Part of the program included going to Teotihuacan. We chose an interesting day to go because it was a federal holiday, Catholic holiday, and a day of importance in the Aztec religion (Teotihuacan isn't Aztec, but it inspired them). So EVERYONE was there. We got to see voladores who are four guys (sometimes five) who climb a really tall pole, tie a leg to a spinning square at the top and then their ropes slowly unravel as they spin (sometimes the 5th guy stays on the pole and plays a flute and drum). There were lots of Aztec and Mexicali dancers inside the park. Also, a lot of white-robed cult people trying to harness the energy of the sun while standing on top of some of the smaller pyramids. And the main stairs on the Pyramid of the Sun was so crowded with people that we climbed the walls to get to the top. It was crazy.

Four years later in college, I went back. Almost no one was there on the day we went. Couldn't have been different.

TlalocW

If it was, the difference might have been the new militarized police force Calderon put in place after the Merida Initiative. Was it during George W Bush's occupancy lf the White House?

The first day sounds so wonderful. It would be such an experience to see people everywhere along the Avenue, around the pyramids.

It's such a magnificent, mysterious wonder.

I'm old.

TlalocW