Yucatan Mayan ruins

I’ve spent the last few days visiting a few of the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan. Namely Sayil, Xlapak, Labna, Kabah and Uxmal. Pretty impressive stuff considering they built it all without using the wheel or beasts of burden. Good work ethic…like the Mennonites who are now farming all around these ruins. Oh…but didn’t the Mayan culture get destroyed by drought and internal fighting? Hmm…

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20120809-181203.jpgThis isn’t Mayan…it’s the Catholic church in Hopelchen

1 thought on “Yucatan Mayan ruins

  1. Nice meeting you at the Mayan sites yesterday. Good luck with your trip – if you get to Calakmul I’ll look forward to reading about it. Sean and rest of family from England.

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