The View From The Bus!!: Heading South!!

So after the fun of a few days off in LA and going to see a great album launch show from Jimmy Eat World at the Wiltern, it was off to Mexico for a couple of shows but first up was a trip to the the pyramids at Teotihuacan just outside Mexico City.

There are 2 pyramids here which are 3rd in the line of biggest pyramids in the world after Cheops in Egypt and the Pyramid Of Cholula which is also in Mexico.

The Sun Pyramid

And the Moon Pyramid

And in between the two runs the Avenue Of The Dead which according to legend is where in just one night over 80,000 human sacrifices took place to the Sun/Moon Gods!!

And yes i got the obligatory cheesy tourist picture

Next day was the MTV Latin Video Awards which we werent playing at but blagged into the parties anyway.
After that we had the show at the Foro Sol Baseball stadium.

This was the place where U2 filmed theyre PopMart Live DVD, its quite a big old place and there was a great crowd of 50,000 people there going nuts.
Also on the bill were Incubus

But i think our lot stole the night tonight as the crowd went crazy during the set

Next it was off to do a show in Guadalajara which was probably one of the loudest crowds i've ever heard almost drowning out the band at a couple of points(which is no mean feat).

After that it was a couple of days off so we were treated to 3 days at a resort in the rainforest in Panama, another tough day at the office eh!!

This was the fantastic view from my room!!

We took a few day trips during the few days we had including ones to see some Monkeys

And Toucans

And besides spending the rest of our time sipping Pina Coladas and playing Extreme Pool Volleyball. We also took some time to visit the Panama canal whcih runs from one side of the country to the other which is about 50 miles long.

And we also took a day trip to visit the Embera Indian Tribe dep in the rain forest. First they took us to a waterfall for a swim and some rock diving.