well, i did the famed chichen itza this morning. i was the first person in at 8am. i felt kind of bad about it, but it only took me 2.5 hours. you can´t climb on any of the ruins, including the big pyramid. i´m a ruins climber from way back, so this really sucked. not only that, but several of the paths out to the outer reaches of the ruins were closed. i was so fed up that i tried to sneak in, only to have an angry mexican chase me out. at least it didn´t rain.
tomorrow i will hit mayan ruin #2, tulum, along the mexican coast. though i have a feeling i might have to wait until guatemala to do anything cool.
have i mentioned mexican busses yet? they are extremely nice, fast, fairly expensive, and the coldest form of transport on earth. apparently there is only one a/c setting: torture.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
chichen itza
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[AH] ...i´m a ruins climber from way back
[DH] Enough about your dating life.
Sarah & I are trying to get an Africa trip off the ground and it is entertaining (yet not necessarily inspiring) to imagine how you might go about it. Ever read Theroux's Dark Star Safari? Ever had cerebral malaria?
I digress. Thanks for letting us tag along on your adventures. May your intestinal fortitude be up to the challenge. I'm not much of a tequila man, so I'll toast your journey with a slug of Bushmills, though I'm definitely not wishing you the luck of the Irish.
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