Tuesday 12 November 2013
Fit in
two sites today plus a fort. Both Mayan
sites were relatively small but very beautiful.
Here are some photos of the pyramids and one of the type of stucco mask
that they used; mostly they have worn away over time or if in good condition
are now in museums.
We
went to Bacalar which is a town on a big inland lagoon which has access to the
sea. They have an old fort there. Probably spent ten minutes going around the
fort and then thought we’d have a quick look in their museum. The museum was fascinating and we had to drag
ourselves out of there. From the Mayan
beginnings to the Mayan uprisings to the psycho pirates – one used to just stab
people as he walked through town – they think he might have been mad.
