Technobarbarian wrote:
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>>>>> Calif Bill wrote:
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>>>>>> Going to the ruins, get on a bus. Is a long day, and coming back about
>>>>>> 80% of the people fell asleep.
>>>>> Sure they fall asleep, they have nothing else to do.
>>>> We were all tired after a long day in the sun.
>>>
>>> If you take the tour you can be led around Chichin Itza like you're
>>> part of a herd of cattle, by a guide who will fill you full of
>>> information, not all of which is accurate. You'll have ample opportunity
>>> to sleep on the way back to Cancun. If you drive yourself you can see:
>>> Chichin Itza, the Balanchanche cave and Ek Balam, or some other
>>> combination of ruins, in a day and drive back to the coast without
>>> falling asleep. I've done it a number of times. Better still you can
>>> spend the night in Piste or Valladolid or Merida and see a lot more than
>>> "the ruins".
>>>
>>> TB
>> I prefer Coba, since there were far less people compared when I drove
>> there.
>
> All of the ruins add something to the puzzle and help to understand
> the people who made them. They also make a great excuse to get into odd
> corners of Mexico. I like Coba as a nature walk. There's lots of wildlife to
> be seen on the site and in the nearby lake. For me Coba doesn't add much to
> the puzzle because there isn't much surviving artwork. There are a number of
> interesting, but lightly visited sites within a reasonable drive of Cancun.
> Ek Balam is getting more visitors now because tour buses are going there,
> but it still only gets a fraction of the visitors that Chichen Itza gets.
> The artwork there makes it well worth the stop. The IHAH museum in Merida
> has some of the artifacts that were found in a tomb there. Mayapan is
> another lightly visited site. It's interesting because it has some surviving
> examples of the mural work on the temples. On the coast Akumal is a small
> site that's frequently overlooked. It has a couple of surviving murals.
>
> TB
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I have been to Merida twice and really liked it. Off the beaten path
for sure!
Jeff
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