October 14th (dia catorce) - Teotihuacan & Discos
Once again renewed of what meager energy we could muster, we once again set out to explore... The great pyramids of Teotihuacan!
Giving Mihai the choice of taking either the safe and comfortable, not to mention extremely fast, toll road out to the countryside to visit the ruins, or taking the far more dangerous and free toll road -- Mihai, of course, chose the free toll road which allowed us the chance to see some of the most dangerous and poor areas that Mexico City has to offer. If you've the chance to see the movie ¨Man on Fire¨, towards the ending of the movie, then you have also had the chance to see these slums as they are completely identical to the roads we road through. Fortunately I must have many angels watching over me, along with the good luck charms I carry, we managed to survive this very enlightening experience! Unfortunately we were not brave enough to pull over to take some pictures.
I cannot describe how incredible these pyramids are, I can only suggest visiting them yourself to truly comprehend their size. No one knows who built these pyramids, why they were built, or exactly when. They are predicted to have arose around 500 BC, and later when the Aztecs arrived they again built over much of the area. I strongly suggest visiting the photo gallery for a few glimpses of what we have seen.
Back to the internet cafe to bother the poor girls, we again burned some more CDs and said our sad goodbyes to them as we have had much fun together and planned on leaving Mexico city the following morning.
A quick Siesta and woken up by our good friend Alfonso, it was time to party! Our first destination being a private party in the rich area, with some rich people. We had our opportunity to take down some drinks and meet the locals, making some new friends in the process because everyone spoke english, although we still did try to practice our sad spanish.
Our next destination, at 2am, was a disco close by where Alfonso promised we'd meet up with some fiersome Warriors, which back in Montreal would be defined as Cougars, one of my favorite types of cats... Older women that love to party... and love younger men! Stumbling around with a belly full of Tequila, I attempted the complicated footsteps of all the wonderful and exciting latin music (while stepping on a few sore feet in the process!) Our good friend Mihai came down with some stomach pains though and couldn't really participate too much, and after a few unsuccesful attempts at spinning around the room that left him sicker, he took a seat and stole the attention of the women away from me as they attempted to pamper him back to health!
A few more phone numbers added to my growing list, we stumbled out of the disco around 6am leaving a party that wasn't even close to stopping...