Chichen Itza, Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula

You can get to Chichen Itza from Merida, by bus, then walk through the archeological site to the hotel: Hacienda Chichen. This was where the archeologists lived, their bungalows now form some of the accommodation. Big lazy lizards wander around the garden. It is only a couple of hundred yards from the Chichen Itza site, quite peaceful once the coach parties have gone back to the Yucatan beach resorts and probably the perfect place to stay.

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The site was far cooler and more pleasant, with fewer tourists at 8am when it opens, than mid afternoon, with most people arriving at 11:00 to 15:00 in huge coach-tours. It is also fun to visit in the evening, preferably after a couple of enormous Margaritas at the hotel to prepare you for the evening light show: entirely in Spanish with English headphones doing a poor job of translating. It was mostly laughably bad, but nice to see the pyramids illuminated.

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