It's located about 50 miles north-west of mexico city, and we got there by bus, which proved to be a pleasure of its own. Every time the bus stopped, various traders would hop on to punt there wares. After about 15 mins, 2 cheerfully hairy musicians hopped on and proceeded to seronade us for the next half an hour. Strangely they decided to face the Japanese couple next to us, who pretended to be asleep for the entire time they played. The music was fantastic though, and really made the journey for us.
Once we arrived we began to see the scale of the place that we were in. Its quite hard to describe what it was like, so here's set of choice pictures:
"Hmmm...big innit"
Pyrmaid Del Sol, apparently since found out to have nothing to do with the sun, but actually dedicated to the rain.
Ahh...aren't we pretty...and a bit hot and sweaty. It was seriously hot out there.
Clair didn't fancy climbing the 248 mahoosive steps up to the top of the Pyramid del Sol. So I took a picture of her walking round the base.
Another piccy from the top of the biggest of the 2 pyramids showing the Calzada de los muertos (Avenue of the Dead). The main drag that runs for up to 5km through the city. All the bits to the side are actually apartment complexes where the people of the city (upwards of 20000 inhabatants) lived.
Walking up the Avenue of the dead to the Pyramid of the Moon.
"Yeah Hi".... a picture taken by yet another cheerfully helpful mexican on the pyramid of the moon, as the steps were nearly vertical, so it was just me up there.
There's Clair in the middle of that plinth below.
And here she is by one of the unbelievably large agarve plants growing all around the site.
All in all a really stunning day.