FloHo goes Mexico City

Tales of a semester at IPADE

Tuesday, February 08, 2005


Been there, done that, got no t-shirt. But a good impression of the craftmanship of the Maya. WOW!

View over a good part of the area from top of the moon-pyramid

Finally walking the end of the "street of the dead" to the moon-pyramid

The moon-pyramid, taken from top of the sun-pyramid. I should mention that I laid some filters over the picture as the original ones lack some contrast - I hope you don't mind!

It's a rocky road to heaven.

The sun-pyramid in it's full beauty. This thing is BIG!

Coming closer to the sun-pyramid, the bigger one of the two big ones.

A bit of wildlife

Going over the "street of the dead" towards the moon-pyramid (in front, far away), also looking at the sun-pyramid (in front, right hand)

Look at that details!!!

This is the "little" pyramid I was talking about.

The upper part of the area, where they made a big square with a small pyramid in the middle (which you can't see right now)

After an hour long ride (for which we paid more than 1 EUR! ;->) we arrive at the ruins, this is an overview map. The whole area spreads over two kilometers.

Hansjörg and David Schröder, who had spent the night in a bus and was fearfully looking forward to repeat that two times that weekend :-)

The first "real" green beetle cab that I took! That was hell of a ride... these things don't have a "suspension".

Suits

I feel good wearing a suit, matter of fact. Makes me feel like I could handle everything, prettier as well. Can't understand people who complain about having to wear one - what else lets men look so good? The sandals with white socks? Hawaii shirts? I guess not.

We came back from the Guadelajara-trip yesterday morning, but I did not feel very good (translate: Tired as hell and unable to move my head out of bed), so you hear from me today. I added a counter to the blog, just to have an idea how many people are coming by here - be it 10 or 11 :-)

Today I'll give you some pics from the maya ruins David, Hansjörg and I visited on friday, Guadelajara follows up. Oh, and I forgot about Hansjörgs birthday pics, damn. Will fix that, too. And I have to wash my clothes, I need something to eat, I need to write my applications... and I should stop blogging during class. ;-)