17 Jan 2023, Tuesday

 17 Jan 2023, Tuesday

Prioritized Daily Task

Sun Palace Resort, Cancun, Mexico

Tour guide today Jonathan Del Monte (+52-9981-543111) email    sudjondelmonte@gmail.com

Chichen Itza, Selva maya Hacienda Restaurant and Conote, Ek Balam

Debbie and I had prayer, ate breakfast at 6 AM, met our tour guide, Jonathan, and spent day touring Mayan ruins and swimming in Conote.

When we got back to the Sun Palace Hotel we ate dinner, and had prayer before going to bed.


                                                                                            Debbie and I at Chichen Itza Mayan pyramid temple ruins                                                                           

                                                                                   sculpture of wing serpent 

                                                                                                      

                                                                                                           Ring or hoop for Mayan ball                                                                                                                                                                                              Debbie and our tour guide, Jonathan Del Monte, son-in-law of Helaman owner of tour company                                                                                   

                  Temple of a thousand columns 

                                                    Alter for human and animal sacrifice 



 

                    Conote





                                                  C  
                                        Conote
                                                            Debbie and I with Mayam warriors 
                                                                me jumping in Conote
  
                                                              Debbie in Conote
                                               me, James L. McAlpin, in water fall in Conote
    No keystone in this arch (it will not collapse in top stone is taken out)

                                                 Jaguar's mouth is the entrance to the king's tomb 

                                                                                

                                             109 steps to the top of the temple and king's tomb
Ekʼ Balam ek-bælæm is a Yucatec-Maya archaeological site within the municipality of Temozón, Yucatán, Mexico. It lies in the Northern Maya lowlands, 25 kilometres north of Valladolid and 56 kilometres northeast of Chichen Itza. From the Preclassic, 100 BC until the Postclassic period 900 AD, it was the seat of a Maya kingdom


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