My peanut butter is in! I even picked up a fresh loaf of whole wheat from the baker. too bad I am full of fish and will have to wait to taste these delectable convections.
Category: Recreation
iPad is out!
Though I have to admit I am a tad underwhelmed. Sad that they choose to stick with at$t, but I will admit that the $500 price tag is appealing. Right now this devise seems to be set to replace my iPod not my laptop. I think I will wait for the new MacBook pros. I will continue to watch the iPad with interest. I’m sure things will change seriously with new software! I wonder when it will run more then one app at a time. Either by apple’s doing or others.
24 hours!
Until apple announces something sparkly and cool!
Amazing peanut butter ordered!
New batches of ice cream to be made from delicious peanut butter. check them out! yum!
Sharkfest Registration Complete!
after everything went wrong last year, i’m going to do it again. this time i will beat the dog! mike? paul? your turn.
Gratos of Tolantongo
We arrived here at dusk last night. Tolantongo is hours away from Mexico City along treacherous roads. Unknown even to most Mexicans, it is a natural hotspring. An underground river of the freshest toastiest water emerges from this mountain at the head of an incredible gorge. There is a hotel at the bottom of the gorge where we bedded down for the night. In the morning we explored the magistry of this place. The photos don’t even begin to show the beauty. The grato sits at the mouth of the river that snakes through the gorge. Behind kira, you can see opening of the grato. It is actually a huge cave with tunnels extending deep into the mountain. Some of the currents from those tunnels are so incredibly strong that ropes are strung along the walls of the cave. I was too chicken to bring my camera too near the water, so you will have to make due with these amazing scenes from a distance. We spent all day exploring both sides of the gorge. High up the far side we found a trail to a another hotspring pool. We had to swim to get there, so there was no hope of bringing a camera, but it was quite possibly the most beautiful place i’ve ever been. Warm currents from under the mountain met the cool waterfall from atop it to provide us with a very comfortable pool. Above us, two cliffs seemed to reach out to each other leaving a crevasse just large enough for the sun to pour through to illuminate each falling drop of the waterfall. Truly amazing. I was speechless. (if you can believe that after this very wordy entry)
Pyramids of Teotiuhuacan
We left this morning for the ancient city of Teotiuhuacan. Once the largest city in the Americas, it is home to the 3rd largest pyramid in the world. Much of this ancient city still stands to this day. We climbed the pyramids and met some Australians at the top. It was exhausting, but the weather couldn’t have been more perfect. It seemed to be hazy for much of the climb, but clear up as we the day progressed. All in all an amazing trip. We hopped back in the Supra for Tolantongo.
More Tourist Stuff
We took a bus tour yesterday, for hours around the city. A double decker bus with an open top. It was great until it started to rain again. We followed that up with a trip to a fancy rotating restaurant. Today we hit the museums. Modern Art & Anthropology. I got to see all kinds of ancient people’s art and tools.
Exploring the City
Our first stop after breakfast was the Zocalo. A town square, it has changed quite a bit over the years. Originally paved by Cortez, the most recent changes involved removing just about everything from the square. (trees, monuments, etc.) The only thing that remains is a giant flagpole and an enormous mexican flag. That is not to say it is empty. The square is filled with street vendors, performers, protesters, students, beggers, and tourists. The Zocalo rests in front of the oldest cathedral in Mexico. It’s construction took over 200 years beginning in the 16th century using stones stolen from an Aztec city that originally occupied this area.
After viewing the Cathedral, we jumped on the subway to get downtown to the Plaza de Computation. A cross between Frys Electronics and a swap meet. Before you even get inside you pass dozens of street vendors selling everything from cell phone chargers to pirated copies of Final Cut Pro or Lost. I was too busy ogling to take pictures. We came for a purpose, to buy me a new hard drive (remember, i broke my laptop in Culican). After that we head to a certain Sears shop with a coffee shop with a spectacular view of the Palace of Fine Arts. Another piece of amazing architecture you cannot seem to go two blocks without stumbling upon.
After that we did a bit more sightseeing before deciding to take a cab back to the apartment instead of the subway. It’s a good thing too, because almost as soon as we get in the green VW Beetle with no front seat, it starts to rain. By the time we get home, it is really pouring