Views around Cholula

As I said yesterday, we've been to the Cholula Trailer Park in the outskirts of Puebla many times, but the last time was six years ago... so we still wanted to go wander around Cholula one more time.

Cholula is where the largest pyramid in the world is located. The pyramid is also the largest man made monument in the world.

It's about a twenty minute walk to get to the center of Cholula and we set off around 11:00am.

This is the pyramid!

It doesn't look like a pyramid... it looks like a church built on top of a hill. And that's exactly what the Spanish thought when they arrived in the 1500's. They thought it was a hill, and didn't even realize they were building on top of a man made structure.

It's free to climb up, and it's worth it for the views in all directions.

Cholula.

Zoomed in on the San Gabriel Arcangel Convent.

Looking towards the city of Puebla.

Puebla.

We're not going to head into Puebla, but we might on our return towards the end of April.

Zoomed in on some interesting architecture.

Ussie and the church at the top.

Ussie and the view.

Normally, you have to pay to access the interior of the church at the top. But for whatever reason (Easter?) it was open for all yesterday.

The interior is very ornate.

Fancy chandelier.

Some of the ruins that have been excavated.

We remembered from our last visit that there was a really good taco stand that did tacos arabes. We found it, but it was closed! So we had to go find somewhere else for lunch. The market building is always a good place to find some inexpensive food, so we headed there.

Along the way, we came across this huge tourist trinket shop!

Cholula has many churches.

And a really big market building.

It always amazes me how we grow enough food to feed the population.

Pretty flowers.

Many different types of chorizo.

We found a carnitas place that was busy.

And there was a reason it was busy... they were delicious!

After lunch we went for a walk around some of the side streets.

How old is this building?

Lots of colors.

We went into the convent church.

Last time we were here it was closed for renovations.

Beautiful interior.

The upper railing is really well done.

Jacaranda tree in bloom on the street in front of the trailer park.

Today, we are doing the drive into the state of Veracruz and the Orizaba Volcano... the highest point in Mexico. It's about a two and a half hour drive to our destination area, although we really have no idea where we are going to overnight.

Oh, and happy birthday to grandson Cameron who turns 15 today! I wonder how many of our current readers were around when Cameron was born??

Grandson Cameron turns 15 today!

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