We spent the Thursday night at Parque Nacional La Malintzi in this little cabin (actually much nicer than many of the homes in Mexico) making s'mores and enjoying a cozy fire.
The hike the next day was an arduous 5 hours but well worth the journey. No need to hire a guide - we were accompanied by a friendly stray pooch - for the bargain price of one taco longaniza (sausage.)
the top . . .
and after the climb the three of us enjoyed lunch at this tienda/restaurante for a grand total of 42 pesos ($3.26 US)
Chapter 2: We then drove to Cacaxtla - (a 30 minute drive if you know where you're going, a 1 hour drive if you're trying to follow the Mexican road signs.) Cacaxtla was the capital of a group of Olmeca-Xicallanca, (Putún Maya if you're into archeology) who arrived around 450 AD. They became a chief power around Puebla after the demise of Cholula, and peaked around 650-950 AD, finally being abandoned in 1000 AD.
Cacaxtla is known for its well-preserved murals. This one is in the Templo de Venus - a representation of a guy in a jaguar skirt with a scorpion tail. I don't even want to try to interpret that.
and this is a picture of both Cacaxtla - the covered structure (to protect the murals) and Xochitécatl - the pyramid in the distance. Chapter 3 - Xochitécatl - (Pirámide de la Espiral) built around 1000 and 800 BC is the only spiral pyramid known. We weren't able to spend much time here.
And to top off the day - we enjoyed a great hail storm on the way home! (Eat your hearts out, Houstonians!)
1 comment:
Looks like fun. I would have loved it, even if we did nothing but eat smores. But you're lucky I wasn't there, or else that dog would have followed you all the way home.
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