RGVP Trip - Day 2 - San Luis Potosi to Mexico City

Day 2 began with the dreaded wakeup call at 6 am. We were out and downstairs before 7, so we walked back up to the plaza and took a few pictures.


Then we went back and boarded the bus for another VERY long day on our way to Mexico City. First major stop was in Queretaro where we to the Convent of Santa Cruz where they are infamous because of the trees they grow and sell the branches of because they have forms in the shape of a cross. Our guide within the convent was a friar who Juan says has been there "forever", is probably in his late 80's or early 90's and speaks 5 languages fluently.


From there we were back on the bus to the pryamids outside of Mexico City - Teotihuacan. We ate lunch at one of numerous places there to do so and we were entertained by a number of groups. We then embarked to parking lot #4, where our group shot was taken (picture to come later), and then began the trek to the Pyramid of the Sun 63 meters high and some 248 steps ... my knees will NEVER be the same - but I can say I'm glad I've done it ... (I've also crossed the great pyramid in Egypt off my bucket list). As always for me, going up is not too bad ... except for the thin air (1-1/2 miles high in altitude) and the steps that are 6" deep and at times 12-14" high. But I must admit that climbing it in 70 degree weather is significantly easier than climbing Chitzen Itsa was a couple of years ago in 110 ... but it still takes a toll on the body ... Of course, as I started to say, going up for me is not the hard part - it's coming down ... in one piece ... without rolling .... Some of it I did backwards to avoid looking down, and the rest I did sitting on my ass and bumping down one stair at a time. I'm sure it was funny to watch - but it let me do it. There ARE apparently balloon trips you can take - 5000MN for a couple (about 400 US). THAT might be worth doing on a repeat trip ... maybe .... From there we hiked back to parking lot #5 (note the different parking lot which one person in our group missed that piece of info but we eventually found him) where we caught the bus and headed into Mexico City.


Our welcome cocktail party that night was in David and Wayne's room where we had their version of "Sex on the Beath" - Blue Parrott coconut rum and pineapple juice ... very good and very lethal ... just the way I like my cocktails. We then went out and walked around the Pink Zone - a very open minded area where you say 2 guys walking hand in hand. Our hotel - Best Western Royal Zona Rosa is located in the pink zone and we had dinner with several others from the group at Sanborns, back to the room and crashed again.