Day 5 - Chichen Itza + Mérida #mexico2021
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Day 5 - Chichen Itza + Mérida
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Time for early morning Chichen Itza
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Huh the power had been out since 'unknown', the lights didn't work and my phone was only at 83%, but it came back at exactly 7:00
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Also this was like the weather in Toronto the day before we left, susge
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We just finished a 3 hour tour of Chichen Itza with our guide Efraim aka Jimmy and now on the way to Mérida
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So now let us backtrack, we got to Chichen Itza at like 8 and the line to get tickets took 30 minsish, cash only
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We found "Jimmy" there, a true vet whose been a guide there since 1966
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He gave us a 3 hour tour and I'm amazed he does this probably multiple times a day, day after day because in the heat it's rough, the cold from this morning went poof
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This is part of the ancient wall, which was once up to 9feet tall, it's so impressive how these things stand the test of time
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Chichén Itzá was declared a UNESCO world heritage site and on 7/7/2007 one of the new 7 wonders of the world
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Some dogs spectating the ancient ball "game"
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Unlike the Cobá guide, we learned the ball game was probably more a ceremony to prove you were worthy of being sacrificed to the serpent god, but also there's almost no real evidence of how it actually went
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You can see some of the carvings here giving hints, they show the eagle and jaguar warriors beheading someone who was presumably one of the players
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Updates are tough to do while Farah drives because most of the road has no signal
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Then i switched to driving and now in Mérida, more updates to come
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A couple of "close" calls on very poorly designed roads were a bit spook
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Poolside chilling
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We decided to chill in today because why not, almost fell asleep, ordered Mexican Uber eats to see what we get
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Yes..
