Rare Saint Greg Posted March 9, 2022 Author #1251 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Once we arrived in Kohunlich we had another opportunity to use the facilities prior to starting the tour. The driver gave us more waters before we started. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 9, 2022 Author #1252 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Kohunlich is actually a mispronounced version of Kohun Ridge. Kohuns are the type of palm trees in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WhaleTailFlCruiser Posted March 9, 2022 #1253 Share Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Saint Greg said: If they do this show here I’d like to see it. Missed it in playa del Carmen. anyone seen it here? Yeah it’s pretty cool they usually do it in the morning and then afternoon again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WhaleTailFlCruiser Posted March 9, 2022 #1254 Share Posted March 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: Once we arrived in Kohunlich we had another opportunity to use the facilities prior to starting the tour. The driver gave us more waters before we started. I did that one during my B2B last year will be interested to see what you think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 9, 2022 Author #1255 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On the short walk from the entrance to the ceremonial area we encountered many howler monkeys. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare Saint Greg Posted March 9, 2022 Author #1257 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Kohunlich has three temples, a ball court, and many residential buildings. 20 thousand people lived in Kuhonlich and the surrounding areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 9, 2022 Author #1258 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Back when people lived here these buildings were covered with stucco and most were painted red. This is the first of three temples 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 9, 2022 Author #1259 Share Posted March 9, 2022 These are residential buildings. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 9, 2022 Author #1260 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Across from the residential area is the palace Back in December in Xunantunich on that large structure El Castillo we talked about how that building was originally smaller and over time they just added onto it and it became what it is now on the third or fourth iteration. You can see an example of that on a smaller scale here where they added onto an older building with newer stones in front of the older stones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sanmarcosman Posted March 10, 2022 #1262 Share Posted March 10, 2022 35 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: Kohunlich is actually a mispronounced version of Kohun Ridge. Kohuns are the type of palm trees in the area. AHHHHH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare Saint Greg Posted March 10, 2022 Author #1265 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) This room had a balcony looking out onto the plaza. In the middle of the plaza is what’s left of the podium area. This is where sacrifices or other ceremonies and celebrations would take place. Edited March 10, 2022 by Saint Greg 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 10, 2022 Author #1266 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On the other side of the plaza you can see steps which were used as seating. Down below the balcony was more seating that was destroyed when the first people who entered this area in the early 1900’s dynamited that area looking for an entrance to this building. It’s believed the balcony actually came out further but that portion was destroyed by the dynamite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare Saint Greg Posted March 10, 2022 Author #1268 Share Posted March 10, 2022 In the back there are a couple of tunnels which were not in use. They had a shortage of limestone in this area so they would in some cases take stones from older buildings to build new ones in this case they either left these areas hollow to save on the stones or they removed stones to build up other areas. These tunnels have started to collapse which is why they’re roped off now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 10, 2022 Author #1269 Share Posted March 10, 2022 This is the side portion of the palace area. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sanmarcosman Posted March 10, 2022 #1272 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) As soon as your excursion bus stops and picks you up you'll soon be back on the Glory! Edited March 10, 2022 by sanmarcosman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 10, 2022 Author #1273 Share Posted March 10, 2022 This is the podium area of the plaza 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 10, 2022 Author #1274 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On the other side of the plaza is The stela temple. We talked a lot about stelas when I was in Coba. They had many of them there. I stela was found in front of the stela temple which is where the name comes from. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 10, 2022 Author #1275 Share Posted March 10, 2022 When the sunset from the stela temple is line perfectly with the center of this temple, it is April 13th which is the start of their agricultural season. In Chichen Itza they used the sunrise instead of the sunset. Theirs started March 21st. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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