Jim's Wonderful World of Fun -- Mexico Pictures

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Hey, for all you have been bugging the crap out of me, here you go: Mexico Pictures! They are more or less in chronological order (the date for the pics is somewhere on each one).

Mexico City

The Skyline of Mexico City as seen from our hotel.
The Streets of Mexico City as seen from out hotel.
The Central Cathedral in Mexico City. Our hotel was just behind this building.
Because we were there right before 3 Kings Day there were tons of people selling stuff in the central plaza.
Just more of the same.
We were all amazed at how crowded the hillsides of Mexico City were.
We were right next to the Presidential Palace. This is the courtyard in the middle of it.
Diego Rivera is one of the most famous muralists of all time. Here is one of his works on the wall of the Presidential Palace.
Here is a picture of a big group of us eating breakfast on the first morning we were there.
The four of us guys who roomed together throughout the trip by a waterfall in the Anthropology Museum.
HeHe...the bread company is named bimbo...Bimbo Bread :)
What are they doing sitting on top of a 100ft tall pole?
Ahhh...tying themselves up and then swinging around it upside down while singing and playing music....DUH!
This is some random, but really pretty, statue of Mary and natives giving her gifts.
These are Aztec Ruins in a place called "Tres Cultures" in Mexico City.

Teotihuacan (A famous pyramid site about 45 minutes outside of Mexico City)

This is the 3rd largest Pyramid at the site. The front steps were built over top of the back pyramid.
The same pyramid from closer and off to the side.
The same Pyramid from even closer. See the Statues on it?
Well there is one from closer up. Did i mention these ruins are over 2000 years old?
This is the second largest pyramid at the site. It is called the Pyramid of the Moon.
Here is another picture of the Pyramid of the Moon.
A group of us in front of the big pyramid at the site. It is called the Pyramid of the Sun
Here's a group of us on top of the Pyramid of the Sun with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background.
A Picture of a bigger group of us on top of the same pyramid.
Whoops! I slipped!
Here's my roomate, Doug, the stupid copycat :)
This is a picture of hte whole group, plus some random Mexican dudes in cool clothes.
Some mariachis who played at the restaurant we went to right next to Teotihucan.
2 of my Mexico roomates with sombreros and blankets.
Doug looking like he's ready to go kill someone and then yell something victorious in Spanish.
Look at that sexy boy!
A guy working on making blankets that they sell there.
The hand-woven blanket I bought from them for $37. Good deal!

Cuernavaca (A city an hour south of Mexico City where we stayed for 2 weeks)

The Palace of Hernan Cortes in downtown Cuernavaca.
A mural done by Diego Rivera in Cortes' Palace in Cuernavaca.
Another picture of the same mural.
This is a picutre of Downtown Cuernavaca.
A picture of a hillside outside of my homestay house.
Uh, found this when we were walking around Cuernavaca. It's rather disturbing.
This is the house we stayed at for the first week in Cuernavaca. It's called Casa Cemal.
Doug in a tree outside of Casa Cemal.
A picture of the group outside of Casa Cemal.
Me with 2 gyrls (Anna and Christeen) and one of our profesors at a group dinner.
This is the water slides at a water park we went to in Cuernavaca.
As we were leaving Cuernavaca Doug gave me a tiny banana. I've been told this is a very seductive picture.

Tepotzlan (We took a day trip to this mountainous town)

As we were driving to Tepotzlan we got a flat tire, but it was really pretty so a few of us took pictures.
Just some random pretty mountains.
Picture of mountains in Tepotzlan. What's that on top?
More mountains. What's that on top?
Ahh, that's it. And i climbed the mountain for an hour to get there.
And there I am. Dead tired, but sexy as ever!

Xochicalco (Another day trip we took from Cuernavaca)

We went and toured a ruin site called Xochicalco. This is the main pyramid there.
Just random ruins in Xochicalco.
Original Carvings on the side of one of the Pyramids.
A group of us guys, plus Dr. Parkyn at the base of a pyramid.
A bunch of us on top of one of the Pyramids.

Taxco (We took a weekend trip here. It's the silver capitol of the world....i think)

Uh...the skyline of Taxco, not much more to say.
This is dinner one night in Taxco. This is the group that I hung out with on the trip.
I dunno what this is, but I saw it as I was walking around Taxco.
This is me, Jeff, and Dave hanging out with some plastic chef.

Merida (The capitol of the State of Yucatan. We stayed there over the weekend before we went to Cancun)

This is a picture of the oldest cathedral in Mexico, in Merida.
Dinner the first night in Merida.
These were some Tucans that were in our hotel.
Some really cool looking memorial in Merida
A group lunch in Merida

Chichen Itza (This is a site of Mayan ruins about half way between Merida and Cancun)

This is the main pyramid at the site. I believe it is considered to be a wonder of the modern world.
Another shot of the same pyramid.
The view of some ruins at Chichen Itza from the top of the big pyramid.
This is me on top of the pyramid at Chichen Itza.
When we went to the restaurant next to Chichen Itza they had a couple of Peacocks. He wants to get some!
Same peacock. They are sooooo freakin beautiful.

Cancun (We spent the last few days relaxing here in January. The water was around 70 degrees!)

This is a random picture of the beach with hotels in the background.
Dave, Ben, and Doug playing air hockey. There's something you can't do in the US.
When we first got there we went exploring. Here we are on a rock that was about about 5 feet off the beach.
A picture of the hotel and pool from the walkway that went over the pool.
Looking out the other side of the walkway you see the pool and the ocean.
A bunch of us playing basketball in the pool. That's Profesor Markovich with the ball.
Part of the beach with chairs and umbrellas on our hotels private beach
After Doug won a beer chugging contest the second day we were there, we went clubbing here at Dady-Os.
I found these Conch shells in the ocean one day when we were walking around looking for shells.
This is the same rock as one of the above pictures. Dave, Doug and I took a picture on it the last day.
This is me on January 21st relaxing in shorts, sandles and a sleeveless shirt on the waters edge.
Doug found a coconut on the ground so he broke it open and ate it. Ewwww!
We went to this Mexican restaurant the last night that had live entertainment. Dave got sucked up on stage to dance with on of the dancers.
The pool at our hotel and some palm trees at sunset.
Just another random picture of the beach and ocean.

Well, that's it for my pictures I've scanned from Mexico. I've got a bunch more pictures of different ruins and such if you wanna see them, I'll show them to ya, but this is all I'm putting online. Hope you all enjoyed them. I had a blast and I'ld encourage anyone to go and I hope I can go back sometime.