CHICHEN ITZA

CHICHEN ITZA
Originally uploaded by teerlinck.

The big pyramid, not at Pyramide Inn but Chichen Itza ruins. No, really. This place is full of poor people selling their wares. Buying stuff from them helps them make a living. I wish I had room for more stuff. I didn´t, so I only bought one thing: a handkerchief from an elderly Mayan woman with gold teeth and a white flowery dress with a colorful border.

On the way two dozen Mormons got on our bus, leaving Chichen Itza. Some Spanih speaking, some Americans. I wonder how their religion influenced their interpretation of the ruins, or if it did.