The main plaza in Antigua, with the cathedral in the background.
A street in Antigua.
This church is also in Antigua, and is THE oldest church in all of Latin America, built in 1523.
Part of what is left of Cortez's house; which is huge, and very impressive, this is only one of the many pictures I took. In reality, he was not in this "house" very often, as we was too busy in the area of present day Mexico City, demolishing the Aztec empire and culture.
This is the "gladiator circle". A captive was put in here with a warrior. If the captive killed the warrior, then a second warrior was put in here. If the captive killed THAT warrior, then he was allowed to go free. The ultiimate reality show!
This is the pit where they threw the dead bodies after sacrificing them by cutting their hearts out. The actual alter is elsewhere, I took a picture of it but didn't include it here.
Me at the main "pyramid".
Preparing for Dia de Los Muertos, which is tomorrow! Lots of preparations all around town, very exciting. Will include some photos of that in the next post.
Lunch by the Antigua River. After this we took a lancha (launch) down the river for a little tour. Saw where they'd dredged one of Cortez's cannons out of the river.
A typical Veracruzanian lunch. Fish, fish and more fish. Come to think of it, I need to go to the big fish market in town and take some pictures there too, it's supposed to be utterly amazing.
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