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1000places > PALENQUE, MEXICO - The next morning, with great anticipation, we made our way up a wooded pathway. The fog was just lifting, and we were approaching our first Maya pyramid.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The elaborate frieze on the top of the Governor's Palace shows the intricacy of Mayan artwork, including the depiction of the rattlesnake that was revered in the Mayan culture.
1000places > CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO - Jeanne looks over the steep 200-foot drop into the dark green waters of the Sacred Cenote and wonders about those tales of Mayan sacrifices.
1000places > AQUA AZUL, MEXICO - We were adventurous souls back in 1991. You wouldn't find us on a "bridge" like this today.
1000places > PALENQUE, MEXICO - In all too short of a time, we had to leave Palenque, descending from the Temple of the Cross and crossing this narrow foot bridge over an aqueduct the Mayans had built 1400 years before.
1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - We began at the Museum Park of La Venta where the artifacts of the Olmecs - a predecessor culture to the Maya - were on display. Here our traveling companions take a stroll through the park, approaching one of the most intriquing of pre-Mayan stone heads carved by the Olmecs.
1000places > PALENQUE, MEXICO - The Palace cluster took on its present form after any number of architectural modifications over more than 400 years. The cluster is dominated by a four-tier watchtower, inside of which is a stairway to the top.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The Palace of the Governor is an imposing three-level edifice with a 320-ft. long mosaic facade, built in the 9th and 10th centuries.
1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - This Olmec statue, called "The Grandmother" from La Venta is thought to represent a dwarf.
PALENQUE, MEXICO - The next morning, with great anticipation, we made our way up a wooded pathway. The fog was just lifting, and we were approaching our first Maya pyramid.

1000places > PALENQUE, MEXICO - The next morning, with great anticipation, we made our way up a wooded pathway. The fog was just lifting, and we were approaching our first Maya pyramid.
PALENQUE, MEXICO - The next morning, with great anticipation, we made our way up a wooded pathway. The fog was just lifting, and we were approaching our first Maya pyramid.

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