We spent most of the 1st day at the dentist. On the second day, we went to Chichen Itza, some Mayan ruins. In the Chichen Itza park, there was this beautiful cenote (sink-hole). Those are roots growing down to the water. We weren't told that we were going there, so we didn't bring our swimsuits. It was already hot at 10:00 am, so we wished we would have known. It ended up being 100 degrees that day, with 90% humidity!
The main temple at Chichen Itza was pretty amazing. Twice a year, the sun creates an illusion of a snake slithering down the steps. This is one of the reasons this temple is one of the 7 wonders of the world.
There were many other ruins close to the temple. The reason they have not been destroyed after all of these centuries is because they don't have earthquakes on the Yucatan Peninsula. Many descendants of the Mayans still live nearby. They fed us at a restaurant, danced for us and tried pretty hard to sell us all kinds of things.
We left our camera in a taxi the night before, so we bought a disposable camera at the ruins. We couldn't check to see that this "holding up Chichen Itza" picture is a little off. We were hot, in pain from dental work, had to drive for almost 5 hours all together, but it was all worth it. Such an interesting day.
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