Haciendas in Maya Zone

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Chichen Itza: View of ancient Mayan observatory from Hotel Mayaland lobby	Hacienda Petac	Built in mid 1600 upon a Mayan site	Preparing meal in beautiful tiled kitchen
Having breakfast outdoors	Well groomed grounds from study room	Staff continously keep hacienda impeccable	Great tequila
Wines in wooden basket	Library room	Four section window	Beautiful pond lillies
Candlelight at night	Swinging bed . . . Hammock style	Hand painted plate in bedroom	Fresh flowers decorate entire room daily
Friendly staff made stay memorable	Uxmal - Major Maya site	Frontside of pyramid	Only high priests were allowed to ascend to top
Intricate Maya relief workmanship	Relief of Maya chieftan	Huge iguana	Hacienda Villa Merida
Stairs	Bedroom opens to patio and swimming pool	Backside of hacienda	Georgous bedroom water jug
Swallowed by jungle for centuries, Ek Balam was a jewel find	Int'l treaties require small stones be place in area of restoration not originally intact	Excavation is slow and tedious	Estimate 40 years to complete site. So far, ten years.
Maya chief	From top of pyramid vast jungle is visible	Relaxing over a bonfire at Hacienda San Jose	Under arches of historical convent "The Light of the Mayas" light and sound show. Very impressive
Light and Sound Show	Light and Sound Show	Light and Sound Show	Light and Sound Show
Light and Sound Show	Local Merida stone monument	Train station ceased operating 30 years ago	Telegraph office
Flamingos near Progreso	Fear of flying? Praying chapel available at airport	Never saw anyone enter. Good sign for airlines	Gift shop sign at airport
Snowcapped Popocatptl volcano east of Mexico City	Homebound at 33,000 ft.

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