I can't forget my camera!
The last trip we went on, 2 years ago, we went to Mexico.  We went to see the ruins at Chichen Itza...no, not chicken pizza.  lol.  It was a full day and a very fun interesting one.  Our guide was well versed in his culture and on the historic value of Chichen Itza.


cenotes

 We saw cenotes.  We could swim if we wanted to. Some did.  They were told "NO peepee"!    The water was freshwater, clean and clear.  Full of fish.
There is no surface water in Mexico.  It's all underground lakes and rivers.
This cenote was close to the pyramids.

The pyramids were amazing...and there are MANY of them!  and numerous other buildings...but the aren't hollow.. every surface covered in carvings.

Wall of dead

This was a walled in raised area. The inside is grass.   The wall is relief of skulls.         It's called " wall of the dead"



inside one building

 This was a smallish building  ...just inside the doors is a small area..That's it! The inside is painted with scenes .


small building



We wondered around for most of the afternoon and found many more building and a couple of smaller cenotes..There was an ancient roadway to a dead cenote.  This cenote was surrounded by viewing platforms (?) or were they for sacrifice?  or maybe just drawing water.                                                                                                  

                                                                                            

   You can't walk or climb on any of the pyramids, anymore.  They are now one of the Wonders of the World. 
That was 2 years ago.