Chichen Itza

How can you leave this?



We had to continue, so that meant leaving the sea and heading inland to the Mayan site at Chichen Itza. No longer chicken busses the Mexicans are more up to date, luxury coaches with airconditioning and toilet on board, now that is the way to travel.





A few hours later and we were at the site. This was one of the largest Mayan settlements and covered about 40 sq Kms. The site is still being discovered and reconstructed, but as usual tourists have abused it and now noone is allowed to climb on or enter inside. The insides filled with ancient drawings and as they built pyramids over pyramids as the next king died and erected his addition. This is probably the most commercial site we have visited, there were souvenir sellers everywhere. This is probably as it is only a 3 hour trip from the Carribean playgrounds and all the rich tourists would go on a day trip. We walked around this site for a few hours and then boarded the bus to head off to Merida.