The first stop for today is the Mexico City Metropolitan cathedral.which is the largest cathedral.in all of the Americas. Mexico City Tour was actually built after the Spanish conquest.on top of what was then the Aztec capital city. this cathedral was actually built right next to. what was a very sacred place for the Aztecs.called the Templo Mayor.
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Here are some of the ruins that were excavated. initially it was believed that.the whole city was destroyed ( during Spanish conquest).in later years it was found that a lot of the building were built on top of the Aztec City. so more and more Aztec ruins are being uncovered.
National Palace.The current palace that we see was actually built on top of what was left of the palace
Moctezuma II , the famous Aztec emperor, used to rule from this place right here is called El Zocalo. (*Moctezuma ll -c. 1466 to 1520- The first contact between indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place during his reign. During his reign the Aztec Empire reached it's greatest size.*)
El Zocalo .this place right here is called EI Zocalo. #cheapdroneprobleams . my drone just went crazy.my data stopped working. so i am haveing to go to a cafe every time i need to call an Uber.
" Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe ".we are here at the Basilica of our Lady of guadalupe. built for the Virgin of Guadalupe. Who was said to be of Meso-American origin.she ended up as serving as a badge for the revolutionary fighters (Mexico's Independence Revolution).
Ka Villa de Guadalupe is actually one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the world.( Most visited sacred sites: 1. Meiji Shrine, Japan 2. Kashi Vishwanath Temple, India 3. LA Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico ). it gets around 20 million visitors annually.more visitors than the Vatican itself. i just got a cake at this place. because i had to buy something to use the wifi here.
Plaza De Las Tres Culturas .Plaza de las tres Culturas was created to reconize the different cultures of the three different periods of Mexican history.the first one being pre-Columbian. the second one being the Spanish era when Mexico was a Spanish colony and third one the ongoing era of an independent Mestizo nation.
Metro in Mexico city largest in Latin America. each train stop is represented by a symbol.
The Angel of Indeoendence .Over here we have the Angel of independence.
update on the hostel.this is the bunk for the person next to me literally the same bed.e could play footsies over here we had a few French Canadian guys staying. tell them what happened.i don't know. just the police came here and they took their bag.hopefully they are okay.yeah hopefully they didn't go to jail. because i don't think they speak Spanish.
DAY 4
It's 7 am. it's my last day in Mexico already. This is Samnatha,Hi . we hung out last night but she didn't know my name.till like 1 in the morning.
Teothuacan .this is my 2nd attempt. now that i don't have cramped muscles in my leg any more. hopefully i can actually go to the top of the pyramid of the sun.we have been walking for 30 minutes now.trying to get to the pyramid of the sun and the reason it takes so long is that teotihuacan was actually a big city. one of the more prosperous cities in pre-Columbian America.
The city and the pyramid were built aroud 2000 years ago.they prospered well into the 7th century. something happened and on one knows what but the city was burned down.then the Aztecs discovered it.they called it Teothuacan.the literal translation in English would mean something like.
i am actually starting to climb the pyramid. finally made it to the top of the pyramid.took maybe 20 minutes to get up here.and that's including 10 minutes of taking pictures and shooting videos. a lot of people up here.
now back to our home.
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