<< Our Photo Pages >> Balankanche Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in Mexico in Yucatan
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Balankanche CaveCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 9.154 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Yucatan Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Piste
Latitude: 20.657937N Longitude: 88.534407W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Rileyy visited on 1st Jan 2006 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Steamy inside. Modern or recreated Maya offerings at end of cave. Underground stream in cave. Good small botanic garden outside the cave.
davidmorgan have visited here
A stalagmite and a stalactite have merged to form what appears to be a representation of the world tree, around which many offerings to the Toltec rain god, Tlaloc, have been placed.
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