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Thursday Midday |
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This façade at Hochob is an example of the Chenes style of Mayan Architecture.
It is covered with designs which are often repetitions of the same face, mouth open.
(Chenes is different than the Becan style we viewed in this morning.)
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Side view of another structure
Hochob's few buildings are small and unique.
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See the large face?
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Detail
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Mary photographing the face
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Wild Hibiscus -- the woods around here are full of them.
As I wandered back beyond the buildings to admire the flowers,
I found holes in the ground . . .
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One of several cistern holes at Hochob.
About 14 inches in diameter, this one is bored through approximately 18 inches of rock.
They call these underground water storage tanks “chultunes” which are commonly found at Chenes sites.
“Stone plugs and perforated rim rings filtered the water and kept it pure.”
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Roof construction detail.
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Another roof construction detail (different roof though)
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Compost toilet sign — we have seen these in Becan and Calakmul also.
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Compost toilet with bucket of sawdust
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A water bucket built into the wall to supply both restrooms.
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Lunch in Dzibalchen
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This little eatery was a bit of a “hole through the wall”
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The menu
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Waiting with our soft drinks for lunch to arrive
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Mmmm good
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Now Mary’s happy.
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Along the road to Hopelchen
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One of the maps in the Rough Guide. This shows our current location
and an idea of how many of these developed archeological sites there are available to visit.
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A map of where we‘ve been.
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Pretty typical road out here. No center line, no “shoulder,” but the pavement is solid and smooth.
And the traffic light.
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House with IEEA painted on it, abbreviation for
Campeche State’s Institute for Adult Education, a new program that targets
15-29 year olds.
We saw this IEEA with the open book symbol in many places.
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Next stop: Hopelchen
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