Mexico City - Christmas 2000!

Join Jack & Mary Nelle Figart on a 7 day tour of Mexico City and surrounding areas during the 2000 Christmas Holidays.

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Jack & Mary Nelle welcome you to their 'Navidad in Mexico' album.
Our tour group.
Our guide, Mike (in red jacket).
Our modern hotel in San Luis Potosi.
The national car of Mexico, the VW Beetle. This one belongs to an exterminating company.
This Christmas tree in the San Luis Potosi plaza was decorated with Coca Cola ornaments.
San Luis Potosi's version of the nativity scene.
This cathedral tower overlooks the San Luis Potosi plaza.
Alter inside the cathedral at San Luis Potosi. Notice the giant hands reaching out from the top of the first level.
San Luis Potosi ornamental street lights.
Bougainvilla blooming at a highway rest stop.
Aztec carving in the Archealogical Museum, Mexico City.
This carved stone was used by the Aztecs as a sacrificial alter.
Massive 24 ton Aztec Calendar stone uncovered in the 1960's when excavation began for the Mexico City subway.
Modern mosaic, Mexico City.
Performing arts theater, Mexico City.
Cathedral on the main plaza, Mexico City.
Spanish conquitadors destroyed many Aztec pyramids and temples, such as this one next to the main plaza, Mexico City.
We visit a modern Mexico City cathedral during Christmas day mass.
Large murals depicting the history of Mexico adorn the walls of the National Palace. They were painted over a 25 year period by famed Mexican artist, Diego Rivera.
Mary Nelle catches Jack with 2 senioritas!
The Floating Gardens of Xochimilco.
Our boat has a 2 people powered propulsion system.
We're provided with some musical entertainment as we cruise the waterways of Xochimilco.
Mary Nelle and our guide, Mike, give in to the urge to dance to the music.
The Floating Gardens of Xochimilco are truly a romantic place.
Cathedral at Cuernavaca.
Cathedral at Cuernavaca.
Mary Nelle buys needlepoint doilies made by the nuns of Cuernavaca.
Shopping on the streets of Cuernavaca.
Some of our tour group negotiates with a Cuernavaca vendor.
The red tiled roofs of the mountainside haciendas of Taxco provide a storybook setting.
The spires of this Taxco cathedral have been compared to decorations on a wedding cake.
Cafe balcony, Taxco.
Vic snaps a pic of Charla and Christine.
Jack just can't say 'NO' to the Chiclet girl.
Our German exchange student entertains us at lunch in Taxco.
Mary Nelle couldn't believe the ladies room at our Taxco lunch stop.
Check the decorations on the stall doors of the ladies room.
A silversmith demonstrates his craft in a Taxco silver shop.
A '15 passenger' taxi in Taxco!
Taxco - a town of lovely flowers, lovely haciendas and great silver jewelry.
At Teotahuacan we learn the many uses of the century plant.
An obsidian carver works his trade at Teotahuacan.
Temple carvings left by an ancient civilization at Teotahuacan.
The 'Feathered Serpent' is prominent in ancient Mexican lore.
A great place to eat near Teotahuacan.
Natives perform ancient dances for us during lunch at Teotahuacan.
Pyramid of the moon, Teotahuacan.
One of our group, Sherry, tries out the native headdress.
The pyramid of the sun at Teotahuacan is the exact same size at the base as the great pyramid of Egypt.
Our hotel at San Miguel de Allende.
Courtyard scene at our hotel at San Miguel de Allende.
San Miguel de Allende.
One of the quaint streets in San Miguel de Allende.
A shopkeeper prepares to open for business, San Miguel de Allende.
Mary Nelle catches Jack fondling the melons at the market in San Miguel de Allende.
Of course, Mary Nelle found a quilt shop in San Miguel de Allende.
Checking out the needlework at the San Miguel de Allende Indian Market.
Street vendors, San Miguel de Allende.
Sidewalk vendor, San Miguel de Allende.
Sidewalk vendor, San Miguel de Allende.
Reynosa.
Paper flower vendor, Reynosa.
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Created by Jack Figart on June 09, 2001