Mexico Day 3 Chichen Itza

February 16, 2015 Monday

[If you missed the earlier part of my trip, click to catch up]

Mexico Day 1 
Mexico Day 2 Swimming Underground

6:21am
I’m awake at O’dark-thirty. Oof. Off to Chichen Itza to see Mayan Ruins. Whee!


For a primer on what the ruins are all about, click over here. 

9:30am
Good morning from Chichen Itza!  Flowers… outside… in February!  Whee! 


9:49am
The temple. More massive than any photo conveys

9:58am Phil
Impressive

5:35pm
More photos of the grounds

A map of the grounds









Our van with a tour guide

Iguana! 

 The ball court for religious rituals

 The south face of the temple with snake mouths open at the bottom – 34 meters high. You can’t climb it anymore – closed in 2006 to preserve it.

The vendors set up along the way

5:33pm
We had a delicious buffet lunch in Piste at the gorgeous Hacienda Xaybeh Dcamara with many Mexican delicacies and a dancing show!

5:34pm

 We went on to Valladolid “a real Mexican city”

Headed home.  Easy roads to drive and no traffic!

6:23pm Phil

Great shots! Looks like such fun and better weather than New England!

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I’ll post a few trip photos every day this week. If you want to jump ahead and see all my trip photos in one place, click over to Google+ for either: 
1) The Mexico trip highlights album (46 photos)
2) All the Mexico trip photos day by day (scroll down about 3 screens to February 2015)

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