When you see a sign like this greeting you to a campground your expectations are pretty low.
However, this place, despite its flaws, isn’t nearly as terrible as expected.
We’re all alone, as has become the norm the past couple of months. It’s really amazing how complete the RV crowd disappearance has been this summer. Meanwhile, up here at a few thousand feet in elevation the weather couldn’t be more perfect.
Cholula is a suburb of Puebla—the big city eight miles down the road—but despite this we found all sorts of country animals in the neighborhood.
The big draw card in town is the Great Pyramid, which has a base four times larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. It’s been overgrown for a thousand years though, so really it doesn’t look like much more than a grassy hill. We took our tour through the tunnels that wind their way through the pyramid, enjoyed the view from the top, checked out the church the Spaniards planted on top four hundred years ago, and wound our way back down to the zócalo for beer.
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How much are the kids able to appreciate the pyramids? Are they in awe of the fact that ancient civilizations built them or do they seem like regular landscape to them?
Oh, they’re normal kids, they stand still and listen while we explain a few things to them, and then they run off and play. But we know they soak it all in. We usually find out months later when they recite something back to us, or retell a story, that we had no idea they had paid attention to. The tough thing with kids is that they have no concept of time. Telling them that something is a thousand years old means nothing. We usually just resort to saying, “It’s way older than Grammy.”
Wow – those big blocks of magenta blossoms in the trees in the picture of the Travco almost look photoshopped, they’re so bright. Excellent. Love the photo of Ouest and Lowe hand-in-hand exiting the tunnel, too.
Both untouched photos. 🙂
Definitely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea from the flowers on the grass, though I’ve never seen one climb so high in a tree. They come in many different colors and several stunning shades.
Great pics once again. How do you find these places? Do you have a guidebook on the campsites of mainland Mexico?
We use this, http://amzn.to/1LLJ071 It’s pretty out of date now, but things don’t change that much south of the border. I think a lot, if not all, people are using http://www.ioverlander.com these days, but we have yet to try it out.
This is an odd question: I see you have one of those self-retracting water hoses. I’ve read nothing but bad things about them but since you have one I must reconsider. Can you give a brief review? Thanks!
This is just our second one in 16 months of daily use, so we’re pretty happy with it. In fact, I can’t imagine going back to a normal rubber hose, especially where space is an issue, like on the bus or in a boat.
omg that place is still in operation? that lady was a little dr jekyl/mr hyde the times we passed through. enjoy cholula!
So delicious! I just love your adventures!
The hand in hand picture is precious, a real prize winner!