Day 3 we decided to do a full day (12 hours) and go see one of the new world wonders.
Chichen Itza.
Luckily the day was broken up into some other stops.
One of the first stops was at this beautiful Cenote.The water was really that blue.
We had a chance to swim in it.
We than had a chance to stop for lunch. During lunch they had a traditional
We had a chance to swim in it.
We than had a chance to stop for lunch. During lunch they had a traditional Mayan show that we were able to enjoy.
When drove past this church that was built from stones of Chichen Itza.
Finally we made it Chichen Itza. This was our first view of the temple of Kukulkan.
When drove past this church that was built from stones of Chichen Itza.
Finally we made it Chichen Itza. This was our first view of the temple of Kukulkan.Absolutely amazing. To think the pyramids in Egypt are 5 times larger than this.
Here we are inside the Ball Court.
Here we are inside the Ball Court.The ball court, was built during the Maya-Toltec period, had important religious and astronomic significance: the court represents the cosmos and men are the divine forces that move the starts, symbolized by the ball. The object of the game was not to pass the ball through the rings but to move it from one side to the other without it being stopped.
The rings of the ball game, decorated with intertwined feathered serpents, marked the center of the court. It has been suggested that in the fortuitous event that the ball passed through one of the rings, the game ended and the team that had succeeded in doing so was the winner.
The slopes of the foot ways have panels decorated in elaborate bas-reliefs showing processions of ball player-warriors, seven on each side of the prominent circular central motif displaying the figure of a ball with an inscribed human skull, symbol of death.
All the personages, which could represent two teams of seven players, are richly decked out with helmets of zoomorphic figures and fine feather headdresses and ear and bar nose guards; they also wear short skirts, conch-shaped breastplates, arm protection disks, wide yoke-like belts with palms at the front, knee guards, insignias and ornaments.
This player has one knee guard on the ground, has been decapitated and from his neck spouts copious blood in the form of serpents; a plant with flowers comes out of the jaws of one of them.
In front of the Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars.
Temple of the Warriors
Here is a look of what are they are finding now.
There are many theries of what this could be. But it will only be a matter of time until we know for sure what it is.
The Observatory
An amazing day.
Once we made it back to the hotel. We had a nice dinner and headed to bed for our next exciting day.
The rings of the ball game, decorated with intertwined feathered serpents, marked the center of the court. It has been suggested that in the fortuitous event that the ball passed through one of the rings, the game ended and the team that had succeeded in doing so was the winner.
The slopes of the foot ways have panels decorated in elaborate bas-reliefs showing processions of ball player-warriors, seven on each side of the prominent circular central motif displaying the figure of a ball with an inscribed human skull, symbol of death.
All the personages, which could represent two teams of seven players, are richly decked out with helmets of zoomorphic figures and fine feather headdresses and ear and bar nose guards; they also wear short skirts, conch-shaped breastplates, arm protection disks, wide yoke-like belts with palms at the front, knee guards, insignias and ornaments.
This player has one knee guard on the ground, has been decapitated and from his neck spouts copious blood in the form of serpents; a plant with flowers comes out of the jaws of one of them. 
In front of the Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars.
Temple of the Warriors
Here is a look of what are they are finding now. There are many theries of what this could be. But it will only be a matter of time until we know for sure what it is.
The Observatory
An amazing day.
Once we made it back to the hotel. We had a nice dinner and headed to bed for our next exciting day.
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