03/10/04- 04/09/04 Valladolid

Stayed overnight here in order to go early to Chichén Itzá, both very nice. The main square in Valladolid is very pretty with the niftiest seating arrangement and the cathedral was also very pleasant, however I still can not get used to people taking pictures of those praying especially during mass.

We got up exceptionally early, mostly because the beds in the hotel were incrediably uncomfortable, and were the first people at Chichén Itzá which meant that we got to enjoy the ruins and hear the bees before the coach loads of tourists in their binkinis turned up. Roger, Andy and Libby managed to coax me up to the top of the very high temple for which I was grateful as the view from the top was superb.

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Getting back down was terrifying and a very slow process with Andy taking the mickey out of me the whole way. I think he has some video footage of it somewhere.

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I was particularly impressed with the cenotes (caves) both in Chichén Itzá and Valladolid. Here take the tour from the comfort of your own workstation (or get on with some work) http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/TourEntrance.html


We went to the scariest bar ever when we first turned up to Valladolid but we looked around for bullet holes and blood of which there was none, but it had just been painted.