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Cancuen
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Cancuen submitted by john_op_stap on 1st Nov 2013. Cancuen 02/03/04 Cancuen, palace excavation
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Log Text: At Raxruja on the main road there is a big sign. Staying at Raxruja does have some hazard, as too many men walk around with 9mm guns on their hips - and they tend to get drunk at night. The area is (was) known as a drug trafficker base. Collectivos go to La Isla regularly, from their its a 20 min walk to the river. Getting across by lancha.
Dos Pilas
Date Added: 11th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2004
Dos Pilas submitted by john_op_stap on 13th Oct 2013. Dos Pilas, stair fragment
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Aguateca
Date Added: 31st Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 29th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Aguateca submitted by john_op_stap on 31st Oct 2013. Aguateca 29/02/04 Aguateca ruins being cleared
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Log Text: again, take a lancha boat from Sayaxche, for about 1 1/2 hour over the Petexbatun lake and the up then mangrove swamps, plenty of birdlife to see. Small site, few stuctures unearthed, but the trip there and the surroundings make up for that
Ceibal
Date Added: 22nd Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ceibal submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Jun 2013. El Ceibal ruins, Guatemala
Creative Commons image by Chixoy
Site in Guatemala
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Log Text: Got there from Sayaxche with a lancha-boat, upstream for about 1 1/2 hour. The stelaes are great, very flamboyant like in Yaxchilan. Some stelae show a late Classic ruler of a mixed Maya/Nahautl decent, the style of decorations being evolving away of classic Mayan style. It is proof of the influx of warrior tribes from the north, in an era which marked the end of both Mayan and Toltec culture in Meso-america.
Very few buildings are excavated.
Uaxactun
Date Added: 25th Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 18th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Uaxactun submitted by john_op_stap on 24th Oct 2013. Mayan sites, Uaxactun, Group E Site in Guatemala - Uaxactun - Group E
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Tikal
Date Added: 6th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Tikal submitted by C_Michael_Hogan on 29th Apr 2008. Site in Guatemala
Tikal's Temple I, consisting of stepped-pyramid topped with a temple with roof comb.
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Log Text: A must, the most intensively restored Mayan site I guess. Crave more pictures ?
Yaxchilan
Date Added: 16th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Yaxchilan submitted by LivingRocks on 21st Apr 2007. Structure 33.
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Log Text: Beautiful setting
Bonampak
Date Added: 15th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks on 11th Apr 2007. Mexico: Temple of the Murals - Room 1
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Log Text: Those frescos are a miracle, having survived that long.
Palenque
Date Added: 16th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Palenque submitted by LivingRocks on 14th Apr 2007. The Temple of the Sun.
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Log Text: If you want the place all to yourself, stay after 14h00, when all the tourbusses have left ;)
Tonina
Date Added: 14th Nov 2013
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 7th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tonina submitted by SolarMegalith on 18th Feb 2011. Tonina - structures build on slope of the hill form main part of the complex. Most of the monuments are dated for Classic period (photo taken on March 2002).
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Log Text: Lesser known but very impressive site, with a fantastic museum added to it.
Chinkultic
Date Added: 12th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 6th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chinkultic submitted by john_op_stap on 11th Nov 2013. Chinkultic - 06/02/04 Chinkultic : temple at the top of the Acropolis.
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Tenam Puente
Date Added: 14th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 5th Feb 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tenam Puente submitted by john_op_stap on 12th Nov 2013. Tenam Puente - 06/02/04 Tenam Puente
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