Into the mouth of the serpent. Part 2.

Next stop: Becan.

More ruins. Maze like passageways, temples, towers and carvings.

And a couple of tall temples to climb with a view that included a glimpse of Xpuhil ruins in the distance.

They were nice enough to provide ropes to assist you to reach the top of the non-code compliant temple steps.

_{You know the steps are steep when they provide some ropes to assist.}

Although perhaps you wouldn’t want to put too much weight on these particular ropes.

_{Maybe don’t eat too many tamales first…}

Final stop on our quick road-side ruin tour through Campeche state was Chicanná.

A small ruin site with some of the best preserved carving we have seen so far:

Although you could definitely see that they were still working on re-assembling some of this ancient jigsaw puzzle.

But the real highlight was the doorway for which the site was named. (Chicanná means ‘House of the Serpent Mouth’ in the local Mayan dialect).

_{Now that is a front door}

This was (and continues to be.) Our favourite piece of Mayan architecture. Look at that for a front entrance—I feel like this would discourage door-to-door salespeople.

They just don’t build ’em like that any more.