Under the Ceiba tree: The World of the Mayans part 2

The following afternoon around 3pm we took a transfer to Yax-ha,  the third largest Maya city in the region and located on a ridge overlooking Lake Yax-ha approximately 30 km southeast of Tikal. Although the children’s entry in Tikal was free, Yax-ha was not and when we questioned this, the guards standing around the ticket booth all seemed to raise their automatic weapons. As the place was...
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