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Teotihuacan: The Pyramids Close to Mexico City

Education / Mexico 2016

December 13, 2016

Teotihuacan: Pyramids Close to Mexico City

Teotihuacan: Pyramids Close to Mexico City. Dec 13. The house got moving around 10:00. I thought Irmante, Clint and I would tackle the day earlier, but everyone was tired. Irmante made breakfast and we headed for the Teotihuacan pyramids close to Mexico City. Teotihuacan was an ancient Mesoamerican city which was the largest city in the Americas…pre-Columbus. The city is thought to have been of 125,000 inhabitants and was built from 100 to 250 CE. To get to the pyramids...

Big Beaver Diaries / Peru 2014

May 29, 2014

Cusco to Aguas Calientes: Machu Picchu

Cusco to Aguas Calientes: Machu Picchu. May 29. There was not a lot of sleep to be had as we went to bed late last night and I was up early this morning because of a pair of wondering hands. Life can get worse… We got on our Cusco to Aguas Calientes $100 U.S. tour to Machu Picchu in a van with about 13 other gringos. I had to sit beside a crusty woman from Argentina who was a nasty...

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