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David getting the hostel beds ready for sleep...
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On the bus to Puebla

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An afternoon trying to find backpacking lunches in Puebla

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The start of the hike up La Malinche

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Lunch!

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Age still has problems crossing streams...

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After 4 hours of bushwacking, we finally made it out of the trees and got a view of part of the mountain

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Age is tired of bushwacking.
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and we're still in the trees!

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David thinks he found an ent... I think altitude was seriously affecting him.
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Doesn't it figure that we found the trail on the way down?

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The hike back from the volcano to the closest town.
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Luckily a couple guys gave us a lift and cut 5 miles from our trek.

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Dogs on roofs

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Take note... This meal gave David Montezuma's Revenge!

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So age took a day and wandered through Puebla

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By the next day, David was feeling better, and we went to Amecameca

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It was Ash Wednesday, and there was a huge Carnival going on.

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MINE!

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David wanted to prove to age she was a bed and cover hog

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Getting our permits to hike Iztaccihuatl

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The start of our hike
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Ramon, one of the army guys doing a weeks special drill in the area saw us off.

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Izta

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Beautiful views of Popocateptl

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UP!

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The gang at the hut

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We made it to 4750 meters!

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At the hut on Izta, Age got down on one knee...
(was it the altitude?)
and asked David to marry her.
He thought she was asking if he felt ill, sat down and said yes...
Age is holding him to it...

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The two volcanos in the distance are La Malinche and Pico de Orizaba

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Almost at the bottom

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The end of the hike

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But we didn't see any volcano rabbits!

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Back to Mexico City

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Age found some great ideas for wedding cakes... David was claiming amnesia...

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Both our appetites were back at last

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Making our way up the Avenue of the Dead

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David's first lessons with an SRL

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The Pyramid of the Sun

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Climbing the Pyramid of the Moon

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The view from the top of the Pyramid of the Moon, down the Avenue of the Dead.

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Age hates down

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The End!