Monte Alban

Monte Alban outside Oaxaca (pronounced Wahaca, like the restaurant) is an Aztec or, more correctly, Mexica site first settled around 2000BC.  The ceremonial area in the first photo is close to a typical layout seen at most sites - Aztec, Toltec, Mayan etc.
The second is our group wandering in what we thought was heat, we didn't know what was to come.

Excessive Gold - not for the people.

The church in Puebla has an amazing ceiling which is in the chapel in the first picture, unfortunately it was closed so we didn't get to see it.  These two pictures show the excesses of the church through much of Latin America, using their own riches to cow the people.  However, every seems to assimilate local traditions into the system, whether knowingly or not.

Dilapidated shelter in Black and White

Blowing its Top

A minor eruption of Popocatapetl from a distance.  All we got was a minor smell of sulphur, thankfully.

Hills and Rocks

There were a number of rock formations on the road from Mexico City mainly caused by erosion.

Pope John Paul II

John Paul ll made a number of visits to Mexico and is immortalised in a statue next to the Cathedral.  The statue is manufactured of metal keys contributed by the people, which is recognised by the key in the base.

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