How to Visit Teotihuacan | Mexico City Pyramids | City of the Gods

[@theveganhippie2730]

I've never heard of this place but I think it's so interesting to learn how extremely similar it is to the Egyptian pyramids. Love this history lesson.

[@VeganVoyagers]

Glad you liked the history lesson! Lol there were so many other fascinating facts that we cut out so we didn't bore people to death. If you ever get a chance to go, we highly recommend it! Also in one of the scenes we picked up a GHOST talking- just published a new bonus vlog about it, if you're interested. Pretty wild stuff

[@LivingFreeAshley]

I think getting there first thing in the morning was a smart call! What a fascinating place to visit, especially with the tie between the pyramids in Egypt. Love that you geeked out all over this video!!

[@VeganVoyagers]

Yes, definitely getting there early is a must! We definitely geeked out while here, there's just so much fascinating history and so many unknowns

[@SonniasSpotlight]

Wow! So majestic ... what an awesome adventure! Thank you for educating us as well!

[@VeganVoyagers]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@invisibletravellers6271]

I visited this place in a hot afternoon eight years ago. You were smart to go in the early morning. Thanks for bringing me back.

[@VeganVoyagers]

Such a magical place right?! We're so glad we went in the morning, definitely worth it to beat the crowds and the heat.

[@luis_6068]

Its a beautiful thing to watch i have personally never being there but hopefully one day I can visit the Pyramids of my ancestors.

[@VeganVoyagers]

It’s such an awe inspiring place. We hope you get a chance to visit!

[@AlternativeReality]

Awesome video and I love your channel. So cool!

[@VeganVoyagers]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@LaurenVacula]

Looks like such an incredible place- SO MUCH HISTORY! Kinda bummed I didn't get here when in Mexico a few years ago

[@VeganVoyagers]

You'll definitely have to put it on your list for the next time you make it down there

[@veganandproud]

This looks amazing! I want to visit Mexico City now lol.

[@VeganVoyagers]

You absolutely should! We fell in love with Mexico City after spending a month there, can't recommend visiting enough!

[@christiemarsh3841]

So cool! Loved this informational video. I've been to Teotihuacan before but never knew all of the history behind it. Should've had you as my tour guide for the day lol

[@VeganVoyagers]

Haha, yea we did a lot of research beforehand because we didn't want to pay for a guide. Hayden is absolutely fascinated by ancient cultures in the Americas, so she geeked out all day.

[@MorganDunCampbell]

Wow, looks like an incredible place to meditate! So cool that you're vlogging about exploring these ancient ruins

[@VeganVoyagers]

It really is a very magical place, thanks so much for watching!

[@mrbidwell]

Awesome video 😎

[@VeganVoyagers]

Thank you! Such a fascinating place! Did you catch the ghost whisper around 7:18? We just published a whole video about it, thanks to a subscriber who commented here asking what that strange noise was. SO COOL

[@mrbidwell]

Vegan Voyagers it’s soooo creepy, I get goosebumps every time I re-watch that part 😱

[@LavenderHazelwood]

I saw a museum exhibit about this place in LA and their lifestyle was super interesting. It was a place that was multicultural. People from all over stopped to trade and even to live here. The water god (I can't remember the name now) was important and they paid homage to it everywhere- on the facades of buildings and even in people's apartments. They had 'sewer' lids in each apartment with the face or emblem of the water god on it. Inhabitants would carry around obsidian mirrors to confer with the gods if they needed to. Their way of life was completely devoted to making the gods happy and they were in constant communication with the gods.

[@VeganVoyagers]

Yes! There are SOOOO many interesting facts that we cut out of the video because we didn't want people to get bored hahaha. The water god could have been Tlaloc, that's interesting about the sewer lids, we were wondering how their bathroom situation worked out- something we might have learned if we had a guide. They also did children sacrifices for Tlaloc, but they had to be tortured first because they needed to be crying in order to appease Tlaloc, which would make sense if he was the water god. They were able to carbon date the teeth of some of the skeletons that had been sacrificed and from that they could tell that the person wasn't born anywhere near Teotihuacan. So again that would make sense that it was a huge trade destination and that people were coming from all over Mesoamerica. There was also a theory that so many different kinds of people ended up there in the first place after getting displaced from erupting volcanoes and they all found refuge in the valley there and decided to build the city. SO interesting, if you ever get a chance to go, we highly highly recommend it.

[@LavenderHazelwood]

@@VeganVoyagers Yeah, I heard they sacrificed children. I think they had to sacrfice some of the children of the 'noble class' at times to appease the gods too. I didn't know about the torture though. What a crazy and tough existence. There is so much mystery surrounding this place. Certain numbers seemed to have significance to them too. They found numbers like 13 and 14 patterned in their art and in the numbers that they sacrificed.

[@VeganVoyagers]

@@LavenderHazelwood Super cool! Honestly so many interesting things about that place. So many mysteries

[@tessbea4883]

Ive been wanting to visit there so bad. Great video. Felt like I was there lol.

[@VeganVoyagers]

So glad we could share the experience through the camera lens, we hope you get there soon!

[@alkalinefoodist]

Love it, totally jealous yet again. This is definitely on my list of places to go!

[@VeganVoyagers]

We can't recommend it enough, it was one of the most fascinating places we've been!

[@SandraCampillo]

So cool! What an amazing experience. I'm all about the history. I love learning how things came about and love traveling. It's not only beautiful to explore but such a great learning experience as well. So intriguing and definitely fascinating.😉 I'm adding this one to my list!

[@VeganVoyagers]

We think it's so fun to learn new things on our travels, there's so much history and unknowns here, it's absolutely fascinating!

[@LavenderHazelwood]

oh rad! It's on my list to visit!

[@VeganVoyagers]

You must! It was so cool and full of fascinating history

[@GoTravelOnTheCheap]

April can relate to you about seeing ruins for the first time when we were in Mexico last October--it was pretty awesome! Crazy that they even sacrificed children. An entire chamber of liquid mercury?! Interesting. Like the red tones at the pillar plaza area. Bloopers are always fun; we can relate, haha!

[@VeganVoyagers]

That place is so wild isn’t it? The bloopers are our favorite parts. We have tears in our eyes every time!

[@joanajimenez6028]

🙌✨What an amazing place! Also what was that sound at 7:18? 🤭 🤔

[@VeganVoyagers]

Whoa.... we aren’t quite sure. We will have to go back to the original video clips and see if we can figure out what that was and if it shows up there. Being that we are big believers in spirit energy and the amount of energy/history in that area, it could be anything!!!

[@VeganVoyagers]

Well, that creepy whisper voice was definitely in the raw file as well. We're pretty convinced it was a ghost, we've had lots of supernatural experiences. It almost sounds like he's saying "naranja" which means orange haha. We sent it along to a few of our ghost hunting friends to see what they think.

[@joanajimenez6028]

Vegan Voyagers 😱 That’s so awesome! It seems there was a spirit near you guys! I speak Spanish and naranja is also what I heard at first, but now that I played it again it sounds like “naranda” which I believe isn’t even a word haha. It’s so cool that your camera picked that up.

[@VeganVoyagers]

@@joanajimenez6028 It could also be a word in Nahuatl or Nahua, the ancient languages- who knows how old the spirit could have been!

[@VeganVoyagers]

@@joanajimenez6028 Our ghost hunting friends said they definitely think it's an EVP (electronic voice projection). I think we'll have to do a little video about this and some of the other ghost experiences we've had!

[@VeganDynamite]

I found your channel at the perfect time - when I'm stuck in the house and can't travel! Great video. Were none of those eagle sounds real??

[@VeganVoyagers]

Nope, all of those sounds come from the little whistles that they sell. Cool right?!

[@BuddyTheTravelingMonkey]

We're actually in Mexico right now and hoping to visit Teotihuacan but we we're not sure if it's open again due to the pandemic. I've been to ruins in Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru so I'd love to add this to my list. Liquid mercury? That's really interesting.

[@VeganVoyagers]

Where in Mexico are you? We just returned and are down in Quintana Roo. Apparently Chichen Itza has reopened, which we plan to visit, so you might get lucky and Teotihuacan could be open soon!

[@BuddyTheTravelingMonkey]

@@VeganVoyagers awesome! Good to know. We're house sitting in Bucerias near Puerto Vallarta but will be in Mexico City at the beginning of October.

[@VeganVoyagers]

@@BuddyTheTravelingMonkey If you get a chance to get out to sayulita, that's one of our favorite towns we visited in Mexico!

[@Svenywhere]

Luckily you weren't sacrificed on top because there wasn't a priest to do that. What was the other temple in the background? Interesting about the connections underground and the energy that is flowing in between them. You did well with research yourself!

[@VeganVoyagers]

Thanks! We think this kind of history is absolutely fascinating.