Reply #2: Well, there was beer atop of the Pyramid of the Sun, Tenochtitlan [View All]

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The pre-Aztec astounding place. There were hundreds of tourists from all over the world scampering up and down and around the whole complex (Pyramid of the Moon is at the other end, with other structures lining the connecting way), and the steps are narrow little things so you have to crawl your way up sideways--like, were their feet that small or was there some other reason for it. One of the traveling pals refused to go up. The acoustics were amazing in the really amazing sense of the word. You could hear the German tourists talking in conversational tones at the bottom.

So when I creeped and peeped over the edge of the top flat platform, there was an indigenous Mexican reclining next to an ice chest, patiently waiting on the huffing and puffing approach, and he said, "Cerbeza. Cerbeza fria."

I was more astounded by him than by the marvel of the place. I tried some superior humor and said, "Do you mean to say that you are selling beer in this SACRED PLACE?!1" (Haha, I'm so funny.) Finding my drollness SO enchanting, I added, "Do you have women up here, too?!1" He looked at me without moving or smiling and said levelly, "If you want ..."