1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Ruben decided that the top of one of Yaxha's pyramids to be the perfect place to give us a description of the site.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Perhaps the only creatures that know the full extent of the site are the howler monkeys that make the jungle canopy their home.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - The numerous uncovered mounds, such as the one behind Ruben, gave us an indication that Yaxha could have much more to tell archaeologists in the future.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Down this path, we found the remnants of a Maya riverport and the wide, once-paved avenue that extended from the river through a central marketplace.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - There were several stelae at the site, although some had toppled from their original position.  Our tour leader Ruben described some of the glyphs that can still be read on the stelae.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - From the top of the largest pyramid, the Maya (and Jeanne) could watch traders approaching on Lake Yaxha.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Yaxha is one of the few sites where we saw actual archaeological activity underway.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - There is a trick to negotiating the steep and narrow steps of a Maya pyramid.  The key is to climb them at an angle, as Jeanne and one of our co-travelers demonstrate.
1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Jeanne and I relax at the top of one of Yaxha's pyramids.
YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Ruben decided that the top of one of Yaxha's pyramids to be the perfect place to give us a description of the site.

1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Ruben decided that the top of one of Yaxha's pyramids to be the perfect place to give us a description of the site.
YAXHA, GUATEMALA - Ruben decided that the top of one of Yaxha's pyramids to be the perfect place to give us a description of the site.

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