Trip to chichen Itza Mexico

Mexico is a country with a very ancient history, a country rich in archaeological remains of the Maya, Toltecs and Aztecs.
Mexico is ready to hit the rest of its magnificent nature, beautiful beaches and ancient volcanoes. In this post you'll see a paradise with a warm gentle sea and cordial people, and also visit these monuments of antiquity, centuries-old pyramids of ancient civilizations. Mexico is rich in them, but available to visit only a few of them.

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The first item on tour was a hike in water-filled cave Cenote Ikkil. In it, as the guide, you can swim.

In general, for a given locality, these cenote - a thing quite characteristic, such as the holy sources in Russia.

Well, there goes down the ladder by which people are already in bathing, changing clothes somewhere above.

The descent into the cave Cenote Ikkil

Chichen Itza, Mexico attraction number 1. Well at least this place is best known among tourists. It represents the ruins

of the ancient Mayan city with a few surviving pyramids and temples. Chichen-Itza. At the main entrance.

In the center is the Temple Kukulkan. This 9-stepped pyramid 24 meters tall with broad stairs on each side. During the vernal

and autumnal equinoxes about three o'clock in the afternoon sun's rays illuminate the western balustrade of the main staircase

of the pyramid in such a way that light and shadow image is formed of seven isosceles triangles that make up, in turn, the body

tridtsatisemimetrovoy snakes "crawling" to the extent of movement of the sun to own head, carved at the base of the stairs.

Chichen Itza. Pyramid of El Castillo

The upper part of the main pyramid

Chichen Itza. Field for ball games

Chichen Itza. Hall thousand columns

Chichen Itza. Temple of Warriors

Chichen Itza. South side

Another pyramid on the south side

Chichen Itza. Ancient observatory El Caracol