06 Jan 2019
Our Mayan guide, Francisco, not only helped us discover fascinating features of each site, he taught us some of the history of the Mayan number system, which was fascinating. We loved Coba—bicycling through the ruins and being able to climb the pyramid was great. We were able to get closer than to other historical sites we visited in the area. Though the ruins at Chichen Itza are fascinating and display complex, sophisticated architectural features, the area within the park is depressingly filled with vendors selling generic tourist items, many were not even from the Yucatan.