. The smaller door at the bottom is big enough to walk upright
through. That gives you and idea how big the whole door is!
They are made of solid wood and must weigh a ton, they have got to be at least
15 cms thick! |
 San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico This was a Sunday and so there were a lot of families and teenagers
just hanging around in the courtyard of the church. It was really
nice to see, and we relaxed and sat for awhile... |
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San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico We just love this statue!! This is a Fertility God...we guess you
can see why it is called that?!? |
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San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico, Mexico At this intersection near the church, the indicators on the road
basically say that you can go anywhere you like! Only in Mexico... |
| Well, that's it for July! Thank you for your patience.
Needless to say, it was a daunting task to compile all of these photos and
information, but we did it!! YES!! We look forward to meeting
up with you again next month. August is not quite as busy as July,
but almost. We have lots more to show you of our day trips around
Teotihuacán. We'll you soon...
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