cuernavaca.

downtown cuernavaca.
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the town was so gorgeous and lots of fun.
we went to the pyramids of teopanzolco, the palacio of cortes, a really fancy restaurant, and a lot of super rad churches.
there was a lot of statues and art devoted to people like emiliano zapata, benito juarez and jose maria morelos throughout the city, this being due to the historical positioning of the city with many leaders throughout mexico's history having come through cuernavaca.

the only problem with our trip was the unfortunate timing. there have apparently been some murders related to the drug wars in morelos, where cuernavaca is located. the violence from the drug wars in mexico have spread into this state as well. the first night we were there, one of the women in the hostel warned us that there had been a threat that something would go down that night in the zocalo and just to be careful. we didn't quite know what was going on and took a taxi with a latvian girl from the hostel (having a very fun conversation in spanish on the taxi ride there) and found that everything in the town had shut down that night because of the threats.
nothing ended up happening, and robin and i got some well needed rest because of the lack of salsa club to go to, so everything was alright. but the next day we saw processions of federal police and army trucks that kept vigil, driving through the zocalo. during our dinner on a restaurant patio, we counted over 10 trucks with heavily armed police creep slowly through the street in front of the palacion de cortes. insane.
we're lucky nothing like this is happening in puebla.