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Sharon Stevens Mexico
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- 12 juil. 2019 à 17:00
- 🌧 21 °C
- Altitude: 2 237 m
- Mexique Ciudad de México Cuauhtémoc Colonia Juárez 19.43068, -99.1634819°25’50” N 99°9’49” W
Jour 17
Hotel Carlota
12 juillet 2019, Mexique ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
A hotel with a pool and some very industrial styling.
I wanted to live it up for a night and stay in a "high end" hotel.
It was amazing! And I made sure I took all the complementary amenities 😂
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Sharon Stevens Mexico
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- 13 juil. 2019 à 15:00
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 2 231 m
- Mexique Ciudad de México Pista Olímpico Virgilio Uribe Canal el Bordo 19.28586, -99.1022219°17’9” N 99°6’8” W
Jour 18
Kayak in Xochimilco
13 juillet 2019, Mexique ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
My friend and i went to view the canals in a different manner to the usual embarcaderos.
For the love of kayaking and for the love of the tranquillity it offers.
After an hour of paddling we had a very quick stop at isla de munecas (island if the dolls) which is a local legend of horror story quality, and then we were caught in the rain.
Soaked head to toe we came back to 'dock' as quickly as possible, indulged in flautas and beer drank and besides being cold and uncomfortable, overall we were merry.
However, the hot shower I had when i got home was priceless.En savoir plus
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Sharon Stevens Mexico
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- 14 juil. 2019 à 13:00
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 2 253 m
- Mexique Ciudad de México Cuauhtémoc Centro Museo Nacional de Arte 19.436239, -99.13946619°26’10” N 99°8’22” W
Jour 19
Museo Nacional de Arte
14 juillet 2019, Mexique ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Sunday = Free day.
I was scrambling for things to do today.
Sundays are typically days spent with the family, and consequently, getting out of the house.
It can be a bit depressing when travelling solo to sit alone somewhere and watch other people have fun together.
So, i did the next best thing - went shopping - and then ended up at the National Museum of Art.
It was quite impressive, the artworks on display are very good and there is a lot of art by famous Mexican artists and art covering the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.En savoir plus
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Sharon Stevens Mexico
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- 15 juil. 2019 à 11:00
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 2 298 m
- Mexique Ciudad de México Manantial Peña Pobre Parque Ecológico Loreto y Peña Pobre 19.29636, -99.18366519°17’47” N 99°11’1” W
Jour 20
Loreto y Pena Ecological Park
15 juillet 2019, Mexique ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
So, what happens when you try to make plans on a Monday?
Monday is closing day for 99% of the attractions in Mexico City, so i thought, I know! I will go and visit some more parks. They are usually beautiful and free, i can take my own lunch and have a good day out.
Well that was the plan.
Travelling an hour to my first stop, the botanical gardens at the university, i discovered it is school holidays and so, even after looking it up on google, and asking a lady who worked at the university if it was open, i discovered it was not.
Plan B, head further south and go to another park.
I was expecting too much, and was therefore a little disappointed, but took the time to take some photos anyway.
So 3 hours (return) travelling time equated to 1 hour in the park and 1 hour in the shopping mall next to the park for lunch.
Not what i had planned but at least it was good practice for use of the public transport.En savoir plus
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Sharon Stevens Mexico
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- 16 juil. 2019 à 05:00
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 2 079 m
- Mexique Estado de Hidalgo Tula de Allende San Marcos Cerro Tesoro 20.064185, -99.34044420°3’51” N 99°20’26” W
Jour 21
Archaelogical Sitio Tula
16 juillet 2019, Mexique ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Yeah! Ruins!!!!!! My most favourite part of Mexico.
It was an early start, getting to the bus station for 8am. Travelling more or less 2 hours to Tula, a small little town north of Mexico city.
I was going solely for the ruins.
And the site was small but i still got 1000 photos, and spent a good 2 hours walking around.
I am starting to wish i had taken up archaeology as a profession so that i could really delve into the sites, but for the time being i will have to settle for taking photos and reading the information boards.
The most fascinating part of these ruins are the carved Toltec warrior columns, which sit atop one of the pyramids.
With links to both Teotihuacan and Chitzen Itza (which are literally decades apart) it's a very interesting little site.En savoir plus
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Sharon Stevens Mexico
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- 17 juil. 2019 à 10:00
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 2 147 m
- Mexique Estado de Puebla San Andrés Cholula San Miguel 19.056355, -98.30160419°3’23” N 98°18’6” W
Jour 22
Cholula Church
17 juillet 2019, Mexique ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I sucked it up and joined a tour to visit Cholula (and Puebla - see next post).
Its a pretty little place with really colourful buildings and this beautiful little church set on what used to be the worlds widest pyramid.
Unfortunately, the spanish came and destroyed the pyramid and covered it with dirt and build this little church on top, so now we cannot see the pyramid and it is now too badly damaged to try and restore, but the church makes up for it.
Inside (cannot take photos) is one of the most spectacular i have seen. Gold and white it is a sight to be seen.
The volcanoes were covered with clouds, so i was not able to get the iconic photo seen in all the pictures.En savoir plus
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Sharon Stevens Mexico
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- 17 juil. 2019 à 14:34
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 2 150 m
- Mexique Puebla Honradez y Progreso 19.04144, -98.20627319°2’29” N 98°12’23” W
Jour 22
Puebla
17 juillet 2019, Mexique ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
After our short visit to Cholula we continued another 40 minutes to the town of Puebla.
It reminded me very much of another Mexican town of San Cristobal de las Casas, which is one of my favorites.
Being part of a tour group it meant that basically we went on a guided orientation and had about an hour spare time to see the sites.
It wasn't nearly enough time and i think it could be possible to spend an additional 2 days venturing around.
The architecture is very pretty and very beautiful.
Maybe on my next visit i will spend more time here.
(there is also another big ruins close by that i really want to explore)En savoir plus
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