Grandeur Western Caribbean, October 27, 2006

These folks are standing in the middle of the road selling fresh pineapple.  We stopped and got a few slices, it ws the best pineapple I have ever had.

Fresh pineapple waiting for more tourists.

A small school.

We visited Costa Maya on November 1st, which is the day of the dead.  It

Loose livestock!

First glimpse of the ruins from the approaching road.

Little tourist shop at the ruins.

Countryside adjacent to the ruins.

This was a little memorial for the day of the dead.  November 1st is for the children who have died.  It is the tradition to prepare the kids

Closer view of the gifts left in honor of the children who have died.

This is a map of the Chacchoben Ruins site.

Small piece of pottery that was laying just off the path.

This is the first temple you get to at the site, called Templo 24.

Templo 24.

Steps going up Templo 24.

Templo 24.

Spanish Moss groing in the trees.