To Travel is To Live - Day 2

🌎 Notes from the Wilderness
Written By Jennifer Axcell

"To travel is to live."—Hans Christian Andersen



July 8th, 2025

📍Teotihuacan, Mexico 🇲🇽

¡Saludos desde el desierto!





Day 2

After a 3 a.m. wakeup, I ventured north to watch the sunrise over the pyramids of Teotihuacan from a hot air balloon. This ancient Mesoamerican city, Teotihuacan, is home to many of the most architecturally significant pyramids in the pre-Columbian Americas, the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. This city predates the Aztec empire by centuries!

 

Flying over these beautiful ruins in a hot air balloon as the sun rose was an incredible experience, which only got better once we landed and were able to walk around the ruins themselves. While I didn’tget to climb the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon was opened to the public to climb only a month ago. I’m glad I have “Colorado lungs” that could handle the steep incline at elevation without problem.

 
 
 

Check back tomorrow for updates from my travels through Mexico City.

With Love,

Jennifer

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Jennifer Axcell

Jennifer is a multi-passionate entrepreneur, artist, and contemplative who curates sacred spaces for integrative mind-body-soul care, drawing inspiration from her global travels, modern neuroscience, and ancient somatic healing practices to encourage others toward spiritual flourishing.

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