Thursday, January 17, 2013

Coba Ruins: I

Another day, but today we wake up tired from Chichen Itza. We have another "ruined" day ahead of us. Today we visit the Coba and Tulum ruins.
Coba is enormous! An area of 30 square miles with only 20 percent of the 6500 structures excavated. Coba was fantastic like the ruins in Central America. You could climb, walk up into the temples. You had access! The road was unpaved leaving an authentic feeling to this Mayan city. I loved walking the uneven, unpaved walking ways. Sarah mentioned how the Mayan walkways/roads that lead from Coba to Chichen Itza, Tulum some stretching 60 miles were like the Roman roads. It was much less commercial than Chichen Itza which was a plus. Coba was never found by the Spanish invades.

The Mayan archways an amazing architectural achievement for its time.

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