Feb 12. Valladolid . visit Ek Balam

 Feb 12
Valladolid. Hotel Candelaria  (dorm)
After breakfast I took a collectivo to Ek Balam (a second-string mayan archelogoical site.) Came with Canadians (one possibly transgender) and went home by cab with Italian self-described "independent tourists".
Ek Balam
(This is not actually my photo, since all mine were deleted when I lost my phone)


In the afternoon I rented a hostel bike and bicycled to Cenote Dtzitnup, which is actually Cenote Samula and Cenote Xkeken
Cenote Xkeken

Cenote Samula

The dangling rope like things are tree roots. Didn't really laze around in the water like everyone else there. Just swam and left. Was by myself and a little worried about leaving my pack unattended (for good reason! I later found out.)

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