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    • Dag 174

      Teotihuacán

      9. januar 2023, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Schöner und interessanter Ausflug zur einst wichtigsten Stadt Mesoamerikas. Zwischen 100-650 n. Chr. war Teotihuacan nicht nur wirtschaftliches und kulturelles Zentrum sondern auch mit bis zu 200 000 Einwohnern die größte Stadt des Kontinents. Heute lassen die Ruinen der verschiedenen Tempel und v.a. die beiden großen Pyramiden den Glanz und Ruhm dieser frühen Hochkultur erahnen. Um 750 wurde die Stadt verlassen und die Azteken fanden diese erst Jahrhunderte später als magische Ruinenstätte vor und gaben ihr den heutigen Namen. Da die Teotihuacan keine Schrift hatten können Erkenntnisse über Zusammenleben nur durch archäologische Funde gesammelt werden. Die Wandmalereien (hier aus dem Palacio de Tepantila) zeigen z.B. neben mythologischen Entstehungsszenarien, Fußballspiel und Mathematiker die mit Hilfe von Murmeln rechnen.

      Beautiful and interesting excursion to the once most important city of Mesoamerica. Between 100-650 AD Teotihuacan was not only an economic and cultural center but also the largest city on the continent with up to 200,000 inhabitants. Today, the ruins of the various temples and especially the two great pyramids give an idea of the splendor and glory of this early advanced civilization. Around 750 the city was abandoned and the Aztecs found it centuries later as a magical ruin site and gave it its present name. Since the Teotihuacan had no writing, knowledge about coexistence can only be gathered through archaeological findings. The wall paintings (here from the Palacio de Tepantila) show e.g. beside mythological origin scenarios, soccer game and mathematicians calculating with the help of marbles.
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    • Dag 56

      Mexico City III: Teotihuacan & Garibaldi

      5. oktober 2022, Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      The last early rise of our trip. We caught a 5:30am shuttle that would take us out to Teotihuacan, the ancient temple city near Mexico City with its famous pyramids. Based on recommendations from fellow travelers, we opted to explore the site with a hot air balloon ride from above. Truly majestic, how the Ballons slowly rise from the ground. The ascent then was slow and without any shaking. Initially, I was a little afraid, but then got used to being in the air in this small basket.
      It was a little cloudy, which made for a great sunrise and atmosphere and we were lucky to at least catch a glimpse of the pyramids through the fog.
      Back on ground, we then walked through the complex (unfortunately you're not allowed to climb the pyramids anymore). Quite impressive considering they are almost 2000 years old - understandable that the civilizations that followed the initial builders (such as the Aztecs) continued worshipping these majestic buildings.
      After a rest when we returned to to the City, we had one more agenda item: Plaza Garibaldi - famous for its mariachi bands. We had dinner at a friend's recommended restaurant and asked for a song - as is the custom. While we both won't become the biggest fans, we were happy we experienced this part of Mexican culture.
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    • Dag 3

      Teotihuacan Pyramids & Guadalupe Shrine

      1. januar, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      New Years Day
      We had an early start today to get out to the ‘Teotihuacan Pyramids’ an ancient city (100 BC to AD 650) north east of Mexico City. Described as a ‘Mesoamerican city’ it is a vast complex of pyramids that have been partially restored demonstrating the size and scale of the historic site (which lies only partially discovered). Interestingly if local residents find remains of ruins whilst building or extending their properties the government will give them half the value of the land/property and move them out. This has led to a ‘nothing to see here culture’, understandably!

      It was a hot day and we did a lot of walking, Bert had the honour of being carried on Marks back but Elana walked it all, probably around 5km in all and up and down a lot of steps leading to the pyramids and along the ‘Avenue of the Dead’ which is 2km in itself and so-named as it is believed it was lined with tombs.

      It was a really interesting insight into some different pyramids and a great morning spent getting to know a little history of Mexico. The pyramids themselves are built-up of layers from different eras, a bit like Matryoshka/Russian dolls.

      After a spot of lunch, where various entertainers were paraded in front of us (mariachi bands, dancers etc) in exchange for tips (we ran out of loose change by the end of lunch) we headed back towards Mexico City. Our next stop was the Guadalupe Shrine, this is a really important shrine for Catholic pilgrims with over 20 million visitors a year. Approximately, 90% of Mexicans are catholic. There are several churches around a courtyard, we visited the ‘New Basicilla’ which was consecrated in 1976. It was built to house the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and allow more visitors to worship. The old Basilica was a lot smaller and had become unstable due to earthquakes (you could see the cracks in the wall and the building physically slumped to one side!). On entering the new basilica it was rammed (albeit our guide said it was quiet! There was a service underway, we were ushered to the rear of where the service was ongoing and made our was across a travellator, I realised after that this gives pilgrims the opportunity to worship (if that’s the right word) the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe without creating massive queues – forced encouragement to keep your prayers short and sweet! After a final tour of the courtyard admiring the externals of the other basilicas we headed back to our hotel.

      Our guide pointed out the cable cars that link the hillside residential areas with the transit system closer to the city centre, this is a relatively new addition to the City. Pre-covid it could apparently take anywhere up to 4 hours to commute 20km and, much like our tube system, peak hours can be unpleasant on their transit system. Something we decided not to experience!
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    • Dag 9

      Pyramids yet not Pyramids

      23. januar 2020, Mexico ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

      I took another toor and was yet disappointed. We were visiting the „Pyramids“ of the sun and the moon in Theoticlan. We could hardly understand the guide because of his really thick accent. Also he did not seem very motivated. Talking he walked ahead without caring weather we would here or not what he was saying. At 16.00 he sent us alone on tour because he had to accompany the driver to take bus from gate 3 to gate 2. We were supposed to meet at 17.15. So he needed 75 minutes for 1 kilometer???? However, we were a small group of 5 and had a lot of fun.

      I learned from my guide of the trip the day before; The „Pyramid“ in Centralamerica are not called (and are not) Pyramide because they are different in built and purpose. (Forgot the right name)
      They are round/flat at the top and have stairs. They are built for the gods, observe the stars and developing their knowledge in Astrology.
      Au contraire the Pyramide in Egypt are pointed at the top and are graves for the dead loved ones.
      Only the base of the construction is the same.

      I climbed the pyramid of the sun but did not make for the other pyrami which is three times higher.

      On the way to the Pyramide we passed the Favelas of CDMX.It must have been for about 20 kilometer. They sit on the mountains. The young Brasilien couple said: „We have favelas but we never saw something like this. Apparently the favelas have basic infrastructures as well as school and healthcare. It was a shock.

      Two ease the shock I had two very good corncobs covered with Mayonnaise, cheese, chilipowder and salt. Mhmmmm, niammi.

      Will write very bad review for the lazy tour guide.

      Covered 7.6 km
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    • Dag 138

      Sunne und Mond Pyramide Mexiko Stadt

      15. februar, Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Nach es paar stunde schlaf isch euse tag nach mexikanerscher ziit früeh los gange. Das isch keis problem für eus gsie, will eusi inneri uhr immer na nach de indische ziit ticked het😂😂. Indie isch mexiko 11.5 stunde vorus. Für eus isch also am morge in mexiko scho abig gsie 🤷🤷.

      Mir hend eus bedi uf en mexikanische zmorgä gfreut am hotel büffe. Es het chilaquiles ka, verhacki tortillias innere salsa, wo mer eus beidi druff gstürtz hend 😁😁. Am Adrian isch nach em erste biss klar worde, ups das sind kei chilaquiles, sondern chicharron 😅😅. Das isch bratnigi oder fritierti schweinehuut, buuchweh ahoi. Wo t jeannine probiert het, het sie au nöd grad vo begeisterig giubled.
      Chilaquiles sind nabed em chicharron gsie, zum selber mische, dios mio 😅😅.

      Uf eusem usfluug hemmer na einiges über Tequila und Mezcal glärnt. En bsuch binnere distillerie isch im priis mit debi😅😅. Au hets es lädeli ka mit ganz ville figure, im mexikanische stiel, wos us stei mached.

      Teotihuacan, wie die ehemaligi Aztekä stadt heisst wo die pyraminde stönd, hanged direkt mit de vorfahre vo mexiko zemme. E prophezeiig zu de ziit vo de Aztekä isch gsie, dass sie detä wo en adler ufeme kaktuts e schlange frisst ihri hauptstadt sölled errichte. Genau das findet mer ja i de mitti vo de mexikanische flagge. T azetkä heged aber Teotihucan nöd baut, sonder leer gfunde und gmeit die stadt segi für sie vo de götter baut worde. En andere indianer stamm hegi die stadt baut und wieder verlaa, will sie für die ziit zu vill bewohner ha heget und nöd gnueg nahrig und wasser für alli gha hend. Teotihucan isch vor rund 2000 jahre erbaut worde. E grossi pyramide isch de sunne gwitmed und e chlinneri am mond.
      Uf em usflug hemmer zwei neui kollegä gfunde, eine vo Monterrey und en guatamaltese.

      Nach de pyramide simmer na ganz e wichtigi chile für t mexikaner go aluege, wo anschienend t Maria Guadalupe persöndlich amene mönch erschiene isch und ihri erschienig hegi sich grad i sinni robe ibrennt. Mer chan die "robbe" aluege wo wie es bild igramet isch 😅😅.

      Mir sind am abig no paar tacitos go esse und tod müed is bett keis 🌮🌮. Vivia mexico🇲🇽🇲🇽
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    • Dag 77

      Ciudad de México - los últimos días

      19. august 2019, Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Wir sind zurück in Mexico City und wir haben für die letzten Tage in der Stadt einen Reisegefährten. Cornelius (Tessa's Bruder) wird uns die nächsten drei Wochen begleiten und wir zeigen ihm viele Dinge die wir in den letzten Wochen hier gesehen oder auch selbst noch nicht gemacht haben.
      Gleich am ersten Abend geht's zum 'lucha libre' dem mexikanischen Wrestling. Super witzig und eine riesen Unterhaltung. Die luchadores lassen die Fetzen fliegen und die Zuschauer feuern begeistert an (nicht ganz jugendfrei 🙉🙊).
      Nach einem gemeinsamen Rundgang im Centro histórico essen wir zu viele Tacos und unser Bargeld reicht nicht mehr für den Eintritt zum Torre Latinoamérica. 🌮🌮🌮💸💸💸😋😳😂
      Auch mit Corni geht's wieder zum Radeln am autofreien Sonntag.
      Und zum Abschluss unserer Zeit in CDMX geht's zu den nahegelegenen Pyramiden von Teotihuacan. Wir laufen sie hoch und wieder runter... Bestaunen sie von unten und von oben...
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    • Dag 1

      Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico City)

      9. februar 2020, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Prieks atkal kaut ko jaunu pasaulē apskatīt, un dubults prieks par to pavēstīt citiem. Šoreiz dodamies uz Meksiku, pie kam mums ar Zandiņu pievienojas Viesturs ar Lidiju, ar kuriem daudz dažādus pasaules brīnumus kopā esam redzējuši.
      Esam iecerējuši redzet “īsto Meksiku”, kas nav ne Kankūna, ne Akapulko, nedz arī lielās pludmales viesnīcas.
      Pilnīgi noteikti “īstās Meksikas” būtiska daļa ir milzīgā un jaudīgā galvaspilsēta Ciudad de Mexico, kas latviski laikam pareizi jāsauc par Mehiko. Lai saprastu izmēru, padalīšos ar dažādajiem viedokļiem par to, cik tad īsti cilvēku Mehiko dzīvo. Meksikas valdības informācija saka ka 9 miljoni, Google domā, ka divdesmit, bet kungs, kurš mūs šodien vadāja pa acteku piramīdām, ir pilnīgi pārliecināts, ka Mehiko pilsētā dzīvo 30 miljoni cilvēku. Man liekas, “latviešu zemniekam” tas vispār nav aptverams.
      Turpmāk nedaudz strukturētāka informācija: ieradaāmies vakar pēcpusdienā ar reisu no Parīzes un uzreiz metāmies ievērot galveno likumu - par spīti nogurumam paēst normālā laikā vakariņas un gulēt iet ne ātrāk kā deviņos vakarā. Patiesībā novilku līdz desmitiem, aizmigdams ar domu, ka vajadzētu nogulēt līdz rītam. Kas tev deva - pamodos pulksten vienos naktī, un ar šausmām konstatēju, ka nākamā diena man visdrīzak ilgs 22 stundas.
      Viesturs, ilgu gulēšanu neparedzēdams, jau iepriekš bija rezervējis “agrā rīta tūri” (sākums 6.20) uz acteku senpilsētu ar burvīgu un viegli izrunājamu nosaukumu Teotihuacan. Piramīdas parsteidz ar savu izmēru (skatīt foto) un veselu acteku pilsētu zem un ap tām. No mūsu tūres vadītāja, kas ir kaislīgs meksikāņu arheologs, saprotam, ka patiesos tempļu un pilsētu izmērus pat grūti apjaust, jo tos klāj gadsimtiem uzkrājies kultūrslānis. Te nākot palīgā zinatnes jaunākais atklājums - ģeoradars, kas mākot savā attēlojumā noņemt nos gan mežus, gan dubļus, gan lavu un vulkānu pelnus. Tālāk ilgi klausāmies par to, kā ģeoradars mums atklās pilnīgi jaunu pasauli.
      Uzzinām arī šaušalīgas lietas par to, ka acteki dieviem upurējuši gan bērnus, gan arī pieaugušus cilvēkus, pie kam paši arī aizrāvusies ar savu ciltsbrāļu ēšanu. Esot mēģinājusi ēst arī spāņus, taču tie izradījušies negaršīgi...
      Katrā ziņā, Teotihuakana apmeklējums bija prasīgs kā emocionāli, tā arī fiziski, jo visos tempļos taču bija jāuzkāpj.
      Otrs šīsdienas manevrs ir meksikāņu mākslinieces ar traģisku likteni Frīdas Kallo muzejmājas apmeklējums. Frīda Kallo bija precējusies ar sava laika (20. gadsimta 20to, 30to un 40to gadu) slavenāko meksikāņu mākslinieku Diego Riveru, kurš gan bija liels bohēmists un daudzu citu sieviešu mīļotājs. Man šis ģimenes stāsts atgādina latviešu mākslinieku Romana Sutas un Aleksandras Beļcovas kopdzīves stāstu, kas nesen Rīgā kļuvis labi zināms, pateicoties teātra izrādei.
      Tagad gan liekas, ka slavenāka par savu viru ir Frīda Kallo pati. Kā skaidroja visu zinošais mūsu šīsdienas ģeologs: “Kopš Holivudas filmas uzņemšanas 2002. gadā, viss mainījies. Diego Rivera nav nekas, visa pasaule pielūdz Frīdu. Filma tā arī saucas “Frīda Kallo”, un tā ir piejama TET Shortcut sarakstos. Silti iesaku.
      Katrā ziņā Frīda, kuras vaibstos redz gan mātes metises, gan vācu izcelsmes tēva sejas pantus, un kuras liktenis bija traģisks nemitīgu fizisku ciešanu dēļ (slimība, autoavārijas sekas) vienaldzīgu neatstāj. Pats muzejs gan pilns ļaužu kā lidosta pirms reisa, uz vēl gara rinda gaida ārpusē uz ielas, bet tas nav par šķērsli apskatīt gan mākslu, gan mākslinieku sadzīvas lietas un vietas. Interesanti, ka trīsdesmitajos gados meksikas elite idealizēja Krievijas sociālismu, virs Frīdas gultas atrodamas Staļina, Ļenina un Kārļa Marksa bildes, bet Leons Trockis pat kādu laiki dzīvojis šai namā. Runā, ka pat bijis nonācis “pārāk tuvu” pašai Frīdai, tāpēc bijis spiests aizvākties.
      Šodien tas arī viss, rīt turpināsim Mehiko apgūšanu.
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    • Dag 4

      Teotihuacan

      3. mars, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Als die Azteken 1250 n. Chr. an diesen Ort kamen, war Teotihuacan schon seit etwa 500 Jahren verlassen. Auch wenn hier jetzt Heerscharen von - heute überwiegend mexikanischen - Touristen durchziehen, ist die Anlage mit der Straße der Toten, die an der Sonnenpyramide vorbei zur Mondpyramide führt, immer wieder magisch. Den Weg dorthin legten wir auf mexikanische Art zurück, auch wenn sich unsere Mexikanerin am meisten Angst vor der Metro hatte. Aber wir wurden weder bestohlen, ausgeraubt noch überfallen. Im Gegenteil. Habe mich im Bus sehr nett mit einer Mexikanerin unterhalten. Auf Spanisch💪. Jetzt kenne ich ihre Lebensgeschichte und sie meine. Haben Clara danach noch den Zócalo gezeigt. Hat ihr gefallen. Das ist hier so sehr das pralle Leben in dieser Stadt.....drei Tage sind viel zu kurz! Sind anschließend zum Hotel zurückgelaufen. Noch kurz nen Abstecher in die chinesische Straße gemacht. Rosario und Tim sind wieder nach Puebla gefahren, müssen morgen arbeiten🤣. Abends nochmal losgelaufen, noch zu Abend gegessen und auf den Zócalo gegangen. Dort war eine Demo von den Familien der vermissten Menschen. Das ist die andere Seite von Mexico. Um 21:00 Uhr ists höchste Zeit zum Schlafengehen! La ciudad de Mexico me pone cansada. ¡Buenas noches!Les mer

    • Dag 10

      Excursión a Teotihuacán

      8. august 2022, Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Today we visited the old ruins of Teotihuacán.
      Built by a group of different prehispanic tribes, it was the biggest ancient and most important mexican city.
      The main buildings are the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, el Camino de los Muertos and Queztalcóatl temple.
      We had a great guide, Rafa, that explained all the history and architecture of the site and we then had a walk to the other side of the site.
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    • Dag 10

      Restaurante Techinanco

      8. august 2022, Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Served and food cooked by Coco’s grandma, this place had authentic and traditional dishes that were amazing! We had chile relleno de quesos (stuffed pepper with cheese), enchiladas and mole de huitlacoche (chicken with a sauce made with spices, chocolate and corn fungi)Les mer

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