On our only group tour of the trip, we visited Chichen Itza, an site filled with ancient Mayan ruins including the Kukulcan temple which functioned as a calendar. Conquistadors and missionaries destroyed the site, but some structures have been restored. Surrounded by so many archaeological treasures gave quite a feeling of being transported back to a very different time.
On the way back, the tour stopped at a natural fresh water swimming hole called a Cenote. A hole in the earth about 60 yards across that goes straight down for almost 100 feet to a pool of cool refreshing water. It was hot in the jungle, and this dip felt very nice. We even got to jump in from a 30 foot platform carved out of the rock wall.
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