After beeing a senior leader at the sleep depriving Date With Destiny the experience was followed up by sleep depriving Sedona and Grand Canyon experiences, it felt good to sleep the 4 hours on the plane from Phoenix to Cancun. And go to sleep early evening. I was in for a treat: Chichen Itza, one of the NEW 7 wonders of the world on december 18..
I must say that the 2 hour drive from Cancun to Chichen Itza at Merida wasen’t 2 hour because I was picked up 7.30 and the bus left the terminal at 8.30. We stopped at a beautiful cenote (a cave) for 1 hour, a souvenir shop for 1 hour and lunch another hour… So 6 hours into the daytrip we actually arrived. It was now 2 pm.
3 hours to explore the site with an english guide and on our own. It turned out to be way too much time, and even though Chichen Itza was the capital of the Maya culture, my point of view is, that it is vastly overrated compared to other Maya sites and other wonders of the world…
I have actually seen somewhere, that the reason for the nomination and popularity is… location. the pyramid is only a few hours from Cancun, which is “2nd USA” and tremendous popular vacation destination for americans. Anyway… The area was very nice, the energy very soothing and definetly a trip worth…
Now I am on my way to Cozumel… I’ll treat myself over christmas with an all-inclusive package and 5 days of diving at the 2nd largest coral reef in the world. Can’t wait.
