Mural on walls of the Temple

We are at the complex of the 

Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Moon

Vendor plying his Wares

Calls with LDS Guide

Plaza in the middle of the Temple Complex

More murals--colors from plants

No living quarters in the Temple Complex--this is a castle on the Outskirts

Drain System

Cactus entry to the Pyramids

This is the food at a neat restaurant we went to

built in the floor of a big cave called the Grotto

This is chicken fajita and dark burrito.  

Cost was about $13 American

To get to the eating area, you had to walk down into the bottom

of the cave...very steep.  This restaurant is out of the way

beyond the Pyramids

Looking down from the steps into the

Grotto..it was really unique.

These are large openings into a large cave.

Neal and the tables in the background

Jackie standing on the steps descending into

the big cave.

This is one of the classrooms on the Avenue of the Dead

which runs from the Temple of the Sun to the Temple of the Moon

There are classrooms all along on either side the roadway

After the tour of the Pyramids, we went to the living

quarters--this was a castle...many rooms

Murals in the castle.

View from the top of the Temple of the Sun.  You

can see the Temple of the Moon down at the end of the 

Avenue of the Dead.

The Temple of the Sun

This is the Quetzalcóatl part bird, part serpent with

butterfly wings

Holes in the walls that the LDS guide

thought were used for curtains.

Temple rooms off to the side of 

the Pyramid of the Moon

There were small rooms on either side of the

Avenue of the Dead...each originally had murals

depicting gospel themes.  People walked along

the Avenue of the Dead and were taught the Gospel along

the way.  This is the only preserved mural (originally it

was behind another building which protected it from the elements).  It depicts a panther or puma.  The circles represent eternity.  The original color remains.

This is an atrium in the temple rooms where

we saw pictures of the Quetzel bird.

There were tons of shops lining each of the walkways entering

the complex.