Visting Ek Balam with Aunt Lisa

Ek Balam means “Black Jaguar” in Maya. We had the pleasure of checking out the site with my favorite sister!

Ek Balam is located less than 30 minutes North of Valladolid. What is really fun about this site is that one is free to climb all over the structures. This is not possible at most other Maya archeological sites. So, explore we did….

What’s pretty amazing about most Maya sites is that only a fraction of the buildings have been excavated and restored. There are many vary large mounds about that still need to be put back together. Well… the Yucatan is basically flat. So, these un-excavated structures are the only hills here actually.

Half way up the tallest pyramid, archeologist discovered an inner pyramid where the finish work was intact. It was quite amazing…

A view from the top shows the lay of the land….

Thanks Lisa, we had a great visit,

Tim (et.al)