Great surprise at the Mayan site of Edzna

Main plaza in the ancient city of Edzna.

The Mayan ruins of Edzna was the primary reason why I’ve came to Campeche. The plan was to catch an early colectivo van and spend the day in Edzna. The colectivo vans were located in the street that goes parallel to Avenida Gobernadores, close to the Mercado. It took me a while to find it, but after asking a few people I managed to catch a colectivo van that dropped me off at the very entrance to the site of Edzna. It took about an hour to reach it.

It was still very hot in Mexico, so I’ve spend a while in the shade, preparing for the exploration. Only people that I’ve seen during my entire stay was a bus of school kids and a dozen or so more people later on. I was pretty much there by myself. First group of objects that I’ve seen consisted of several ruined temples and an acropolis. As I was approaching one of those ruins I’ve seen lots of iguanas starting to run away. There were so many of them that I felt a little uncomfortable – I’ve never seen them in such number before. As I climbed up the acropolis I was greatly surprised by the amazing view of what’s behind it – the main plaza with the pyramid temple, and behind it on the higher platform was an amazingly intricate complex of a palace with temples.