Chichen Itza
July 13th 2006 Yesterday we took a day trip to Chichen Itza, a set of Mayan ruins from 500AD. The bus ride took us about 2 hours inland - fortunately, the weather was overcast and not too hot. The ruins are a major tourist destination so there were quite a few people there!
The main pyramid is amazing to see. The Mayans were a peaceful people and are best known for being 'sky watchers'. They understood th
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