Jerry had raved to us about this museum. When he lived in Mexico City back in the 70's he would return to this museum again and again. We soaked up what we could of its rich offerings.
Here are some pictures from the museum. I couldn't get over how "modern" really old stuff looks.
The next morning we headed out for the Pyramids of Teotihuacan.
Now a word about transportation in Mexico City. We used Uber almost exclusively - the one time we hailed a taxi for convenience it cost us about three times as much. Now since the pyramids were about an hour outside the city, we got the brilliant idea to hire the Uber driver we had used the day before. He quoted us a reasonable price for driving us around all day from 8 AM to 6 PM. The agreed upon day he drove us out to the Pyramids, but then started haggling us about price, threatening not to drive us back to the city unless we paid him in full. We turned Lydia loose on him (a force to be reckoned with, believe me) and we eventually got what we wanted, albeit for far more than we expected to pay. I took home this moral - in a foreign country you are protected by Uber. It's a safer cashless environment, plus somewhere in Uber-heaven they know where you are and whether you got where you were supposed to have gotten. When you go outside the Uber system, you might have problems.
Back to Teotihuacan. We arrived at the Pyramids and after haggling with the driver, had a bit of breakfast to fortify our strength for the long day ahead.
Then we got into the Park and wow! Right in front of us was the Temple of the Sun. It was built around 100 BC and was the center of a thriving civilization until about 500 AD.
We climbed every step to the top. Here are some of the vistas.
After such a sublime day, what else but hit the Market on our way back to town? We tasted the local fare. Just in case you were wondering no one got sick!
All the best,
Mary
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