Chichén Itzá!

Chichén Itzá!

It’s the day after and the hangovers are starting to wear off, with the help of Burger King.

To all the dads out there who’ve been there with me being to only one awake

We are on the road at the crack of 11 to go see the most popular ruins on this peninsula – Chichén Itzá. Established sometime before 600AD, this area came to become very important over the next several centuries.

We came to learn from our guide Santos that this society was very dependent on the very dependable annual rainfall. Then came a number of years when the rain failed to fall which caused widespread famine and their society to disperse to other areas. Effectively abandoning the city.

What we will see today is just the walled, religious centre. The rest of the city is still covered in jungle

The structure itself is actually 3 structures, one inside of another, inside of another. The outermost dedicated to the solar cycle, and the middle on to the lunar cycle. The third, most inner one was just discovered 8 years ago with the help of LIDAR, and the experts haven’t figured out what it’s all about yet – my bet is on aliens.

A representation of the ball used in the ball court

Today we are in Cancun spending the morning at the beach getting our toes covered in sand. Such a great way to cap off the weekend before dropping the girls off at the airport and sending them home.

Saying our ‘see you laters’ to the girls – Janelle and I will be back this weekend!

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