Tuesday, 9/17. Hot, humid day. It was hard to focus. Fortunately our excellent guide kept finding shade. This is not the most famous Mayan ruin, but it’s one of the best preserved, though the early archeologists made several errors in the efforts to preserve it. One set of steps holds the third largest collection of hieroglyphics in the world.

After lunch I walked around the village. Nothing remarkable. The souvenir salesmen were very soft sell, which made the walk peaceful. Everyone seems friendly, but not overwhelmingly so.