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Tulum
Quintana Roo |
A
small town and temple site on the beach about 100 km south of Cancun.
The beach is one of the most beautiful I've seen (not that my experience
is all that wide, but I've seen a few). The temple site is perhaps
the only Mayan site right by the ocean. The town has some good shopping
and an ATM, and some friendly guys. |
Mayapan
Yucutan |
Mayapan
is another temple site, inland near Uxmal. I didn't see much here.
It seems to have a network of caves underneath it. |
Uxmal
Yucutan |
A
larger temple site inland, maybe 60 km south of Merida. Not much in
the way of town near Uxmal, but a gob of hotels. We started at Rancho
Uxmal, which has very good food but not-so-good sleeping accomodations.
The ruinas are pretty well restored, and have a very spacious, open
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Chichen
Itza
Yucutan |
A
quite large temple site about halfway between Merida and Cancun. It
has the largest ball court I've seen - huge and quite imposing. It
also seems to feature more death-related things, such as platforms
for displaying skulls of sacrifices, than other sites. |
Tulum
pictures
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| The
beach in front of our cabana in Tulum. |
Lizard
guarding the temple site. |
The
ocean-side temple site at Tulum. |
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| Cenote
(cave with sweet water pool) near Tulum. |
Pelican
at a sort of wildlife preserve near Tulum. |
Sunrise
directly in front of the cabana. Wow. |
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Mayapan
pictures
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| Unusual
round temple. |
Ah!
The heat! I can feel it rising on my skin even now with the memory... |
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Uxmal
pictures
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| Sound
and light show - part of the "Nunnery" quadrangle. |
Temple
of the Magician. |
Double
Jaguar throne. |
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| Temple
of the Magician and a great butt. |
Corner
of the Governor's place. |
Mr.
Lizard. |
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| A
collection of ancient dildos? |
Up
the steps of the Temple of the Magician. |
Jaguar
tails are much more agile than I had previously supposed... |
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Chichen
Itza pictures
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| The
big guy at Chichen Itza. |
Temple
of the Jaguar and the Eagle. |
What
are all these pillars for? |
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