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Cenote Il Kil is one of the many cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula. It is a very deep sinkhole with ground clear ground water. |
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This beautiful restaurant is where we spent 45 minutes lining up to get into a buffet lunch which was 15 minutes long. |
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The Great Ball Court |
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These walls are 12m high. If you stand facing the wall and clap you'd hear the echo 7-9 times. |
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One of the players |
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...is echoed back as the chirping sound of the sacred Quetzal bird. |
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An acoustic phenomenon - at the pyramid of Kukulkan where the sound of a hand clap.... |
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Venus Platform |
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Their sacred tree. |
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My favourite part of the entire complex was the El Caracol which served as an observatory. Here the Mayans learned about the astronomy, developed their calendar system, and predicted sacred astronomical events sacred to their god. |
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La Iglesia - a small temple |
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One is fallen |
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Templo de los Guerreros (Temple of the Warriors) |
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The Chac Mool - some said they placed offereings on these statues. |
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