We spent the past week in the Riviera Maya for Chris and Christine's wedding. It was such an amazing trip. After going through 100 gigs of pictures, we are ready to share a little bit of the sights of and some details from Riviera Maya. There will be much more to come on the wedding and other things of interest over the next days so check back.
panning with the pelicans
Flamingo
One of the highlights of the trip for both Mark and I were visiting a few sites of Mayan ruins. We learned so much about the history of the Mayans. This photograph is of the main temple at Tulum.
We also visited the ruins at Chitchen-itza. This photo gives an idea of the scale of the temple by checking out the workers in comparison. The Mayans are known for their advanced calendar and understanding of the sun. One example is there are exactly 365 steps on the structure representing the 365 day year. Absolutely, amazing. I could go on and on.
Hieroglyph at the Chitchen-itza arena. This was a representation of one of their ball players. Long story short--the "ball" game ended with one of the captains getting their head cut off!
Two sides of the main temple were left unrestored. All the bricks at Chitchen-itz are the same bricks made by the Mayans.
Some warm sunshine
Shopping at Playa del Carmen. Mark loved negotiating prices.
One of our favorite shops was this amazing candle shop in Playa called Artevelas. I would have loved to have loaded up a lot more from had we not had to worry about those pesky weight restrictions on baggage.
Some more cool details
Lizards were everywhere. One even ran across the head table at the rehearsal dinner (not this big). That caused a little bit of a stir.
In addition to all the amazing animal life, we enjoyed photographing all the plant life as well.
We visited the marina after all the fishermen were coming in with their catch.
Gotta love the Mexican food!
And the Mexican sunsets!
Here is a little sneak peak from the wedding. More to come soon on that subject!
