ammmzing climbing this pyramid was the most amazing experiance! It's too bad that they stopped letting people climb this magnificant tower! I wish i got to see the light show that they put on every night. If you are near Playa Del Carmen, you should go and see it!
Visit to Chichen Itza My husband and I visited Chichen Itza in 2001. It was a spectacular visit & tour. Amazing after all of these years, such history is still so nicely preserved. What a learning lesson and one of the best parts of our trip. We did get to climb the pyramid and it was very steep. It was the most beautiful view from the top and a slow front walk down by sitting and taking one step at a time. If someone did fall from here, that would have been awful and understood why they do not allow for people to climb anymore. I am very glad to have visited when I did and get to experience the climb. Even at 29 and in good shape, it took my breath away.
No climby climb, no walky ini Went there last week...you can't go anywhere near it because of people scraping their names / initials (apparently).
For me, seeing it was good enough!
I just got back from mexico about two weeks ago (6/10/08) and went to the chitzen itza. It was amazing but i have a question. i want to know if these are the same temples that are in the movie Mel Gibson directed apaculipto? can anyone answer my question?
Chitzen Itza I just got back from cancun, mexico and visited the site and to answer the question.. yes it is closed to climb because of a death. It's 100 ft tall and very steep.
Since some people fell to their death, it's forbidden to climb and is roped off.
Climb if you dare or still can I climbed to the top of El Castillo on my honeymoon in 1998. Although almost ten years ago, I can still vividly remember the experience. It was fairly is to climb up, climbing down was the difficult part. The steps are steeper than they look. I ended up having to use my hands and rear end to scale back down to prevent falling over. If you can go, you must try it! Chitzen Itza is an impressive Mayan ruin site...try to go during equinox the shadow serpent is a mind blowing trip so I've heard.
try the other Mayan ruins Having been to Chitzen Itza, and been able to climb the Pyramid (2003) and seen the Ball Court perfromance, Cenote these are impressive.
But try and see Coba. It is still in the jungle, almost tourist free,Whenwe ere there last, you could still climg the pyramid there. They have bi-lingual guides from $5 to $20 negotiable, They have two passenger bycycle taxi's that cost about $5. I found them better.
Enjoy
Climbing the Pyramid Stairs Our family just came back from Mexico (Jan. 5, 1007) and visited Chichen Itza. Our tour only stayed 21/2 hours which is not enough time to see everything. They also just recently stopped allowing people to climb up the Pyramid stairs, so we were unable to.
Closed March 2006 I heard an elderly woman fell to her death on the steps of Chichen Itza. Is that particular temple closed now( February 2006) - How do I find out if it is open to climb?
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climbing this pyramid was the most amazing experiance! It's too bad that they stopped letting people climb this magnificant tower! I wish i got to see the light show that they put on every night. If you are near Playa Del Carmen, you should go and see it!