It was a hot day to climb around the ruins of Uxmal, but so worth it to see this magnificent Mayan Site. Our guide was Mayan so this made his descriptions of the site special. He even taught Ray a few Mayan words—check out the video. The Pyramid of the Magician is the tallest building at Uxmal with a height of about 35 metres. They call it the Magician Pyramid because legend has it that a magician built it in ONE night—what do you think? You can still see a lot of decorations on all of the buildings—designs, snakes, parrots and faces of their rain god Chaac. It was very interesting to find the figures on the walls and imagine what they would have been like when they were painted. We are still loving Mexico and the warm weather. Tonight I had corn flavoured ice cream You are always in my prayers. Love Mom.
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W2B
1/13/2020 07:34:18 am
We don't think that they could build it in a night. You would need lots of people to help build them. Depending on if you believe in magic it is always possible.
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Diane
1/13/2020 06:44:58 pm
I think it would take a lot of people working very hard.
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WF KB
1/13/2020 09:20:56 am
We think it would have taken a lot of work to build the pyramid.
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Diane
1/13/2020 06:47:42 pm
Mayans believe in magicians or little fairy like creatures that just appear.
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W07
1/13/2020 12:23:55 pm
Did u climb the thing.
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Diane
1/13/2020 06:48:39 pm
We climbed the great pyramid on the same site but not the magicians pyramid.
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W7S CS
1/13/2020 12:24:48 pm
Are there any legends about the rain god?
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Diane
1/13/2020 06:50:19 pm
Here is one:
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WS7 KM
1/13/2020 12:25:09 pm
If you climbed it how long did it take?
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Diane
1/13/2020 06:50:39 pm
Only a few minutes.
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WO7 SKKC
1/13/2020 12:25:31 pm
How was the corn flavoured ice cream was it cool
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Diane
1/13/2020 06:51:42 pm
I really liked the corn flavoured ice cream. It was almost like a rich vanilla with a touch of corn sweetness
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W67
1/13/2020 12:25:45 pm
Did ice cream taste good?
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Diane
1/13/2020 06:52:45 pm
Everyone knows I love almost every ice cream but it was really good. Like a rich vanilla with a touch of corn sweetness.
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