We had a “puente” in February, which basically means a long weekend. No recollection now what is was for, but we took advantage by going on our second road trip to Puebla with some friends. On the Sunday we went to the town of Cholula, a pre-Columbian archaeological site.
Cholula (Nahuatl: Cholōllān), was an important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BCE, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier. The great site of Cholula stands just east of the modern city of Puebla. Its immense pyramid exceeds the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan in volume. It is the largest pyramid structure in the Americas.
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We took a nice hike up to a small church on top of a hill looking down over the city of Puebla and the Cholula ruins. The kids ran around and had a great time. On the ride back we actually had clear blue skies with amazing views of the volcano, Popocatepetl.
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