Dzibilchaltun Merida

... day, after a good deal of asking directions combined with wandering aimlessly, we found the bus station that would take us to Dzibilchaltun, another Mayan ruin an hour´s ride out of town. The ruin itself was just okay, but I loved seeing the artifacts ...

... , but we do something else like make Mexican food or visit a local site. We visited a Mayan ruin just outside of Merida called Dzibilchaltun and afterwards went swimming in a cenote...which is kind of a pool but this seemed to have a lot of fish and ...

... the Maya traditions, I saw the same thing in Athens with the site of Plato´s Academy). This weekend I saw more ruinas, those of Dzibilchaltun and those of Chichen Itza. The former site was very nice in that it was quiet and fun to explore. Chichen Itza, ...

... off/on where you want, endless visits to public phones, the Soriana supermarket, Chichen Itza/Ek Balam/Mayapan/Dzibilchaltun/Uxmal ruinas, my two favourite internet places, Montejo/Estrella/Victoria beer, Alex and his girlfriend(s), Progreso beach, the ...

... been doing a little thinking about my archaeology stuff. Earlier, I commented how much alike places like Ostia and Dzibilchaltun (a ruin near Merida) liked. Upon visting more sights I think that was a bit premature. One very big difference between sites ...

... plage. C'est la première fois que je passais Noel sur la plage à 32o C. En revenant à la maison nous nous arrêtons à Dzibilchaltun pour y visiter la pyramide des sept poupées. Musée très intéressant, en plus nous prenons le sentier de un ...

... Mexican breakfast we set off to our first ruin, Dzibilchaltun, just outside of Merida. Unlike the famed Chichen Itza, Dzibilchaltun still remains largely buried, restoration at this site encompasses around 85 square km. Dzibilchaltun was ...

... and seeing some live music, it is a key spot to see the mariachi bands. On the 28th we travelled to Dzibilchaltun. This site, in stark contrast to chichen Itza which was grand and seemed centered around intellectualism and warfare, seemed more peaceful ...

... standing in different locations around the ruins, have been eroded by the elements of time.   Since Dzibilchaltun was only 15 kilometres from Merida, we thought it would be a good destination for one last trip before our winter holiday came to an ...

This was a cool out of the way ruin with a fantastic cenote that we swam ...