Worldwide Wanderers

Teotihuacan Pyramids - February 6, 2025   Today, we had a pre-booked excursion to the Teotihuacan pyramids through booking.com. Our hotel was through them, and the site showed excursions' departure points compared to the location of our hotel. The price was the same as other booking sites. It was a half day excursion through tour operator: Paseos Olmedo. There were 5 possible pick up points; we were at the 4th pickup at Fiesta Americana Reforma hotel's Starbucks at 8:05am. This was only a few minutes walk from our hotel. The site entrance, tour guide, bus, and driver were included; the tour was a good deal.   We considered the hot air balloon ride over the pyramids. This was reasonably priced if you got yourself to the starting point, but pricy if you got the ride and breakfast option. Travis also read that the balloons go where they want, so you may be not be as over the pyramids as desired. I also saw on one tour site that if they had to cancel the tour for weather...

 Centro - February 5, 2025 To warn you, I kept picking every picture, so there are lots of pictures of Centro! For our Centro exploration, we first walked from our hotel in Juarez to the Alameda Central park. There were vendors setup from our approach on the west end. We went through the park and saw the fountains. In the last one, a bird came to hang out for the picture.   It was sad that this monument was under construction; this is the monument to a previous president, Hemiciclo a Benito Juárez. However, it looked very pretty, even with sad reminders of war on the construction barricades.  Notary historical heritage of Mexico City, an interesting government building across from the park. The gorilla with a banjo was hilarious. The other was a building that I liked.  Torre Latinoamericana is a good place to go up for a good view of the Palace of Bellas Artes. Pay an admission or buy a drink at the bar for free admission. We went to the Sears for the view and a...