Tulum

What a day! Today I got to do something I have always wanted to do since I learnt about the Mayans at school...visit REAL Mayan ruins at Tulum.
Tulum means 'Wall' because the site is protected by, you guessed it, a big wall. We queued up for ages in the 30+ degree sunshine before we finally got in and it was absolutely amazing! The site is on the side of a cliff and you can see the ruins standing there in front of the turquoise sea behind. It's rarer than most sites because it is by the sea and lots of the remaining Mayan ruins are deeper into the jungle but it was an important place for trading up and down the coastline. It was also interesting to not only see pelicans flying around and diving into the water for fish but also the dozens of wild iguanas wandering around the site, some were huge!
Unfortunately I can't attach any pictures as we took our camera not my phone and we haven't got a computer we can use to upload the photos. You will have to find pictures of the site on the internet, see if you can find any of the building with huge stone faces carved into its corners.
Did You Know?
In one of Tulum's Temples there is one small window above the doorway that only gets direct sunshine through it one day a year. That day is 21st December which is also the last day of the Mayan year by our calendar and it was built to do this on purpose!