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Monarchs in Mexico : February 9-16, 2025

Part 2 - Mexico City

February 14: Teotihuacan

I took a sunrise hot air balloon ride over Teotihuacan before a short guided tour on the ground. It was like a mini Albuqurque Balloon Fiesta with more than 50 balloons in the air! I got back to Mexico City in time for a short walk through the Bosque de Chapultepec.

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East face of the Pyramid of the Sun
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South face of the Pyramid of the Sun

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Avenue of the Dead where it meets the southwest corner of the Pyramid of the Sun
Looking south down the Avenue of the Dead
Temple of the Feathered Serpent
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Pyramid of the Moon and Palace of Quetzalpapalotl
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The Palace of Quetzalpapalotl
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There are miles of aerial tramways for commuters in the city

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Green Heron

Great-tailed Grackle
Great Egret...
...with a fish
Totem Canadiense

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Acanthus

February 15: Museo Nacional de Antropologia

The plan for the day was to visit the Bosque de Chapultepec. The first stop was the anthropology museum and it wound to taking up all day!

It vaguely reminds me of a cat, but is titled "Tortoise with a sail"
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Replica of the facade of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent

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Facsimilie of the Codice Boturini, "Tale of the Mexica Migration"
The Stone of the Sun. Not the Aztec calendar, but more likely an altar stone.
Xiucoatl, the Turquoise Serpent
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God of the Underworld
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Turquoise mosaic disks
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February 16: Museo Nacional de Historia (Chapultepec Castle)

Prior to the flight home, I had a couple hours to wander through the Chapultepec Castle. It was the residence of Emperor Maximilian and several presidents before becoming the National Museum of History in 1939.

Mountain White (Leptophobia aripa)
Castillo de Chapultepec
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Emperor Maximilian's carriage
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Chapultepec is the Nahuatl word for "on the hill of the grasshopper"
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There's a protractor on the tail of the Embraer 190
Our ride home