Colours of Mexico

As this year I have a two week half term, I decided to leave the autumnal colours of Norfolk behind for the sunshine, blue skies and colours of Mexico. It was to be an extra special trip, as at this time of year the country celebrates it’s biggest festival, Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead,) when people gather to pay respect to friends and families who have died. 

I flew into Mexico City, a city with over 9 million people and some of the worst traffic I have encountered! Walking the streets of this city, built on a lake bed in 1325 by the Mexica (Aztecs,) it’s beauty was soon revealed in it’s architecture, food and people. My favourite place was the Anthropology Museum, one of the best museums I have visited in the Americas. Its vast collection is simply incredible and you could easily visit more than once and still not see everything. 

On my way to Oaxaca, I visited Teotihuacan, an amazing architectural site of temples, including the pyramid of the sun and the pyramid of the moon, linked by the avenue of the dead. It was incredible to walk between them and marvel at both the original ruins and the reconstructed parts. Oaxaca deserves a post of its own, so I’ll write about my time there next.

I also spent some time in Puebla, a much smaller city and just wonderful to walk around with a coffee. The architecture is very different to Mexico City and colour was everywhere!

Enjoy the colour in the photos and thanks for reading.