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Standing on the pier on Cozumel.
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Entering the ruins.
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This main building was the Mayan temple.
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This is a very interesting building. The corner has a face carved into it, with its eyes open because this corner faces East.
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Its hard to see, but there is the reamins of a mural on the back wall.
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This corner faces West, and it's eyes are closed.
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The small holes around the top are for a sundial. When the sun was exactly aligned, it would shine a beam of light through the hole onto the wall.
This would signify the end of a season. |
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Everything here is carved out of limestone.
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The site is set atop a very steep cliff. This is your only warning before your off the edge.
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Nice looking fella!
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This picture took a while because Staci wouldn't get close to the cliff's edge. Thankfully this little palm tree was nearby.
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But it was really pretty windy outside.
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Not a badview to wake up to huh?
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Note the iguana's on the cliff face.
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One of the watch towers.
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The wildlife looks pretty mean.
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This was a band of musicians atop this tower. They were up there playing music all day.
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