PROGRESO to CHICHEN ITZA

We left Progreso this morning feeling a little sad, as we have really enjoyed this odd seaside town, we load ourselves and bags into a rather small taxi for the 110 mile drive to the ancient Mayan capital of  Chichen Itza, now classed as a UNESCO world heritage site.

The road was surprisingly good and we arrived at our hotel inside three hours.  There was little to see en-route, as the road was just a ribbon through the flat jungle.

Apart from the Archaeological site and 3 hotels, there's also nothing at Chichen Itza, just the nearby small town of Piste, which looked rather unloved, but does have a grocery store, some craft shops, cafes, and a family of vultures living at Basurero Municipal (Town dump)!




Vultures have some unsocial eating habits but they do a useful clean-up job.