Tulum to Chichen Itza and Valladolid
December 25, 2014 Odometer reading at 28084 km. Start time 6:45am from Tulum. Pumped 1/2 tank gas for 360 pesos. Early morning drives are the best. No one is behind you and no one in front. Thick dense jungle all around. A rare sighting of a lone cyclist or a person walking on the street. Road signs are well displayed. We avoided Valladolid town on the way and reached Chechen Itza at 8am. Third car to enter the parking lot. Parking was 60 pesos, entrance 240 pesos per person. This time we decided to get a personal guide because of the extent of the site and as a means to save time on locating hidden stone carvings, etc. The individual guide cost 750 pesos and very knowledgeable Fernando Qunto, a Mayan, was our guide. The grand Chichen Itza with 5 similar inside and one underground Ball courts -notice the walls are straight making it harder to play than in Coba Observatory Tic Tac Toe On the way back 3km from Chichen Itza is another magic...