Sunday, January 5, 2014

More time in the land of the Mayans


Here are a few more photos from the rest of our time in the land of the Mayans.

This was in the plaza in the town of Tulum. It's the Mayan calendar.
If you enlarge this photo you will see that many of these squares are the glyphs we used to make our names.


Below are two photos from the Mayan ruins that were next to the ocean. Most sites were inland, so this site was unique. The location helped the Mayans trade along sea routes.



The below photo was from our boat tour of the Mangroves. If you look closely you'll see a couple holes that go from front to the back. The Mayans would place candles in the back of the holes. The light from the candles would come out the front and point to where the good fishing spots were in the lagoon.


This crocodile is really fat because it just ate something big.  


We went snorkeling and saw this sea turtle up close.


1 comment:

  1. Ian, You are so lucky you got to see a real ruin! I really want to go there. My family went to Isla Mujeres where there is a mini-ruin.

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