Greetings (again from Cuernavaca.. we had another amazing day.. After breakfast with Miguelito the parrot we took and inter-city bus to the small mountain town of Tepotzlan. In hind site, it might have been a better base for our explore this week.. but all things considered.. things have worked out splendidly. Tepotzlan is a .. as the brochure says.. a ‘magical place’.. all sorts of people come there because the special feel of the place. And it does feel special.. it’s kind of a hippy/alternative getaway.. far enough up in the mountains to avoid being really crowded. It has cobblestone streets and low stucco houses in bright colors.. The main street is full of incense sellers, tarot readers and reiki practitioners.. The place was bustling today because it was a market day.. The interesting thing is.. we saw very few folks from other countries there.. maybe 4 Americans and one very helpful German/Mexican woman (Mira) who helped us find our way.

The first order of business was to climb the 45 minute straight up to the Aztec temple that overlooks the town. Even though we’re both in shape.. we were sweat coated and tired by the time we reached the top.. We started early.. so it wasn’t a crowd on the path.. but by the time we headed back.. everyone and his/her grandmother (literally) were on the steep stairs heading to the top…. And it was really worth it.. though the temple was small.. the view was simply amazing.. it’s incredible to think that folks built this thing hundreds (I believe 600) of years ago with no power tools.. It was a long way back to home depot in those days for anything you forgot at the top.

One cool thing at the top were the aguties.. a central american marsupial a bit like an opposum.. they were all over the plave and friendly-ish.. if there was a prospect for food..

The top was also a very good place to put a few samstones..

We got down the mountain around 12L30 .. hot and tired and happy.. first order of business was lunch.. We foudn a great mexican place (go figure) overlooking the street). .. After lunch we headed out to explore the city.. It was a market day so there were parts of town that were very crowded.. first we explored some of the quiet and beautiful back streets… and the old convent

Then we headed into the market.. what a ZOO !.. people were sellign everything from barbie dolls to pigs heads, shakra stones to fried cow intestines.. smells were everywhere.. gross to delicious.. it was … wonderful.. a little like india.. but different smells..

One thing we noticed again was love.. it was everywhere.. couples loved one another.. parents love their kids.. and babies and pregnant moms are everywhere… we love the love here.. it’s lovely

Around 4:30 our brains were full so we walked up to the bus terminal and caught a bus back to cuernavaca. This one let us off at the market.. so we had a nice and colorful mile walk through the zocolo..

now it’s about 8:30 ad we’re about to hit the streets again looking for food.. More tomorrow..

gnite all, gnite sam
-me