Jan 5 - Dzibilchaltun

We arranged for a driver to arrive at 6:30 to take us to Chichen Itza.  Apparently they slept in.  After almost an hour of waiting we decided to reschedule Chichen for Friday.

We were awake early and decided to go out for breakfast and hit Dzibilchaltun instead.  It is a short ride from Merida, so it was an Uber day for us.

We started with Breakfast at Habenero grill it was yummy!

After some churros, we ubered to Dzibilchaltun.  It is the oldest ruin in the Yucatan and has a cenote.

There was a small museum there where our guide explained a lot of Mayan ways of life.

There was a Mayan house we walked through.  There were a couple hammocks inside that they would sleep in.

In the background you can see the temple of the seven dogs.  During certain times of year the sun or moon will line up directly with the windows.  This was used by the Myans to know when to start farming or that it was he end of the season.

The structure at one time had a large building on top.  When the Spanish invaded they used the pieces of the structure to build their own church.  Climbing to the top is always fun!

This was the church built by the spaniards.

Next we hit the cenote.  This one was over 150 feet deep that went back to a fork in the river.  One side went to the ocean and the other to fresh water.  Divers have pulled more than 30,000 artifacts from the cenote.

At the deep end there was a place to jump in.  John and Charles spent the entirety of the water time jumping into the cenote:

After cooling off, it was back to exploring the ruins.

Next we headed to the Grand Museum.  It was full of information and was a beautiful museum.

Gillian wanted to make a huge batch of guacamole!  Ha!

We ended our day with dinner at Chaya Maya.  A favorite among locals and tourists, they served authentic Yucatan food.

After dinner we realized the annual celebration for the city was that night.  Gillian, Brandy, and I managed to shower and muster up enough energy for another hour on the town.  We knew we wouldn't make it to the midnight festivities, but thought we would check out some of he earlier events.  We were too tired to even take pictures!