Yo Soy Mexico
So I escaped to Mexico on a last minute need to use vacation days and soon. The idea is to circle the Yucatan, hitting all the good ruins and taking lots of pictures along the way.
Flew in to Cancun, got in a little rental job, and took off to Chichen Itza (”chichizza”) to see the laser Floyd show on top the big pyramids n’ shit. On the way I spied a giant lazy lizard, which might have just been a piece of tire, and then some vulturey looking birds sitting patiently atop the exit signs at Piste, and fresh armadillo roadkill. If you come down this road you should know that the tolls total near 30$ - all the way to Merida. One was 20 something dollars and the other just a few. After checking into the hotel and eating some Aztec soup, and some enchiladas, I was fully prepared to conquer the Mayas, in brutal historical recreation. In order to do so, I would first have to walk down through the rest of hotel alley and into the archaeological zona itself, for the “espectaculo” or light show with dramatic historical narrative. Think over the top History Channel. To be honest, I would have been happier I think if they just played Dark Side of the Moon, but whatever. I do like that idea off getting a glimpse of this place at night, first. What really killed me at this show were the many people trying to take pictures of a pyramid a quarter of a mile away with their little crapper digicams and using the flash on top of it! And with one hand! Always with one hand! It is evident by the end of this espectaculo and presentation, all in Spanish mind you, that it is all about Choc, god of rain.
All in all, it was a very theme park experience, and reminded me of Angkor where this Aussie bloke and I joked about turning Angkor Wat into a theme park, leaving “no stone” unexploited. Oh we had a laugh on that one. For Chichen Itza I’m thinking more of a lazer tag at night thing, complete with Tron suits, to take place during the light show. Now that would be a fucking espectaculo…