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Chichen Itza
A Travel Blog entry by maaske from Chichén Itzá, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... to refer to any location where groundwater is accessible.) Located in the Eco-archeological Park Ik Kil, just 1.8 miles from Chichen Itza and Pista. Also called the "Sacred Blue Cenote," it is a perfectly round well-type cenote with exuberant ...
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Chichen Itza!!
A Travel Blog entry by -losviajeros- from Piste, Yucatán, Mexico
... and on and on about Chichen Itza. None of which will do it justice. If you don’t know anything about Chichen Itza, than I challenge you to google some information. Expand your mind. Simply put….. it’s ...
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Day trip: Chitchen Itza and Senote
A Travel Blog entry by rb-travelblog from Chichén Itzá, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... Caribbean islands. The term is derived from a word used by the low-land Yucatec Maya to refer to any location where groundwater is accessible. Amazing spot, the trees above drop their exposed roots 20m down and into the Cenote ...
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Mayan Pyramids
A Travel Blog entry by traceywilson from Chichen Itza, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
A day at the Mayan Pyramids and Cenote (underwater pool). Chichen Itza which means "at the mouth of the well of Itza ". The Kukulkan Pyramid in Chichen-Itza which known as "El Castillo" (the castle), is one of the new seven wonders of the world. It is ...
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The Ruins
A Travel Blog entry by eternalsoul from Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico
Arriving at Chichen Itza was surreal, it is surrounded by a modern resort building. The reality of this location sets in as you walk through the resort and into the ruins where you will see lizards in trees and the stone structure of the ruins. ...
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Cancun y Chichen itza
A Travel Blog entry by aaronstimmel from Cancun, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... with the travel agency so i went across the street to have authentic tacos, 7 peso a piece. we then took the bus to Chichen itza and had an hour guided tour and another 1.5hr of exploration time. it was really cool to see the pyramids. unfortunately we ...
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Cancun
A Travel Blog entry by frawldog from Cancun, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... people come to chichen itza to see the solstice. Amanda was in awwww the whole time. She was loving it. Some American lady fell off chichen itza while climbing to the top 4 years ago and she died. So we can no longer go to the top of the pyramid. Chichen ...
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Turtles and ruins
A Travel Blog entry by mlc from Playa del Carmen, Mexico
... like this. Teotihuacan - pyramids; Mitla - jigsaw structures; Monte Alban - humming birds; Palenque - leaf cutter ants; Chichen Itza - iguanas; Coba - butterflies. The butterflies were very large and delicately shaded brown with blue when they ...
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Made it to Mexico
A Travel Blog entry by shanewilson from Cancun, Mexico
... Archaeological data, such as evidence of burning at a number of important structures and architectural complexes, suggest that Chichen Itza's collapse was violent. Following the decline of Chichen Itza's hegemony, regional power in the Yucatán ...
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Oaxaca - Monte Alban
A Travel Blog entry by lobo from Oaxaca, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Mexico
... map_archive/mexico_archaeological.htm Previous to our visit to Oaxaca I had only visited two of these archaeological sites – Chichen Itza and Tulum. My visit to Chichen Itza in 1998 was an unforgettable experience. The huge pyramid like structure ...
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Mexico country No5, sad to say goodbye to Belize
A Travel Blog entry by gonroamin from Playa del Carmen, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... . Then we picked up another 4 people, so there was now 12 of us in this minivan and we had a 3 hour drive to get to Chichen Itza (time for a sleep), if only i could have got comfortable, these vans are designed for stumpy mexicans i think and my legs just ...
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Two Gringo's had better learn the lingo
A Travel Blog entry by riasteve from Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... on our way out. We had a 2 hour bus journey to Piste and then a taxi ride to our Mayan Eco Retreat in Yokdzonot, Chichen Itza. We were royally ripped off! It didn’t look anything like the photos on the website and up walked another Delboy to show ...
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Vacation planning
A Travel Blog entry by schlossie from Cancun, Mexico
... on site BUT what sealed the deal was the Palace Passport promotion: ~ Unlimited tours from among: Chichen-Itza, Chichen-Itza (Light & Sound), Tulum Express, Isla Mujeres, Ek-Balam/Valladolid, Coba, Wet 'n Wild/Parque Nizuc, ...
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Last Stop South America - Buenos Aires
A Travel Blog entry by moons_shell from Buenos Aires, Argentina
... – Iguazu Falls – Photos really don’t capture what the eye can see, it just captures the memory! 1 – Chichen Itza & Macchu Picchu – The history of chichen itza was very interesting and The view from the top of wayna ...
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Honeymoon in Playa del Carmen
A Travel Blog entry by gard from Playa del Carmen, Mexico
... they seemed to be giving out lots of interesting details about the buildings and the Mayan history to their groups. The main building in Chichen Itza is great pyramid El Castillo (The castle). I was hoping that we could go inside it or maybe climb it but ...
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Mexico!
A Travel Blog entry by jenbenz from Tulum, Mexico
... than the previous level (you could see by where the reef was growing. Valladolid is a cute colonial town located conveniently near Chichen-Itza, perhaps the most famous Mayan site in the Yucatan. A really cute town, we stayed at a fabulous old ...
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Little Sombreros! One Dollar!
A Travel Blog entry by dinojay2 from Valladolid, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... estimate would be that 79% of all nineteen year old Julio’s in Mexico are currently employed in sales at Chichen Itz''. Anyway, after a thorough examination of the site, Laynni eventually proclaimed the entire area very “Brazilian”, as ...
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Playa del Carmen
A Travel Blog entry by solskjaer20 from Playa del Carmen, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... a girlfriend back home he must be missing. Once we got home I went and organised my buses for a huge day tomorrow, I was going to Chichen Itza, Ek Balam and then all the way over to Merida to see Uxmal. Jette will be driving back with me from Merida to ...
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Beach Break #1
A Travel Blog entry by tudorbenga from Playa del Carmen, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
... stopped at Chichen Itza on my way to Cancun, spent the night there and settled in Playa for a few days. I prefer Palenque to Chichen Itza. The latter has the more impressive structures but the setting is bleak. Also, while I have the utmost respect for ...
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... , including a wealth of scuba diving, snorkeling and fishing activities, archaeological ruins of the ancient Maya at Tulum, Coba and Chichen Itza, the eco-parks Tres Rios, Xcaret and Xel-Ha, and Cozumel island and the facilities and attractions of Cancun, ...
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