Tepotzlan

During one recent long weekend, I took the day trip to Tepotzlan, a nearby Pueblo to the south of the DF in the state of Morelos. Besides its Neve (akin to ice cream), which I couldn't do justice here for the fact that taste has yet to be replicated online, and that I didn't actually try any when I was there, Tepoztlan is known for a sprawling 16th century ex-convent in its center nestled in the little valley.

BUT, the town is famous for its little late Aztec era pyramid pearched atop the edge of the valley. If you look closely at the image below, you can just make out the tell tale straight lines of human intervention on the ridgeline.

It's an often steep and always rocky one hour climb to the top, and as this was a puente (literally, a bridge, figuratively, a long weekend), the path had the added burden of being extremely populated. I had left the city to avoid the crowd, only to find a place even more densely habited, albeit temporarily.

And then I thought again, as I had a Mesa Verde, 'WOW, what were you guys thinking when you put that thing up there?'

Certainly a runt in comparison to most of the pyramids in Mexico, even the middling ones, but there a few places which can claim as stunning a location (or probably as harrowing a tale of construction).

And the spirits (as well as a lot of tourists) can look down on the places where modern man prefers to dwell.