Mexico City

Tuesday 14 June

 

Today was our big day at the Museum of Anthropology and what a magnificent place it is! The building is superb (and has the best toilets we have seen on our trip) with a huge fountain in the courtyard that looks like a giant tree.

 

The displays are arranged by geographic location, so as we went from hall to hall we travelled around Mexico. Pottery is a feature in all areas and it is hard to believe that so much finely detailed work can have survived intact for so long.

 

There are also outdoor areas with gardens and huge stone edifices too big to be displayed inside.

 

We saw jewellery and masks made of jade, turquoise, gold, shell and rock crystal.

 

Chac Mol, the reclining God is one of my favourites.

 

Had a delicious morning tea in the cafe and also lunched there later on.

 

I remember Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent and Tlaloc, the rain god from my previous trip.

 

Our journey home in one of the pink taxis (avoid if you can!) was highly exciting. Firstly there was heavy traffic and police road blocks and detours to contend with. Our driver did not let a little thing like a red light stop him if he could bluff his way through and he even took us the wrong way down a one way street. In the end he put us out and pointed the way to our hotel about 3 blocks away, then had the cheek to ask for more money! He had already demanded a higher fee than he should because of the traffic. Needless to say we didn't oblige. Police cars everywhere near our hotel either for another demonstration or a presidential visit to a nearby government building. We never got to the bottom of it.

 

This should be the last entry for this trip as we fly home tomorrow. Hopefully no adventures worth reporting on the way. Thank you dear readers.

 

 

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