| Life on the Road with Paul & Kathleen: "Not bad for two dumb kids from Ohio" - Proving once again that it's never too late to have a happy childhood | |
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| Our Lazy Daze at Kirk Creek Camp on CA Hwy 1 40 mi N of Hearst's Castle 11/24/03: Shortly after full-timing began. | Lazy Daze at Kirk Creek Camp 11/24/03 |
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04/17/05 - Cholula Pyramid & Historic Puebla Click to add your comment 04/17/05 - Cholula Pyramid & Historic Puebla The famous Cholula pyramid, largest in the western hemisphere, is only a 20 minute walk from our RV Park. So we did it. On our way we saw this pretty house. Along the way there were many others as nice.  Also along the way, we saw this old home. I found the construction interesting. The interior was a surprise. It was very full of earth!  On the right edge of the photo, you'll see the sign for a pryamid. The church in the distance (built by Cortez) is on top of the Cholula pryamid.  The entire hill, and more, is the pyramid. It extends below ground 2 blocks to the left. It is covered with soil and plant life as a result of erosion of the rocks over the centuries.  This is a solid pryamid. Archeologists dug tunnels into it to better understand it. They found 3 pyramids, each in a different era, each built over the previous, starting about 200bc. This picture shows steps down to the base of one of the pyramids.  This hospital is next to the pyramid. Its construction in 1910 led to the discovery that the hill was really a pyramid. The pryamid is to the left of the hospital.  The artist creates these beautiful pictures by laying down & gluing colored fibers smaller than angel hair pasta.  Parker is looking at excavated portions of the pyramid.  Our guide did a good job of explaining. Without him we would not have known what we were looking at in many cases. A guide is highly recommended. Only 80 pesos for over 2 hours.  An old well used for irrigation, dug thru the earth before the diggers knew they were on top of a pyramid.   A skeleton is under the protective glass (in a fetal position).  Our guide, Jesse, and Parker are about in the middle of a large assembly area. The priest addressed the crowd from the white stone altar they face. Our guide demonstrated how good the accoustics are suggesting even a large crowd would have been able to hear the priest.  Explanation of the altars.  Closeup of the altar.  The large white flat stone is marble, and was once part of one of the 3 altars. It weighs 10,000kg. It was brought here from some distance away, probably rolled on logs on the road.  Fresco paintings.  These stairs demonstrate the precision of construction. As you move back from where the camera was you can see that the edge of each step was perfectly in a plane. Pretty impressive!   Jamie and Parker admire how tightly each stone fits with its neighbors.  Jesse and Parker run up the steps. Parker did so several times. I was secretly glad he was breathing hard after the first time :)  Kathleen made it to the top, too!  The steps are so steep, and there is no handrail, so it's a bit scary, and not a little dangerous. Kathleen scoots down while Jesse and Parker demonstrate steps aren't even needed to climb up!  Later in the day Kathleen and I went to downtown Puebla. We wonder why church doors were made so stout.  The Cathedral Square was alive with people and a late Sunday afternoon.  Dancers at Cathedral Square. The Cathedral is to the right of the photo  Dancers at Cathedral Square.  Dancers at Cathedral Square.  Children riding rented electric carts in Cathedral Square.  The Cathedral is very imposing.  The Cathedral is very imposing - and a performance was also going on there at the same time as the dancing above.  The performance had a religous theme. In a way it brought to mind "Jesus Christ Superstar" but to our knowledge did not have Jesus in the cast.  The Cathedral is very imposing - and a performance was also going on there at the same time as the dancing above.  Singing Nuns (actors, of course)  The Main Gates to the Cathedral are also very imposing  | |
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