A week in and around Mexico City

We’ve been in Mexico for a full week already! 

We visited the piramides at Teotihuacan - ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city, built around 200BC, and saw the pyramid of the sun and the pyramid of the moon.

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We expected to take some time at the piramides to reflect and feel a sense of the spirituality and history of the ruins, but like other ancient places we have visited, it was very busy and touristy. 
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After visiting the piramides, Ash said he wanted to visit a toy museum in the city, which housed one man’s collection of toys over several decades. As he never asks to do anything, I said yes! After a metro ride to a slightly sketchy part of the city and hastily trying to locate the museum, we went in. Ash enjoyed himself, and I felt glad not to be there on my own - it was a bit creepy!
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The next day we caught a bus to a nearby town in the mountains, Tepotzlan. The town was exactly how we imagined Mexico would be - cobbled streets, local markets, old cars, cowboys…
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We spent a few days here looking round the weekend markets, eating the local food, and chilling out in hammocks on our hostel’s rooftop. We also did a hike in the mountains to see an ancient pyramid, though when we got to the top it was closed.
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Our next stop: La Paz, Baja Sur California 

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  1. JennaOctober 13, 2022 at 4:43 AM

    Sounds fab, we’re buying Matilda a globe so she can keep track of where you are. X

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