Aztec Chinampas tour

Author: * ChanChan Tupac - 24 Posts on this thread out of 841 Posts sitewide.
Date: Aug 4, 2003 - 14:17

The AZTEC Chinampas
Little Venice of Ancient America

Tenochtitlan, the capital is build on small islands, so we'll go by boat.
After half an hour we will arrive at the largest market of our city where
you will find exotic spices, the best fish of the continent, colourful rugs and
textiles, the most precious jewellery, nicely decorated pottery, obsidian
artifacts. Make sure to bring your bag of beans (this is what you need to
pay in for most of the goods that are sold here).

Lunch at the Inn of the Blue Macaw

After lunch we will visit the ceremonial square with the great double Temple of Huitzilopochtli (our wargod) and Tlaloc (our raingod) .
Then we will attend a performance in the house of instruments.
We dine outside the city, in a little village where they serve an exquisite goose a la cacti (the fruits, not the prickly needles)

We return to the Inn of the Blue Macaw for a nightcap and some well-deserved rest.

Optional for the city of Tenochtitlan

A guided tour to Teotihuacan
May-pole bungee-jumping
Learn your first words of Nahuatl
Maquey workshop (what can you do with a magey)