After a quick trip through Guatemala and Belize we returned the Yucatan penninsula in Mexico where we visited the famous ruins of Chichen Itza and Uxmal and the cities of Merida and Campeche, before finishing up in the beach resort paradise of Cancun. Cancun made a pleasant finish to our Mexican adventure but you can't really call it Mexico. After a couple of days of 'refreshment' we were on the plane to Havana Cuba.
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Merida
The Plaza da Armas in Merida.
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Merida
The town hall in Merida.
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Chichen Itza
El Castillo. This elegant temple was built sometime in the 8th century...
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Chichen Itza
The enormous ball court at Chichen Itza.
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Chichen Itza
The ball court. The scoring 'hoop' and the carved reliefs are clearly...
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Chichen Itza
The ball game - reliefs on the walls of the massive ball court reveal in...
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Chichen Itza
Relieve carvings.
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Chichen Itza
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Chichen Itza
Serpent guarded stairs.
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Chichen Itza
Relief carvings. Here a jaguar holds a human heart before a god figure.
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Chichen Itza
This is the base of the skull rack that held the skulls of sacrificial...
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Chichen Itza
The Temple del Venado.
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Chichen Itza
El Osario.
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Chichen Itza
The Observatory.
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Chichen Itza
One of the unrestored ruins off in jungle. Unfortunately these are all fenced...
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Chichen Itza
Temple of a Thousand Columns.
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Uxmal
The massive central pyramid of Uxmal - la Pyramide de Adivino. Less...
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uxmal
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Uxmal
The Quadrangulo de los Monjas.
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Uxmal
The clean, geometric Puuc style.
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Uxmal
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Uxmal
The protubing noses of the carvings are distinctively Puuc style.
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Uxmal
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Uxmal
The ominous relief carvings of the Chaac Mool god.
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Uxmal
The ball court at Uxmal - a much smaller affair than at Chichen Itza.
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North America
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