Nice video, good job. The get in early tip is true absolutely everywhere; Chichen Itza most of all. My wife and I were lucky/smart to get in Chichen right when it opened, and enjoyed a cool morning with the place to ourselves; by the time the crowds got bad and the weather got hot we were already worn out and ready for a cenote ---which put us ahead of that crowd also. While you're doing Chichen, don't miss Valladolid and Ek Balam.
Uxmal has a special appeal for me ever since I visited it. For my wife it is Ek Balam and the very Thai style 3d figures. It is hard to find videos including the Observatorio at Uxmal. I know it does not have the scale of governors palace or the massivenes of the magicians pyramid but it has an aura, for me, of time travel. Something out of context, a stone age building detailed like Mt. Palomar or a nuclear power plant containment dome. Well in my mind anyway, and that is what their pyramid zones allow us... the freedom to be awed by past human endeavors found in the Mayan ruins of Mesoamérica. Thanks for creating and posting this video guide.
Drought is the most likely reason to leave the cities. As far as where they went. Try looking into crystal river florida. Also georgia has several maya sites w ball courts.
"Ancient Maya - The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization" by Arthur Demarest (Cambridge University Press) 2004 - This is one of the best recent academic works on why and how the Maya civilization collapsed. It's very readable. The so called mystery is a lot of hype and love of mysteries. The fall of any civilization comes down to a combination of only a few factors, which incidentally contemporary global civilization is currently suffering from more than ever before: environmental degradation, extreme polarization of elites and masses, scarcity of resources, and increase in warfare and conflicts. We're all Mayans now muthafuckas!
I don't think people wanted to abandon anything, colonization is very much a huge factor. Lets not forget how there is still modern day colonization (i.e., gentrification). Sadly many of these beautiful artifacts are bought out and owned by those who are not even from these indigenous lands,. Lets us not forget that.
The mayan people never diseppeared. When invaders europeans arrived in the maya land, Uxmal and Chihén Itza weren't ocuppied, but other citys like Izamal, Thó, (Merida), Dzilam and many others was inhabited by mayan people.
hey man i am your new friend. they are arqueological sites in mexico that are not so crowded. the most crowded ones are in teotihuacan tulum and chichen itza because of the mass propaganda. what does it mean unreal because it is real.
400 pesos to visit a cultural archaeological site is chump change in comparison to paying for Disneyland 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ your comment about the entrance price 🙄🙄🙄 .besides that your video is very well made 👍👍👍
By Mexico standards this is a steeper price, but it really is one of the great, popular sites--up there (IMHO) with Tikal, Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, Palenque and Monte Alban. But consider this ---its still less than you'd pay for a major museum in the US or Europe, and Mexico is sharing its patrimony with us, so I think its fair to tap we tourists a bit. Now, I get that I'm now a rich old man and not the penniless hitchhiker kid. There are hundreds and hundreds of ruins in Yucatan and the rest of Mexico ---most of them free or really, really inexpensive, and often worth a quick look ; in addition to the Ruta Puuc, I thought Mayapan was really cool, in spite of all the bad mouthing it gets as a Chichen knock-off. Likewise, for example, I'd skip Tulum altogether, but recommend Muyil, just down the road and suggest Ek Balam over Coba.
@@TalesFromTheRoad gtf as if Disneyland has the same cultural impact. 400 pesos Isn’t that much to Europeans and Americans. Pls like YOURE literally in native land experiencing things most natives aren’t even privileged to ever experience.
