Monday Feb 16, 2009

Today we took a tour to Chichen Itza, it was 3 hours each was in a 12 passenger van with a driver who was on and off the gas like he had a rubber band in his foot.

The site is amazing. Standing at the base of the famous pyramid that is featured all the photos just takes your breath away. It is made of white limestone and stands out against the blue sky. It is the most important building, but the site is huge and there are many structures partially restored. The ball court there is about the length of a football field, and there is an observatory that is is pretty good shape. It was very hot, much hotter than here on the coast.


We stopped next at a Cenote which is a pool that is connected to the underground river system that runs throughout the Yucatan. There are many cenotes, this one had been developed for tourists. Then we went to a resturant for buffet lunch, where they had music and dancers. The dancers were kids and teenagers and they did a tap dance with a full beer bottle on their head. That may be a skill they will use someday on spring break.

We weren´t home until 730 and left at 8am, it was a long day.