Pelicans. Flamingos. Mud. Ruins.

Ek-Balam is an archiological site that is still in the process of being uncovered. There are mounds to your left and to your right that have been covered by the natural environment. It is a wonder to imagine how an archiologist even starts to figure where stone one, that tumbled from its original placement would fit in the bigger pyramid scheme. :)

Yes I ran straight up this for a $1 bet! 165 stairs and almost tumbled back down!



This is Rio Lagartos. A wonderful place Bon took us, on our own tour.


Flying Pelicans

Sitting Pelicans

Flamingos eating food called crill. Their feathers are pigmented by the carotene in the teeeeeny tiny swimmy things that they eat! Have you ever turned orange from over eating carrots? You could.

The cross waters. On the right is where the flamingos eat and on the left is normal sea water. The boggle en mi mente comes from the staggering amount of salt in the water to the right. In another lagoon we all got in the water and you could float to your belly button, SITTING UP!!

Flamingo feathers.

One last stop.
Our guide took us to a place where Mayans were said to collect the healing clay from this area. We covered our bodies, wrestled and then let it dry. Cracking and DRYING every bit of skin.

Just outside of the city of Villadolid in Mexico us girls visited this under ground heaven. This is a cenote. In peticular cenotes are fresh-water fed pools from an underground source. There are no underground tables of water, only rivers that feed these pools and the some lead to the ocean. The water from the area is so rich in lime stone and calcium that drips for stalagtytes and mytes (as you can see in these pics.) But they do not form on their own, the water drips down the roots of the trees and then into the water. Amazingly spectacular! If you look you can see a light in the middle of the water. This comes from an open hole in the ground.