Comments on: Chichen Itza – world class park

By: keith geller

keith geller — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:01:25 +0000

hi beryl: very nice photos and commentary. I haven’t been there since we were there mit you in 1991 or thereabouts. the spic and span look of the site may bother me, but it does save the ruins with so many more visitors now. –keith

By: BG

BG — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:23:50 +0000

The Chac Mool is a figure as in the labelled photo above who is all over Chichen Itza. He is a reclining guy whose flat abdomen was used as a platform to carve sacrificial victims up.
INAPAM is an acronym for the senior citizens’ services, part of the federal government. If you are over 60 and have local ID, you can get this great card with your picture AND your fingerprint. Discounts in many stores and on many services, including domestic air flights. Half off on long-distance and city busses and discounts in restaurants and pharmacies.

By: leila

leila — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:33:44 +0000

I like this. Makes me want to go see it.
Who is Chac Mool?

I want to see a pic of your shoes, and the snake bracelet.

By: richard pauli

richard pauli — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:28:57 +0000

Wonderful words! I like the photos… in the first image, how big are the skull blocks?

By: Judy R

Judy R — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55:18 +0000

Great!

There were some words I didn’t understand like: the Chac Mool (Main God?), cenote, INAPAM (how does that translate?). Well, really it’s cenote that I could not make out from by the rest of the words.

I’ve wanted to go Chichen Itsa since I was staying in Campeche in 1965 with Ari’s father. He and the other man we were traveling with took off early in the morning without me or Jansi – or Reni. A guy’s day. But I was really disappointed.

Now I will be sure to visit next time I visit you!

Thanks.