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16. Palmyra

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So far we have been moving generally north-south or south-north, in the area where the vast majority of the population lives. For Palmyra we turn east, into the desert. For a short while the road is still lined with olive groves, and with other trees, although many of these have been reduced to stumps. But [...]
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Labna

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Labna is one of the smaller Ruta Puuc sites of Mayan origin. Most of the site’s buildings are from the Late Classic period, 600-900 AD, like the other UNESCO World Heritage sites here, Uxmal, Kabah and Sayil. The main structure, the Grand Palace, is with its over 120 meters width even larger than similar the [...]
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Sayil

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Sayil, the Maya site located along the Ruta Puuc, covers a much bigger area than the other three sites visited during our Yucatan trip of 2024, Uxmal, Kabah and Labna. Like the others, it is also Late Classic, 600-900 AD. It contains one spectacular building, the Grand Palace. It is more than 70 meters wide, [...]
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Kabah

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Kabah is the second largest Mayan site along the Ruta Puuc in western Yucatan, after Uxmal. Like Uxmal, the architecture here also dates from the Late Classical period, 600-900 AD. The most impressive structure is the Codz Pop, or Palace of the Masks, a 55 meter long building of which the façade has been decorated [...]
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Uxmal

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Uxmal is the most important Maya site along what has become known as the Ruta Puuc, in western Yucatan. Evidence of pottery shows that the site was already occupied by 800 BC, but most of the architecture for which the site is famous dates from what is called the Late Classical period, 600-900 AD. There [...]
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18. the Ruta Puuc Maya sites

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Like in the Rio Beck area earlier, the Ruta Puuc is another area with a high concentration of Maya sites. ‘Puuc’ means hill in the local language, and this is indeed the only area in Yucatan that is a little more undulated, although not a great deal, certainly not in comparison to other regions of [...]
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15 Chichen Itza

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For us tourist-avers travellers Chichen Itza is a nightmare. According to what we heard from other people, trying to beat the crowds is not an option: by eight in the morning there is already a substantial queue, and in any case, from the Yucatan Country Club we have a two-hour drive to get to the [...]
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11. Progreso

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Progreso is a humble, but well established beach town, also along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Mostly Mexican tourists, I believe, which immediately changes the atmosphere, away from the aggressive targeting of the Gringo dollars. I say humble, because so far there are just a few hotels and restaurants along a pedestrian boulevard, and some [...]
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09. Ek Balam

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Ek Balam is an impressive Maya archaeological site, and former major Mayan city, north of Valladolid. Its main structure  is a 32 meter high pyramid, with 106 steps: I know, because this one you are allowed to climb – which may be part of its tourist attraction. And a tourist attraction it is. We were, [...]
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08. the tourist route

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We hadn’t anticipated to see the sunrise, on this trip, but we did. In order to beat the tourists in Tulum, we had been advised to be on site well before 8 am, the official opening time. But that meant that we had to leave from our hotel in Coba, about an hour away, in [...]
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