Sunday, April 10, 2011

Xochicalco and Taxco

So I finally sucked it up and went on a school-sponsered trip with other foreign students and Mexican freshmen. We went to see ruins in Xochicalco, where we saw ancient Aztec ruins. After that, we traveled to a town called Taxco, which is the Silver capital of Mexico, and probably of the world. It was a really pretty town, filled with cheap jewelry stores! I spent plenty of money.

Pyramids at Xochicalco
 Look, it's me!

 Oswaldo, the guy in charge of the "Viajes" who looks like Indiana Jones, and in the background, Gorila, our Indigenous tour guide who led us through a sun ritual to gain energy from the Pyramids. He also gave us our Nahuatl names based on our birthdays, and mine is "Osomatl," or the Diosa de la sonrisa, Goddess of the smile :)





 The landscape of Taxco, the city. You can see all the white buildings on the side of the mountains. 
 Church in the Zocalo of Taxco

1 comment:

  1. RachelApril 16, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    Hi Jamie,
    Hope all is well! It sounds like you're having an amazing time in Mexico. I'd like to invite you to guest write for Pink Pangea (http://www.pinkpangea.com), the community for women travelers.

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