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| Site Name (A/D) |
Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
Trip Order |
| Aguateca | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 29th Feb 2004 | 2 | 4 | 3 | again, take a lancha boat from Sayaxche, for about 1 1/2 hour over the Petexbatun lake and the up then mangrove swamps, plenty of birdlife to see. Small site, few stuctures unearthed, but the trip there and the surroundings make up for that | |||
| Balamkú | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 29th Jul 2004 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Becan | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 28th Jul 2004 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Bonampak | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Chiapas | Visited | 11th Feb 2004 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Those frescos are a miracle, having survived that long. | ||
| Calakmul | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 29th Jul 2004 | 2 | 3 | 3 | With the ongoing work there seems to be a lot more to see then when I was there. The site will surely hold many more surprises. | ||
| Cancuen | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 2nd Mar 2004 | 2 | 2 | 3 | At Raxruja on the main road there is a big sign. Staying at Raxruja does have some hazard, as too many men walk around with 9mm guns on their hips - and they tend to get drunk at night. The area is (was) known as a drug trafficker base. Collectivos go to La Isla regularly, from their its a 20 min wa... Read More |
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| Ceibal | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 28th Feb 2004 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Got there from Sayaxche with a lancha-boat, upstream for about 1 1/2 hour. The stelaes are great, very flamboyant like in Yaxchilan. Some stelae show a late Classic ruler of a mixed Maya/Nahautl decent, the style of decorations being evolving away of classic Mayan style. It is proof of the influx of... Read More |
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| Chicanná | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 28th Jul 2004 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Just of the main road, can and should not be missed if in the area. | ||
| Chinkultic | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Chiapas | Visited | 6th Feb 2004 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Dos Pilas | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 1st Mar 2004 | |||||||
| Dzibilnocac | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 27th Jul 2004 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Edzna | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 22nd Jul 2004 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| El Mirador | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 16th Apr 2004 | 2 | 4 | 1 | It seems more work has been done since I was there. Worth the two day walk getting there though. Hope they can keep excavating, and finally find the evidence that , imho, at one point Maya and Olmec shared one general culture and were not distinct populations... | |||
| Hochob | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 27th Jul 2004 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Holtun | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 12th Apr 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 | very small site, few not very tall structures, looted. A local inhabitant walked us there, a 5 minute walk from the main road. One looters tunnel grants you access to see some monochrome painted stucco, which indicates the site was already established in Pre-Classical time. Mind you, you'll have to ... Read More |
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| Hormiguero | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 28th Jul 2004 | 3 | 5 | 4 | The road is very potholed indeed. This short stretch took just as much time as the long long road to Calakmul! | ||
| La Florida | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 18th Apr 2004 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Museo de la Arquitectura Maya | Museum | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 23rd Jul 2004 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Museo Regional de Campeche | Museum | Mexico | Visited | 24th Jul 2004 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Guatemala City) | Museum | Guatemala | Visited | 4th Apr 2004 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Nakbe | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 17th Apr 2004 | It was awesome! | ||||||
| Palenque | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Chiapas | Visited | 9th Feb 2004 | 3 | 5 | 5 | If you want the place all to yourself, stay after 14h00, when all the tourbusses have left ;) | ||
| Quirigua | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 6th Apr 2004 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Stunning carvings on the stelae! | |||
| Tecumanchu | Ancient Temple | Guatemala | Visited | 13th Mar 2004 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Tenam Puente | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Chiapas | Visited | 5th Feb 2004 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Tikal | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 17th Feb 2004 | 4 | 4 | 5 | A must, the most intensively restored Mayan site I guess. Crave more pictures ? | |||
| Tonina | Pyramid / Mastaba | Mexico | Chiapas | Visited | 7th Feb 2004 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Lesser known but very impressive site, with a fantastic museum added to it. | ||
| Uaxactun | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 18th Feb 2004 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Xpuhil | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Campeche | Visited | 28th Jul 2004 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Yaxchilan | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Chiapas | Visited | 12th Feb 2004 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Beautiful setting | ||
| Yaxha | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 11th Apr 2004 | 2 | 5 | 3 | The site is so fantastic to visit due to the presence of the lake and the pristine forest around. We saw many more animals then at eg Tikal. It must have been quite an important place, given that like Tikal certain structures are in Teotihuacan style, which would suppose a permanent trade agency or ... Read More |
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| Zaculeu | Ancient Village or Settlement | Guatemala | Visited | 12th Mar 2004 | 2 | 3 | 4 |