Day 4 ~ Chitzen Itza

Day 4 was jam packed with driving, ruins, driving, ruins and then crossing the Mexico boarder into Belize. Most people would have taken a few days or even a week to do this. My husband is definitely not like "most people".

We checked out of our hotel early in the morning, rented a car and drove 2 hrs. to Chitzen Itza. Chitzen Itza is one of the 7 Wonders of the World for good reason. All the architecture was amazing. They have many huge buildings still standing and some are in very good condition. It truly is remarkable that the Mayans were able to build these structures and lived and worshiped there.

Billy in heaven!! He loves architecture, history, and traveling!!!

Juego de Pelota is the main ball court in Chitzen Itza. It is the largest and best preserved ball court it the world. This court really did amaze me. I would love to see how the game was played and see someone kick or throw a ball through the tiny holes.

After leaving Chitzen Itza, we drove though Valladolid, and decided to stop in Coba. We knew we didn't have much time, but it was fun to climb the tallest Mayan Temple in Southern Mexico.

There were locals at the trail head offering to pedal you to the ruins, but that's not how we roll. We ran/walked the 2 miles to the main temple. This was my favorite ruin. In Chitzen Itza, we weren't allowed to climb the large temples. In Coba, we climbed the eroding steps to the top. The view was incredible. It was hard to make out all the other ruins we passed along the way. The jungle goes on forever. I do wish that we would have rented some mountain bikes to zoom down the trail after climbing and sweating in the humid weather.

After leaving Coba, we headed for Belize. It really wouldn't take that long if it weren't for all the speed bumps. Billy counted on the way back and it was something like 60-70 speed bumps.

Billy would go really fast until right before the speed bump, so the "back seat driver" that I am kept telling him there was a bump. I knew he had to be getting sick of me saying it, and it was dark and I decided to let the reflectors tell him instead of me. Well................. we went up one of the speed bumps like a ramp going 110 mpk!!!! The wheels kept spinning in mid-air, we lifted out of our seats so that we could feel our seat belts holding us in, the backpacks hit the top the trunk......when we came down from our "Matrix" slow motion experience, the car bounced back to the ground and made a vrrrrooommm sound, but we didn't keep going forward, I truly thought this is where we get stuck and die.

The car had come out of gear and was fortunately fine and took us all the way to Belize that night. It took 2 hours crossing the boarder. Luckily we picked up a Boarder guy "Shaddy G" that rapped his latest songs to us while we waited.

That night we stayed at a "Shaddy" hotel. I will show you pics in the next post. All I can say is I do NOT miss the silky bright pink blanket that was a little too silky, cuz it slid right off us, or the coils that would jab your ribs if you layed on your stomach. As Billy would say....."Good times, good times"!