Uxmal

Took a bus from Merida to Uxmal today, an overnight trip to visit an archeological site.  It was a "second class" bus so I had some concerns, but in the event they were completely misplaced -- bus ride was fine.  Staying in a little hotel at the site, hotel that was built basically for early archeologists and visitors and expanded some over time.  Nice thing, it is maybe a 10-minute walk to the site itself, which is about a square kilometers of incredible buildings.  Uxmal was once -- from 900 to 1200 AD? -- the capital city of the Mayan Yucatan, and is believed to have been in decline well before the arrival of Europeans.  Not so famous as some other sites, so shared it today with only a handful of other visitors -- just enough to give some sense of the buildings scale when you spotted another person.

Very little band-width here, so only uploading one photo for today.  Will plan to upload a couple more when I get back to the city mañana.

Back in the city, so here goes.  These are from the central area of Uxmal.  Beautifully maintained area, a UNESCO World Heritage site.  Might not want to climb some of these stairs with a cane, but otherwise all this is very accessible to anyone.

For scale...

A view from central building complex

Kind of creepy but well done

I did not climb these ... moment of sanity

What proportions

Just a nice shot

Bird carving

Admirable stonework 

The famous (in some circles) two-headed jaguar

Goal at the ball court