{"id":2755,"date":"2013-05-23T14:49:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2013-05-25T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T14:50:17","slug":"23-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.capetocairo2010.co.za\/?p=2755","title":{"rendered":"23 May 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although we are pressing on to Mexico City today, from Puebla<\/a> its a short run of only 133km so we got up early to go and explore the town and take some pics before heading off around lunchtime to MC. We started with breakfast on the square with a traditional Mexican breakfast which usually comprises of beans, chillies, eggs and cheese and Mexico is doing NOTHING for our waistlines!!!<\/p>\n

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Colourful streets of Puebla\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia..\u201cPuebla has 2,600 historic buildings, antiques, bars and pottery workshops. The downtown  is filled with churches, government buildings and large homes, built by indigenous hands for their Spanish overlords and the downtown was declared a Unesco world heritage site in 1987\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The main cathedral of Puebla and an interior shot\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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Beautiful modern art sculptures amongst the old buildings\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

The Capilla del Rosario is considered the 8th wonder of the world according to Puebla tourism and in fairness, it is incredibly beautiful and probably the most ornate piece of interior architecture that I have ever seen!! In addition to a host of beautiful old buildings Puebla is also peppered full of modern art sculptures and makes for a very interesting, arty and colourful town. The Palafoxiana library is considered the oldest library in the Americas and holds thousands of books dating from the 15th, 16th and 17th century.<\/p>\n

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Palafoxiana library<\/em><\/p>\n

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Interior of the Capilla del Rosario..<\/em><\/p>\n

By 1pm, we were done with sightseeing and hit the road for Mexico city which was incredible to drive into because of the traffic and vastness. It took about 50 to 60km from the outskirts to the centre of the city where we are staying for the next 3 nights and looking forward to exploring this place notwithstanding its reputation as one of the most dangerous cities in the world! <\/p>\n

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Our days ride\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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