Teotihuacan (near Mexico City)

The Pyramid of the Sun on the right and the Pyramid of the Moon in front. I heard it in Spanish, so I might get a few things wrong, but the story goes that there were two gods. One was rich and the other poor. For some reason, if they went through a fire, they would receive more blessings. The rich one was supposed to go first but became scared and the other one went instead. Afterward the poor god was rich too. People built pyramids if their honor.
The pyramid of the sun is the largest here. If is the second largest in Mexico. The biggest being pictured at an earlier date on my blog. There were more people than normal on this day because it was the first day of spring. Many came wearing white to honor the god. There were other rituals taking place as well.
Here we are standing in line.

Here is the view from on top. This doesn't even come close to covering it all. At this sight, Mayans built and later the Aztecs came across it and built more.


In the circle are people dressed as indigenous peoples dancing.


Here is the pyramid of the moon

Here is the alley to the pyramid of the moon. Can you imagine everything covered with bright colored decorations filled with people, possibly even parades and processions.
Here is the pyramid of the moon from the ground. It is bit more intimidating from the ground, and it isn't even as big as the pyramid of the sun.
Here are the pyramids up close. You can see the diagonal lines. The stones sticking out are for holding the outside plaster in place (doesn't look like it worked...)
Here is an area of more covering.
This spot still has the painting. It is a puma. More importantly puma is the same in English and in Spanish. One less word to learn is always a victory.
Here is one of the temples. They are currently working to refinish it.
Here a commercial area (both old and new), The thatched roofs didn't stick around.
Here is waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy over, on the opposite from the pyramid of the moon, this is the pyramid of Quetzalcoatl the god of rain.
Quetzalcoatl is a snake with wings. Here is a close up of a few forms of its head.
After viewing and climbing, we got under a tree.
From the safety of the shade we watched some men play some music on top of a pole.
After their song they jumped off and going round and round they went lower...
and lower...
and lower til they bump their heads on a rock... Actually they catch themselves before.