tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post1378019029571778585..comments2023-12-16T05:27:05.041-06:00Comments on mexpatriate — in the key of steve: ruins of the daySteve Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-5531713461323727352011-03-15T20:43:21.359-06:002011-03-15T20:43:21.359-06:00You are most welcome. There is more than enough i...You are most welcome. There is more than enough in Mexico City to justify an annual trip.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-7289901667226525382011-03-15T20:07:40.623-06:002011-03-15T20:07:40.623-06:00Hello. I have been following your trip to Mexico ...Hello. I have been following your trip to Mexico City with interest. I took a tour of the City in the mid 70s and I can see that the tour itinerary has hardly changed. Your descriptions of your various visits have whisked me back in time and in many instances your thoughts have reflected mine. I loved some, but not all, of the colorful murals. Xochimilco...not so much. Could have spent longer (days) in the museum. Climbing to the top of the sun pyramid was a real highlight of my tour. But I have an active imagination. Envisioning being forced to climb to the top of the pyramid to be sacrificed gave me the chills. Nevertheless, I'd love to go back to Mexico City and spend more time there. Thanks for taking me back virtually.Sandybeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-47885908380724879532011-03-15T14:37:28.992-06:002011-03-15T14:37:28.992-06:00The pyramid at Chichén Itzá was closed after a Cal...The pyramid at Chichén Itzá was closed after a California woman fell and died in 2006. But the Mexicans are closing the pyramids one by one to avoid any further erosion with touristy steps. Just as the Greeks did with the Acropolis. I wish they had thought of that by taking away Leopoldo Batres dynamite. We might then have something that looked like a temple rather than Cinderella's Castle.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-34778398975965148222011-03-15T14:21:51.645-06:002011-03-15T14:21:51.645-06:00I am sorry you did not get to climb the temples. T...I am sorry you did not get to climb the temples. The view from the top lets you see everything that has been restored in the complex. And eventually it probably will be prohibited to climb. It is my understanding that climbing is closed on the big pyramid at Chechen Itza.Too many feet!<br /> NitaNitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-26650937111184607702011-03-15T08:07:39.984-06:002011-03-15T08:07:39.984-06:00Now, that is the type of challenge that keeps me i...Now, that is the type of challenge that keeps me in Mexico.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-4799660270254211132011-03-15T07:44:32.450-06:002011-03-15T07:44:32.450-06:00I made it to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun in ...I made it to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun in 2002. It's quite a climb, believe me. I don't think going down and doing the other pyramid would have been possible, and I was younger than you at that time. The view is quite fine. Go back one day. Take me with you.Felipe Zapatahttp://tzuru4.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com