Show #80: In the Land of the Maya: Part 2
Part two of the Mexican soundseeing podcast series focuses on our trip to two Mayan ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula. First we visit Tulum on the coast, and then move inland to the village and ruins at Coba. I climb the big pyramid at Coba, which is the second tallest in the Mayan empire. It was big, tall and a scary climb with no handrails. There was only a rope laying on the steps to hang onto as you went down. I kept thinking about that scene in Apocalypto where the heads and bodies bounce down the steps to the bottom...
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If you look carefully at the top of the pyramid you can see two people sitting there. Neither of them is me, though I did go to the very top and into the chamber. The jungle has reclaimed most of this site, with only several hundred of more than 6500 buildings excavated since its "discovery" in the 1970's. At one time, Coba was home to 50,000 Mayans. |
The ending tune in this podcast is by Brad Sucks from the Magnatunes website. The title of the song is "Time to take out the garbage". It has no particular connection to the podcast content, but I liked the jazz noir feel it has. Somehow it matches my mood and mindset as I descended down the big pyramid.
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