Teotihuacan is an ancient city located in the Valley of Mexico. Mesoamercian pyramids, such as the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, were built prior to the Spanish conquest. Its main roadway, the Avenue of the Dead, runs from south to north and connects the palace and temple complexes.
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On New Year’s Eve, I took the earliest 6am bus from Mexico City to Teotihuacan. Out of the approximated 50,000 people who visited the site that day, I was the first person to enter the site (other than those who rode the air balloons to see the sunrise).
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Teotihuacan is an ancient city located in the Valley of Mexico. Mesoamercian pyramids, such as the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, were built prior to the Spanish conquest. Its main roadway, the Avenue of the Dead, runs from south to north and connects the palace and temple complexes.
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On New Year’s Eve, I took the earliest 6am bus from Mexico City to Teotihuacan. Out of the approximated 50,000 people who visited the site that day, I was the first person to enter the site (other than those who rode the air balloons to see the sunrise).
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Teotihuacan is an ancient city located in the Valley of Mexico. Mesoamercian pyramids, such as the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, were built prior to the Spanish conquest. Its main roadway, the Avenue of the Dead, runs from south to north and connects the palace and temple complexes.
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On New Year’s Eve, I took the earliest 6am bus from Mexico City to Teotihuacan. Out of the approximated 50,000 people who visited the site that day, I was the first person to enter the site (other than those who rode the air balloons to see the sunrise).
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Teotihuacan is an ancient city located in the Valley of Mexico. Mesoamercian pyramids, such as the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, were built prior to the Spanish conquest. Its main roadway, the Avenue of the Dead, runs from south to north and connects the palace and temple complexes.
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On New Year’s Eve, I took the earliest 6am bus from Mexico City to Teotihuacan. Out of the approximated 50,000 people who visited the site that day, I was the first person to enter the site (other than those who rode the air balloons to see the sunrise).
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Teotihuacan is an ancient city located in the Valley of Mexico. Mesoamercian pyramids, such as the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, were built prior to the Spanish conquest. Its main roadway, the Avenue of the Dead, runs from south to north and connects the palace and temple complexes.
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On New Year’s Eve, I took the earliest 6am bus from Mexico City to Teotihuacan. Out of the approximated 50,000 people who visited the site that day, I was the first person to enter the site (other than those who rode the air balloons to see the sunrise).
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A backpack is all I carry for this relatively short trip to Mexico.
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Angel of Independence, commemorating Mexico’s independence.
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CDMX (Ciudad de México), Mexico City in Spanish.
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Morning Mobike ride to the museum.
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Riding Bird scooter in CDMX.
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Daily dose of street tacos.
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Daily dose of street tacos.
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Sitting on sidewalk with locals to consume tacos in Tijuana.
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Selina is one of my favorite hostel chains in Latin America. I have previously stayed at the ones in Granada, San Juan del Sur, and Medellin. Depending which one you stay at, each offers a variety of complimentary activities: Spanish class, Salsa dance, yoga, ping pong tournament, city tours, and much more.
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Paraguas (Umbrella) at the National Museum of Anthropology.
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National Museum of Anthropology, the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. If you want to learn about indigenous people and ancient territories prior to the Spanish conquest, this is it. From early hunters to Teotihuacan to Mexica to Oaxaca to the Maya. Just to walk through the exhibits would easily take half a day.
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Stone of the Sun, a sacrificial altar of the Mexicas. The face of Xintecuhtli (God of Fire) emerges from the earth hole to hold a pair of human hearts, with his tongue transformed in a sacrificial knife.
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National Museum of Anthropology, the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. If you want to learn about indigenous people and ancient territories prior to the Spanish conquest, this is it. From early hunters to Teotihuacan to Mexica to Oaxaca to the Maya. Just to walk through the exhibits would easily take half a day.
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The tomb of Pakal the Great of the Maya.
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National Museum of Anthropology, the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. If you want to learn about indigenous people and ancient territories prior to the Spanish conquest, this is it. From early hunters to Teotihuacan to Mexica to Oaxaca to the Maya. Just to walk through the exhibits would easily take half a day.
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Mayan murals.
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National Museum of Anthropology, the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. If you want to learn about indigenous people and ancient territories prior to the Spanish conquest, this is it. From early hunters to Teotihuacan to Mexica to Oaxaca to the Maya. Just to walk through the exhibits would easily take half a day.
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Coatlicue, the god of the Mexica wearing a skirt made of snakes.
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National Museum of Anthropology, the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. If you want to learn about indigenous people and ancient territories prior to the Spanish conquest, this is it. From early hunters to Teotihuacan to Mexica to Oaxaca to the Maya. Just to walk through the exhibits would easily take half a day.
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View from Latin American Tower.
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View from Latin American Tower.
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Death in Mexico is treated very differently than in other parts of the world. It is a daily part of life that is celebrated instead of mourned and avoided. A calaca (skeleton) is commonly used for decoration during the Day of the Dead festival.
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There was a direct flight from San Francisco to Mexico City, but I didn’t want to pay premium to get there during new year break. So I decided to fly to San Diego with a reward ticket, walked across the Mexican border to Tijuana, and from there flew to Mexico City. The domestic ticket costed way less than the international one.
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