the pyramids of monte alban are amazing. it's about a 20 minute drive from the centro of oaxaca and the drive itself is worth the price of the taxi. it is so incredibly beautiful.
from the vantage point where the handful of well-preserved pyramids are located, one can see all of the city and more.
there were cicadas, or something like them, in all of the trees, filling the air with a resounding and haunting buzz that couldn't be escaped. it was so cool and gave the entire experience a different sort of flavor.
we walked up and down the pyramids that you could, and gazed up at the ones that were blocked off.
it still blows my mind to be in the presence of structures with a history such as these, let alone being able to climb up them and take photos (and steal pieces of broken stone--here's looking at you, mitchell.)
(the view down from the big pyramid, i tried to get everything into my camera's viewfinder, but there's another pyramid to the left. so amazing.)
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