Merida in March - Dzibilchaltun

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June 23rd 2009

Published: June 24th 2009

When friends Nancy and George traveled with me in March to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, one of the sites we planned to visit was Dzibilchaltun, located about midway between Merida and the coastal city of Progreso. Dzibilchaltun is pronounced something similar to diz-bill-chal-toon and said as one word of course, but it sounds much more natural from a native of the area. We were especially excited ... Read Full Entry

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Dawn breaks through the Temple of Seven Dolls 10

You can let your breathe out now.

Structure built to catch the light

Guillo told me the story but apparently I did not retain any information that early in the morning. And this is on the opposite end of the long corridor to the Temple.

Structure built to catch the light 2

Structure built to catch the light 3

Everyone was taking photos of this event.

Meet Ed

He was trying to take a picture of George using George's camera. We'd all gotten up WAY too early!

George always makes friends

Photo taken by Ed with camera pointed toward the subject at hand.

Now we'll explore the other rest of the site

Ed, Nancy, Shelley

Lobby area poster of what we had witnessed

Cenote and on the grounds

Cenote and on the grounds 2

Cenote and on the grounds 3

The pool was not open when we were there.

Cenote and on the grounds 4

Cenote and on the grounds 5

Cenote and on the grounds 6

Cenote and on the grounds 7

Cenote and on the grounds 8

George decided to go to the top of this ruin.

Cenote and on the grounds 9

And he got there.

Cenote and on the grounds 10

I can hear her brain - I can do this.

Cenote and on the grounds 11

She got up to the top. It's a long way down!

Cenote and on the grounds 12

Well, that was fun and interesting.

24th June 2009

Randy Polak
non-member comment

Equinox-Solstice
It's Spring and Fall Equinox (equal night) in March and September. It's Winter and Summer Solstice, which in the Winter is when the days start getting longer and in the Summer they start getting shorter.

24th June 2009

Jennifer Stanfield
non-member comment

WOW
That is quite spectacular! I'll have to add that to my bucket list. Thanks for sharing!

24th June 2009

Pattusa
Patt Barrington

Dzibilchaltun
Right, Randy, and I want to go to all four! George is quite the camera snapper!!

8th September 2009

Pattusa
Patt Barrington

Retired? Who me?
No, Jeff. I'm just taking a deserving break between projects and having a lot of fun. Tired of going to projects that overlap without a break. I'll probably be in Dallas during the holidays this year and will see y'all if there's a chance y'all will be in that part of the world. Son's in Florida now so may even go there as well.

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