we arrived in Chichen itza today...a longer bus ride and 2 movies in spanish. can work out a childrens movie fine but a paranormal movie with a twist? still working that one out.
Found a hostel first hit which was great cos dennis wanted to trek around in 30 degree heat with packs on to save 2 quid. i can't grumble too much, if the monies was left to me i'd hve eaten and showered it all in 3 days. did make a cranking spreadsheet tho.
Anyways nice wee CHEAP bungalow and nice and dark too...keep out that sun! walked into piste, we decided it was better to see the chichen itza ruins in late afternoon, so we grabbed an early lunch...PANUCHOS again but gosh they good. I did end up with some picante (HOT) on my lips....not recommended.
Anyways...PISTE (small town outside of chichen itza) is 1 km long...didn't take us long to walk around and see all of the non-sites. SO few hours to kill in the middle of the day...what better to do than SIESTA! i passed out for about 1.5 hours. All that hard work in the sun and beach had clearly got to me.
But arose perky and ready for ruins. i even suggested we walk there!! paid a small fortune to enter but sooo worth it, and amazing seeing something so old...and something that you seen on tele so many times. Discovered that the big pyramid is actually a calendar with the 4 sides of 91 steps to equal the 365 days a year. pretty cool. Saw a few sacrificial ...stages. these are the ones with skulls carved in them. They even had a football field/stadium! apparently noone really sure how they played but that they apparently think that the losing team captain and possibly team members may have been sacrificed. guttered.
kind of awe-inspiring to see all these old structures. hears hoping the mayans were good at construction and shite at fortune telling (world supposed to end december 2012.
MORE PANUCHOS for dinner. and the worlds biggest bottle of SOL to share in the local. nice.
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