Josh: There's some more original untouched parts of the pyramid.
Oh...Oh God. Oh no, it doesn't like that.
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Hey good morning guys, so we are just checking out of our hostel
so you may notice that there are a bunch of chairs and tables, and it may resemble
a restaurant, and it is... which we did not realize... so our hostel door is right
there behind me and then this morning at about 8 o'clock, we just had a bunch of
music start playing and we came out here and all the tables were set up so
between 8-2 apparently, this place also becomes a restaurant! So, luckily there's
been nobody in here so we were able to you know, go to the bathroom, have
our showers without a bunch of people staring at us, so that's good. So anyway
so this morning we are heading to the world's biggest pyramid, so as far as I
know it's it's based on square footage not on height, but it should be pretty
cool we can go inside which is awesome and yeah so we're going to be able to
walk there from from here I'll climb up to the top there's a big church at the
top and after that we are headed to a ferris wheel in the town of Puebla and
then we are carrying on from there. So we will see you on the way probably, cuz you
know, I never just wait till I actually get there so we'll see you on the way to
the pyramid
So one thing I still can't get over is the difference in temperature simply by
stepping out of the Sun into the shade, especially first thing in the morning
it's still so crazy. Like here it's absolutely... cold! It's like it's cold, but like
two seconds from now, we're gonna step into a spot where the Sun reaches on the
same sidewalk and you almost feel like taking your
sweater off. It's just... I don't know it's the weirdest thing
like I've... it's it is, it's just a huge different and it's I
don't know, it's so weird. So admission into the pyramid is 70
pesos, which is just under five bucks so seventy five pesos is about five bucks
so it's not too bad, pretty cheap, and there's a lineup of people here, we're
not going in, we're not sure exactly why, so we're just gonna finish off breakfast
and then figure out if we're in the right spot or not.
The Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest know pyramid in the new world
You may be able to see me a little bit better now with some light
Oh, so here's a diagram
It was built for, and dedicated to, the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl - god of wind and wisdom
Chris: In the world, it's 2 times wider on each side than that Great Pyramid of Giza
And by volume 4
times bigger
Josh: That's crazy.
Oh this so cool, oh yeah it doesn't really go anywhere
it's either yeah, like he said, just either a part but they started digging
and didn't finish, or part that they did dig had collapsed on itself.
Oh my goodness, this is so cool
I've never been anywhere like this
This is awesome
It's a good thing it's a angled at the top!
Chris: The thing is, the Aztecs and people close to Mexico City are not actually known for being short
they were actually relatively tall. If you went to
Teotihuacan you could see like the steps are pretty giant, so they would have at
least the height of like, you or I, it's in the south of Mexico the Mayans
are famously short. And that's where you're going to hit your head on everything
Josh: Yes narrow, and my head is very close. I can only stay exactly in
the middle or else it'd be very bad. I feel like, I'm like, strapped in one of
those roller coasters where if you went to either side just smack your head.
I know, yeah the bricks are very different here
I'm touching a pyramid. First time ever.
Adam: It's pretty neat to be inside it
Josh: Yeah, well see I've never been to an outside one, or an inside one, so my first
experience is pretty good, both in and outside,
That's crazy
Oh it's like showing how it like, grows
The pyramid was built in 4 stages starting in the 3rd century B.C.
What's bamboo?
Catherine: Little drains
Josh: Oh yeah
Chris: These are new because they've got metal grating around
Adam: Yeah
Catherine: Look, right here the bricks changed too
Chris: Yeah, well I was just telling Adam that I
read this morning, I was reading some up stuff up on the pyramid, and it said it
said that it was basically, like the original, was built like up to 200 BC and
then they were then different groups built their pyramids on top of the
pyramid to make it like, six layers, almost like a Russian doll of six pyramids
So this might actually be a different groups pyramid that we're now entering
Josh: Oh, okay
Pretty short, Oh that's cool.
Catherine: Hmm, ok, yeah
Chris: So this could actually be a different groups pyramid and
that's why it's so giant too, because they just kept building on top and on top
Josh: All these, like, stairways that go nowhere
Chris: That might be another spot right there
where it was another pyramid
Josh: yeah, yeah, that's very true. yeah it could have been an exterior I suppose
Chris: I don't know all the truth of that story
Josh: Oh, it's like a shaft that goes, goes up
that's cool, there's another layer on top of us, yeah, go up in there you'll
like that, and then look, this one's down. Wow, oh wow, that's amazing
That's amazing
Adam: Look up
Josh: Wow!
Chris: This one's like the coolest!
Josh: Pictures will never, no pictures will never... Wow
that's cool, and that goes way way down
Well guys, I really wish I could
document this better, it's is absolutely amazing! Just that one part
that were just at there, where I went from up top all the way down, it must
have dropped, like, floors and floors and floors and floors it's so super cool
This is such a neat experience! If you ever have the chance, definitely come here!
You won't regret it, that's for sure
Chris: It definitely would have been worth the 70 pesos
Josh: Oh absolutely! I would have paid whatever to come in here, it's super cool, so super cool
You can see pretty much from the outside and a
couple other places, but actually go in
Chris: That's something special, and the biggest pyramid in the world!
Josh: Yeah really!
What an experience!
It would be quick drop!
Yeah so, we just came down from where Adam is, and if
you're able, I don't know, yeah anyway, there's a staircase that goes down, but
how would you get to these parts if the staircase went down?
Adam: That's a good question
Josh: cuz there, we got grates over these ones,
but there's a path that way, and then the pathway this way
Adam: Maybe that older pyramid
Chris: Maybe, yeah, that's a very valid question.
Catherine: I mean it could be part of an older one
Chris: Cuz this could be the outside of an older pyramid
Adam: Maybe it is because it looks quite big
Chris: The steps are big and stuff
So that could be out - the exterior
Adam: That could be how they knew
Chris: That could be, and this could've been flat and they just discovered the stairs
and...
There are approximately 8 kilometers or 5 miles of tunnels within the pyramid
Josh: I know I've said this, but this is so cool! It's probably one of the coolest
things I've ever done!
Oh, we have more either stairs or exterior.
Chris: that's really
more stairs - it doesn't look like solid pieces
Josh: Yeah
So cool
Oh, tight. Ok.
Spider webs!
I didn't even see that
Chris: Look there
It looks like real corridors and stuff down there.
You can see some of the...
Josh: Oh!
Chris: Like the real paths really well cleared and excavated
Josh: That . Is. Awesome.
Chris: Hopefully I won't drop my phone down here!
Josh: Yup!
Chris: Or that could be an excuse to go down and get it!
Josh: Yeah, we've been walking for quite a little bit now.
That's like a warm breeze coming
through there.
Oh! yeah, that's why, because of that.
Well, I never thought I would have
the chance to go inside a pyramid, that was awesome. I actually was in a pyramid
before I saw the outside of a pyramid, so how do you? how do you even that?
Oh, that was amazing.
Alright, so now we're gonna go the
exterior and climb up and see that church I guess.
If you come here definitely
do it. Take the chance, pay the money if you have to, to go inside the pyramid. You
won't regret it. One of the coolest things, one of coolest things I've ever
done