The Central Plaza (or Zocalo) of Mexico City - a huge square surrounded by elegant colonial buildings including this Cathedral that Gary kindly posed in front of. The Plaza is pretty impressive - OK, it's not on the same scale as Tiananmen Square in China or Red Square in Russia, but it certainly beats any other plaza we've seen in the Americas.
This elegant white hall (the Palacio de Bellas Artes) was also in the centre of town - near a pretty tree-filled park with endless rows of market stalls. This is one of the few photos we have of Mexico City where the sky is actually blue - most of the time it was a smoggy grey... Not quite as grey as the skies we saw in China, but the polluted air here made us sneeze and cough a lot more than that in Beijing.
The impressive Pyramid Del Sol with a tiny Gary standing a good 50m in front of the structure to lend a bit of perspective! It's a truly huge pile of rock - with over 300 steps leading to the top. Hard work to climb, but well worth the effort for the glorious views...
... such as this, towards the slightly smaller (and slightly prettier) Pyramid Del Luna! Again we have a very tiny Gary in the foreground to give you an impression of scale - he's standing only one 'level' down from where I'm taking the photo. And this pyramid had lots of 'levels'!
Here we have the elegant court of the smaller (but still massive) Pyramid Del Luna - this Moon Temple had very balanced proportions making it slightly more aesthetically pleasing than its big brother.
And finally, the Pyramid Del Sol from the Pyramid Del Luna - as you can see the Moon Pyramid was well worth the climb for the views too!
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