Chichén Itzá, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Wednesday 7th Jan: We took the 9am bus to Chichén Itzá and put our bags into storage, which was free, and explored the ruins. I think this has to be one of the busiest tourist attractions I have ever visited. There were soooo many people it took away some of the splendor and mysticism of the place - a totally different experience to visiting the ruins at Tikal which were nestled in the forest and most of the time you felt like you were the only person there. The ruins cover an absolutely huge area, around 2.5 miles from north to south, and it was incredibly hot but we did manage to explore everything ....including the hundreds of souvenir stalls!!
We'd booked into the Delores Alba hotel so we took a taxi there, checked in and read our books by the pool and chilled out for a while. There was a huge iguana by the pool which I chased around with my video camera for a bit too!!
Then we wandered off to the big posh hotel over the road where there was a cenote and had a cocktail in their bar.
We had dinner at the hotel, which was deserted, and retired to our room and spent the rest of the evening watching Green Mile on the telly.
We also had a little visitor in the room...
Chichen Itza
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Chichén Itzá, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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