CHICHEN ITZA - light show

Last evening we went to see the Light Show, recently commissioned by the Tourist Office and costing 30 million dollars, which uses the great Pyramid of Kukulcan as its back drop, over 24 meters high with a central staircase on each face, ascending at 45 degrees.

We found ourselves in a huge queue, behind hundreds of tourists who had arrived by coach from the coast, so by the time we got into the site, all of the 500 seats had been taken leaving at least half of us  to sit cross legged on the grass.

Then the Show started, lighting up the face of the Pyramid.  I think, like us, many felt it would be just something on the lines of lasers and search lights lighting up the sky. But when the haunting music of the pan pipes started and giant snakes began crawling up the steps and the pyramid began sprouting tree, we knew we were in for a magical experience.



The show started off very simply with basic colours splashed onto the face of the Pyramid. 



Then the show began - it was almost as if we were wearing 3-D spectacles as creatures zoomed into life. 

These images of embroidered panels are typical of those that adorn Mayan ladies' dresses throughout the area.  Not just for special occasions but for everyday wear.