Eli, Matt, Ry arrival. Cancun spit with Cancun proper across the bay.

Refusing to eat tourist food, we flee hotel row and Ry finds a street vendor

Not strait?

Ah, the rough life. A 5 star hotel at 25% capacity.

No comment necessary.

Fueling up for our week long road trip; Ryan finds the important stuff.

Open container laws? Open doughnut laws?

Look both ways before watering the jungle.

Of the two routes (fast toll hwy, old Quintanaroo road) we picked the slow, scenic route.

Minnesota? And then you'll notice a hand.

Having a desperate time finding an open torterilla, we stop and ask for directions... and coconuts.

After some patient Spanish lessons, we got directions to a little dirt road off the main drag to Ernesto's little shop.

Ryan hits pay dirt. $1 per kilo, fresh corn torillas.

We arrive at a little roadside motel near Chichenitza and master chef Ry starts on the guac.

The dude knows what he is doing. He even had the forsight to buy a bowl at the market. Doesn't get much better than friends, bee

Natural jungle floor turned swimming pool.

You can take a geek to the jungle but you can't take away the geek. Sat is slow but we can voip home.

Late, light show at the main plaza of the Chichenitza ruins.

A spanish audio track and moving lights attempt to re-tell the rise and culture of this huge Mayan city.

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An early start the next day gets us in ahead of all of the tourist busses from Cancun. Clapping near the steps gets a really coo

The main temple has been restored and is a Unesco World Heritage Site (meaning, no playing on the ruins)

A nearby Cenote used for ritual sacrifice. Divers found priceless ancient gold and jewlery that adorned the live victims before

The grounds are littered with merchants but this beautiful old woman is actually making her merchandise.

Do you notice a trend when Ry, Eli or I travel together?

Temple of a thousand columns. A warrior's temple. The columns were covered with a roof.

Observatory

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Huge Cenote near Chichenitza

Flap your wings and fly Eli

Ry does his Wonder Woman thing.

Up, up and... uh oh.

The next day, early morning at the Coba ruins.