Teotihuacan is just northeast of Mexico City, and is a huge temple/city. It's likely 80,000 to 200,000 people lived there at its height. To us, it wasn't quite as impressive as Palenque and others, because it isn't surrounded in jungle, built on a hillside, or showing as intricate detail in the construction. Still, the pyramids are huge.
Piramide del Sol | ||
 Piramide del Sol (pyramid of the sun) with the vendors in the foreground.
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 Ted, waving at the pyramid.
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 Tunnel into the Piramide del Sol.
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 Carved stone blocks.
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 Stone carving. (a Hungry Hungry Hippo?)
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 Tamara, climbing the pyramid.
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Piramide de la Luna | ||
 Piramide de la Luna (pyramid of the moon).
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 Pyramid and surrounding structures.
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 Tamara with the pyramid.
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 Tamara and Ted with the pyramid.
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 Tamara, waving at the pyramid.
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Templo de Quetzalcoatl | ||
 Partially restored temple.
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 Stylized head of Quetzalcoatl (plumed serpent) on the Templo.
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Other structures | ||
 Both pyramids in the background.
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 Low structures of the Grupo Viking.
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La Ciudadela (the Citadel). Includes the Templo de Quetzalcoatl.
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 Head on some stairs. These were buried underneath a newer building.
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 Wall with original mural.
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 UNESCO monument.
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 Museo Manuel Gamio. We like the architecture.
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