Last time we were here we thought how much better it would be to arrive first thing in the morning. With our kids, getting up early is not a problem (though either is going to bed early), so we were out the door at seven-thirty to watch the ruins of Teotihuacan wake up.
Because we stopped to take some pictures four guys beat us to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. They took one picture together and ran back down, leaving us all alone with the view—we even brought breakfast.
On our way up Ali and I were puzzling over a large orange fence that wrapped halfway around the middle of the pyramid. Once we got up there we realized that the fence actually formed a single file line that wrapped back and forth five times to handle the afternoon crowds.
It was beautiful being up there with the morning sun watching the hot-air balloons go drifting by. Even the kids seemed to appreciate how unique it was to be all alone in a place like this.
After hiking down from the Pyramid of the Sun we walked over and climbed up the Pyramid of the Moon for a different perspective. Again, even though it was well after nine by now, we were the only ones up there. The peace had been broken by now though, by the army of weed whackers that keep the grounds trimmed. This is about the only place in Mexico that they aren’t just using machetes for trimming weeds. Even the road crews rarely get a gas eating weed machine.
This is what happens when Ali says, “Hey you guys, let me get a picture of you with Papa.”
“Papa, look at this picture I took upside down.” Proud of himself.
Almost like he’s debating—hug or push? Siblings.
Ouest wanted a picture of her and Molly together. Lowe wasn’t letting that happen, which eventually led to crying. We got her puffy-eyed picture in the end.
The campground here is also used as the location of a Summer School program for seventeen kids. It didn’t take long at all for our kids to be fully integrated and for our bus and toys to become the center of the school. Ouest’s new bestie, Sofia, is eleven and speaks better English than I do Spanish. We spend a lot of time translating for each other.
8 Comments on “Pyramids of Teotihuacan”
LOVE seeing these pictures…we have the exact pictures from a couple weeks ago. It’s almost like on the top of the pyramid there’s an “X” painted as to where children should sit for a good photo opp.
More likely, some forward thinking, thoughtful, architect designed it so tourists 2100 years later would be able to get a nice picture of themselves.
Absolutely gorgeous pics
Beautiful.
Hug or push…love it. Still that way with my sister..;)
Always love your photos, but I had an out loud moment with the WSU shirt.
Adding that experience to the bucket list. Beautiful!!
Those were some gorgeous pictures! You managed to get a family picture out of the deal too! Makes me long to go back down there and show Kevin. Beautiful stuff!