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In 1984 or 1985 the motorcycle gang club my dad was a member of decided to do a winter road trip to Mexico.
We started in Minneapolis.
In WINTER.
If you rode the whole way, you got a special patch!
Since I already had all the winter gear from riding three-wheelers in the snow, I opted to ride the whole way.
I, foolishly, left my patch jacket with my dad when I moved back to Iowa.
However, this story is not about that!
This is 500 bikers descending on Mexico in January for three weeks.
Actually, it's not a story.
It's mentioning that I climbed the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan.
That is no longer allowed.
I can understand why.
Still, it's neat to be able to say I did something like that.
It also occurs to me that seeing both the Teotihuacan site and several Egyptian pyramids (though from a distance) makes me a bit unusual.
The trip to Egypt was taxpayer funded and the whole battalion got to go play in the desert with our tanks. The exercise was cancelled because of a terrorist threat, so it was really camping in the desert with tanks rather than a real joint exercise.
The ride on the ship across the Med was fun.
Huh? I also did the pyramid at Teo back in 1980, one of the perks of living on the road as an international sales/marketing type. Did not know that climbing was now forbidden, seems silly as that is the main reason tourists visit Mexico city, it is far easier to reach compared to Yucatan or similar in Peru and Colombia.
ReplyDeleteYears of foot traffic was causing noticeable wear on the steps and they were afraid that it might eventually become permanently damaged.
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Business opportunity!! Require all tourists to buy flip flops for the climb, single use, -Kaching! $
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