Yaxha

After a lazy morning, we took an afternoon trip to another Mayan site called Yaxha. It is about 2 hours from the hotel and would have been about a 2 week walk from Tikal in Mayan days. It is significantly less well excavated than Tikal and what is has mostly been rebuilt because its in a poor state of repair from almost 1500 years of the jungle regrowing.

We saw a few birds (overall slow bit day). Some monkeys in the trees and apparently a gray fox ran by but neither of us saw it.

We climbed to the highest of the temple buildings overlooking a lake and watched the sunset. It was the nicest sunset we had so far and was a perfect place to watch. See the photo below.

Tomorrow we have an early start to a place that's supposed to be good for birds.

Enjoy.