Programming note - Judging by the excessive wordiness and slow pace talking about Chichen Itza, I predict many posts to recap this trip. Be forewarned.
After trudging around Chichen Itza for four hours and sweating like farm animals, we decided to call it a day and get back on the road for the 2+ hour trip back to the condo, and an IMMEDIATE SHOWER. As we were getting back on the highway, Hubs spied a sign for a cenote only a couple of kilometers down the road. For those not aware, the Yucatan peninsula is an entirely flat limestone landscape with nary a river to grace it. Therefore, when it rains the water runs and collects in dips creating after many eons these enormous freshwater sinkholes called cenotes. These cenotes were the ancient Maya's only source of drinking water, only they made other uses of them as well.
Quite a few of these cenotes are connected by underground rivers and are diveable (!), complete with stalactites and other typical cave formations, and more of them are suited for swimming holes. So was the case of Ik-Kil, what we hoped was going to prove to be a refreshing sojourn before the long trek back to the resort. We couldn't have been more delighted. I was only sad that I had to leave because it was getting dark.
To say that I was excited about this may be a bit of an understatement:
Rest of the set here.
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