The ruins at Teotihuacan

This morning we got up and went to the other side of the park with our new friends. We went to the grutas, a cascade stone pools built down the side of the mountain. The water was hot and you could sit in the sun and look out over the mountains…SO BEAUTIFUL!!! 

We also swam in the waterpark pool even though the slide was closed. We also got to try barbacoa today…AMAZING! Probably my favorite Mexican food so far. They make it by digging a pit, burying a sheep that is marinated and wrapped in leaves, covering the sheep with coals and dirt, and letting it cook all day. When they take it out it is so tender it falls off the bone and you can scoop it up with a tortilla and cover it in salsa and fresh lime. It smells amazing when it’s cooking and  it is SO  yummy. Definitely a win. 

Barbacoa!!!

We were really sad to leave our new friends. It was a sad goodbye but like everyone else here, we hope to come back and visit our new friends sometime in the future. We took a camioneta back to Pachuca, from there a bus back to Ixmiquilpan, and from there a bus to Teotihuacan. We got there in the early evening just as a storm was coming and had just enough time to climb the Pyramid of the sun and halfway up the Pyramid of the moon. The ruins are extensive; The pyramids are in the middle and are surrounded by many smaller pyramids and ruins of old buildings, tunnels, and alters. It was breathtaking but hard to describe, so pictures are a better description. 

Pyramid of the sun

Pyramid of the Moon

Cat sculpture

On top of the Pyramid of the sun

Snake head sculpture

We had to take a bus back to Mexico City and from there a bus back to Puebla. We got in late and we were exhausted, but it was an amazing adventurous weekend!