Feb 9. Merida. visited Uxmal, etc.
Feb 9
Merida. Nomadas Hostel (bedroom)
One day (Feb 10?) I took a tour of the surrounding areas including two Mayan ruins including the big Uxmal site (also Kabah, a second string mayan archelogoical site. not nearly as big, but also not nearly so crowded). We had a pretty good guide and learned some. (good English is rare among Mexican guides and tourist people so that's a bit distracting)
First we saw an ancient hacienda, or the ruin of one.
Then we saw a small pyramid site known as cabah. This is the remains of a phallic Mayan altar that used to be much taller before the Spanish wrecked it in the interests of decency.
Merida. Nomadas Hostel (bedroom)
One day (Feb 10?) I took a tour of the surrounding areas including two Mayan ruins including the big Uxmal site (also Kabah, a second string mayan archelogoical site. not nearly as big, but also not nearly so crowded). We had a pretty good guide and learned some. (good English is rare among Mexican guides and tourist people so that's a bit distracting)
First we saw an ancient hacienda, or the ruin of one.
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| Gate of hacienda near Merida |
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| ruin of hacienda |
Then we saw a small pyramid site known as cabah. This is the remains of a phallic Mayan altar that used to be much taller before the Spanish wrecked it in the interests of decency.
Then we went to the major site, Uxmal.
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| Above the tree line atop Uxmal pyramid |
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| preparing to descend pyramid, note shadow of photographer |
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| Drones were forbidden here. |
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