Mexico

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Ah, welcome to Mexico, where English is used mainly to...
It was easy to spot those who were new to the hotel,...
Did I mention there were two baby peacocks hopping...
The main staircase in the lobby of the hotel. Straight...
Peacock family!
Jay standing at the pool with the beach in the background.
Too bad I'm all squinty...
Jay at the bar by the pool, getting some drinks. The...
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful...
Catherine and Jay during "hora feliz".
The view from our room out over the ocean. At night...
Looking down from the balcony on the pool and beach.
Jay on the balcony Saturday night, post-pool, pre-dinner.
I believe this was the little fluff of a peacock. They...
The pool and the hotel. Our room was on the penultimate...
A study in how to construct cabana umbrellas from straw.
Jay inside Perico's in Cancun Centro, a crazy Mexican...
Inside Perico's.
There were a lot of fake dead people.
More fake dead people...
The barstools were western saddles.
To keep from eating too much, we split an entree -...
In Perico's.
Catherine tries out the barstools. As they rocked...
Jay digests.
A fun flowering tree in Cancun Centro. Mom thinks it's a mimosa.
Jay back on the scooter. The helmet should be...
Quoted prices for the blue sunglasses and the necklace:...
One of the fountains in the middle of a roundabout in...
Punta Sam, location of the ferry dock for people +...
Purty flares. Mom thinks vinca minor or myrtle?
Looking across the bay to Isla Mujeres.
Catherine figures out how to drive the moped in an empty...
Woo!
I'm not exactly sure where this was taken but the light...
The result of bad luck and the vortex that formed when...
Ick.
We finally wandered to the public balcony to watch the...
Sunset 1
Sunset 2
Sunset 3
Limoncello's, where we ate Tuesday night. We were under...
The skies were beautiful all weekend.
Catherine being silly.
Ah, our boat arrived! Excellent!
The last night :(
The Limoncello building was very interesting, with...
And beautiful hardwood floors!
And plates with the restaurant name on it that we never used.
The swim-up bar at the second pool. The only problem...
Catherine relaxing on a chair in the pool.
Ah, vacation.
Woo, Photoshop!
Jay lying on the edge of the infinity pool.
An attempt at capturing the "infinity"-ness of the pool.
Two of the pool-side beds you could reserve (for...
At the bar, with the pool and ocean behind.
Sad faces: time to board the plane to leave Cancun.
The Palacio de Bellas Artes near the Parque Central in...
Detail of the frieze above the main entranace.
Nice art deco interior.
Some of the architecture looked almost Arabic. It...
Another shot of the same up closer.
A beautiful apartment building near the Zócalo.
Cool retro bus.
Apartment building lining the Zócalo, the main plaza in...
Cathedral in Mexico City. Sorry for the fish-eye. I...
Inside the Cathedral.
Mexico City is built in a giant lake bed and thus all...
Pulpit in the cathedral.
You can see how much the church is leaning by comparing...
Mexican couple in the Zócalo.
Another shot of the Cathedral with less fish-eye.
Heh. No one wanted to stand in the sun apparently. ...
Street off the Zócalo.
Inside the National Palace, there is a peaceful cactus...
Inside the National Palace. Looks like we might be in...
Another shot of the interior of the National Palace.
Winged horse fountain in the National Palace
Another shot of the winged horse.
Dia de los muertos display and Diego Rivera mural in the...
Dia de los muertos is a pretty big deal in Mexico. The...
Diego Rivera mural of Mexican history.
Diego Rivera mural of Aztec history. Note the severed...
Murals in the National Palace.
Murals in the National Palace. More body parts.
Winged horse fountain.
I think this room is where their legislative body meets.
Traditional Aztec dancers at the Zocalo.
More Aztec dancing.
Just like Rome and Athens, Mexico City was literally...
They accidentally built this sewer without realizing it...
The black thing is an actual stone used for human sacrifice.
New and old, juxtaposed.
Unearthed Tlaloc god (rain god).
Templo Mayor with the cathedral in the background.
Aztec painting.
Sorry for the blurry picture. There are only women on...
All-woman subway car. The Mexico City metro has rubber...
Will and Graham, on our way to see pre-Aztec pyramids of...
Jon and John.
Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Sun.
Pyramid of the sun, looking southwest. It seems to have...
Up on top. No, I don't know these people.
Sarah and Graham. Pyramid of the Moon in the background.
Jon and Will. Pyramid of the Moon in the background.
John, with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background. ...
Jon, with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background.
Will, Graham, Sarah and Jon, at the top of the Pyramid...
This is our rock band photo. Now we just need to...
Climbing back down the steep steps.
Fun with photos. Pyramid of the Sun.
Woo hoo! Jon, Graham and Will.
Pyramid of the Moon, over in the east.
Y M C A.
Jon Sarah (Will is obscured) and Graham walking down the...
Pyramid of the Sun. I like this shot.
Mexican corn on a stick: Blue corn (boiled) with...
At the del Norte bus stop. Playing with night...
¡No, Papa, no!
Beer purchase fail.
Desayuno on Domingo.
Chapultepec Park on Sunday. The Chapultepec Castle...
It was a large park, much like Central Park or Golden Gate Park.
Looking out of the park down the Paseo de la Reforma.
Really neat inexpensive recycling canisters cheap, which...
Luchas Libres masks for sale.
Oversized lollipops for sale in Chapultepec park.
Colorful cotton candy for sale in Chapultepec Park.
Wow. Do you think they have enough pictographs of...
Mexico City skyline looking north: smog, skyscrapers,...
Looking east from Chapultepec castle down Paseo de la...
I stayed somewhere visible from this view. Looking west...
The Aztecs were not very kind to their prisoners of war,...
Chapultepec Park almost looks like a jungle when viewed...
A lake in Chapultepec park and new high rises going up near by.
Chapultepec Castle viewed from the gardens.
Some statue in the gardens at Chapultepec Castle.
The castle was a very popular destination with the...
View of the castle.
Juxtaposition of Spanish colonial and International modern.
New and old again.
I was pretty happy with this meal. I bought it off a...
John taking a picture of a roundabout on the Paseo de la...
Jasper, Jon, Monica and I all converged on Cabo del San...
In the morning, Jasper (left) prepares desayuno:...
Monica staring off at the sun, still low in the sky...
Jasper, enjoying his morning ritual.
Jon had spent the last week in Cabo fortifying himself...
Monica and instant coffee.
Never too early for beer on the beach, I suppose. Check...
Los cuatro amigos.
Our campsite from a distance.
Monica jumping.
On Saturday afternoon, I took the truck to town to...
Awesome map showing dive locations. We mostly stayed...
El Capitan towing our boat into the water.
Nothing wrong with this plan at all, right? What could...
So apparently after the truck gets the boat as close to...
Step 1: back up truck until it contacts boat.
Step 2: Hit boat.
Step 3, drive in reverse until boat is sufficiently in...
Loading up the boat. Actually, I forgot a crucial step....
Loading the last of gear.
Area where we would be diving. These same rock...
Kit, my dive partner. Even though I didn't have the...
Aw, cute a stripey fish.
Same guy, headed a different way.
I'd really like to learn how to edit my photos to make...
A bit closer and in shallower water.
Fish running away from me! All the pictures I seem to have...
Fish nibbling away at something or other.
Lots of fish!
Another fish running away.
If you look really really closely, you can see a very...
My dive master. Lucky! She has a neoprene hood! The...
Lots of colorful fish swimming about. Need to learn the...
More fish.
One more shot.
A colorful school of fish.
Always trying to swim away from me.
Swimming away again...
In this one a fish is headed right toward me! But since...
Water (and snorkel masks) apparently do funny things to my skin.
Ok, here's a long fin angel fish noodling along. Let me...
A little bit better.
Hey, wait, stop! Come back!
Me, again.
Can you see the lobster hiding in here? No? That's...
Sea lions. Never got a shot of one of these guys...
Headed back to shore. During the deeper part of my dive...
Upon my return from my little scuba outing, I found this...
While I was away, apparently a wind-resistant kitchen...
Sign near our camp site.
At night the temperature really dropped, so we built a fire.
Jasper, very excited about his fire, apparently.
Since no meal is complete without a menu item that is...
Jasper eating a fajita.
Jasper, less, than impressed with his Mickey.
Yum! Hot Mickey!
We really made an impressive fire! It probably could...
Jasper, standing next to his fire.
Jon, on Sunday morning. Sadly we have to go home today,...
Jasper cuts green onions for our morning omelet con soyrizo.
Jon does not look very excited about his breakfast beer.
Chef John, cooking the breakfast.
Jon.
Jasper.
Pouring out some beer for our dead (or workaholic)...
After packing up camp, we hopped back in the Nissan...
Monica, about to hop aboard.
Jasper, piloting our noble steed south down the east...
Baja: it's sort of exactly how I'd pictured it would be:...
Los Frailes -- the bay in which I went scuba diving yesterday.
Sadly we were running short on time, so we didn't have...
My scuba boat, from the day before.
Jon, standing on the Frailes beach, with our truck in...
Monica, fiddling with her camera. It had the weirdest...
Estacion del Gentrificacion.
Mom, how many mansions down here could you have bought...
Apparently this is how you get (fresh) water in these parts.
Monica snaps a picture of a funny looking cow.
Looked like a neat house.
Cattle grazing on the beach.
Palapas. Looks very relaxing.
Aww, horse and baby horse.
The scenery along this drive was stunning. We just...
More scenery.
This guy might not have much money but his life looks...
This makes me feel like I could walk forever!
Monica, Jon and Jasper.
Monica walking on the beach.
Monica, somewhere on the southern coast of Baja del Sur.
Jasper and Jon, getting ready to pack back into the truck.
More palapas.
Donkeys?
Nice ride...
Real estate speculation?
Skinny cows...
Great sign. (It's a surfboard.)
As we headed south the surf picked up and surfing became...
More surfers.
View of some old volcanoes (I'm guessing) back closer to...
Cactus or cross or cell phone tower?
Flying home! View over Baja del Sur. Amazing landscape!
Crazy geological formations! Our flight pattern was...
About the largest sign of industry we saw the whole way.
Actually, I suppose this was the biggest sign of...
Beautiful totally deserted islands.
More islands with nothing on them (that green-looking...
Monica looking excited to be reading her book.
Mouth of the Colorado River.
Colorado River.