The Maya people were great astronomers and mathematicians and the great El Castillo pyramid is actually a Mayan Calendar. For example it has 365 steps to represent the number of days in a year and it has 18 terraces to represent the 18 months of the Maya year.
After Chichen Itza was selected as one of the new seven wonders of the world the number of visitors has risen dramatically. Now, every all inclusive visitor in Cancun takes a day trip to Chichen Itza. Luckily we caught the early bus from Merida. We were almost finished exploring as all the tour buses started to unload around noon. As the tour buses were almost due to arrive, the locals started to turn the whole site into a giant market place that really ruined the atmosphere.
Thanks to our five am alarm clock we were able to arrive early enough to really enjoy Chichen Itza without the midday madness. The site is well worth a visit, but remember to rise early!
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