Da har vi tatt buss i ni timer fra Chetumal til Chichen Itza, og alt vi får igjen for det er ruiner?! Heldigvis er det ganske imponerende ruiner, klare bevis på at her har det bodd opplyste mennesker en gang for lenge siden.

For eksempel er dette "Sneglehuset", observatoriet til mayaenes yppersteprester og astronomer/astrologer. Den klumpen på toppen der kan ikke ha vært helt enkel å bygge med stein, men så har den falt ganske grundig sammen også.

Nine hours by bus from Chetumal has taken us to Chichen Itza, one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World". It's all ruins, but they're great ruins. They're slowly being restored to their former glory, which is both a good and a bad thing, I suppose.

This is "El Caracol", ("The Snail"), an observatory for the Mayan priests who based their beliefs on the behaviour of the stars and planets they could see from here. When you look closely at it, you realize that this thing is a most complicated structure.