Woke to a thundering downpour so I was at Cecil and Brenda's bus at 7:15 a.m. as arranged, with a garbage bag over me and an umbrella. As people gathered, the rain stopped and we decided to go ahead, so we arrived at the ruins before the tour buses got there. What a pleasure. These are the most viewed ruins in the Yucatan and we had the place to ourselves and it was still cool. It was the site of 4 Maya cities, constructed in the 10th century. It is a totally walled city and dramatic, as it is the only one situated on the coast. These Mayas captured 19 shipwrecked sailors off Cosumel in the 1500's and all were sacrificed except the priest and 1 sailor because they were too skinny.
This sailor, Guerrero married an Indian princess and their children were the start of the 'metizos', todays descendants of European and Indian. Lots of great stone work ruins, iguanas basking in the sun, beautiful birds and great coastline.
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