Izamal, and the Road to Ake

Izamal is Ciudad Amarillo, The Yellow City. They must have had lots of paint left over, because many of the surrounding towns are yellow too!

Cemetery in Espita, on the way to Izamal	Espita cemetery	I'd love to be there on El Dia de los Muertes
Church in Espita	Birthday cake graveyard	Off to the ruins, they're all over town.
Jim's cop buddy, on the lookout for turistas	Around town in Izamal	Itzamma
Kinich Kol Mo, our ride below. People live all around the sites, and even in some of them.	All the little towns have huge trees in the central plaza. The trunk on this one had to be 4 feet in diameter!	Restaurant de los Mestizos, excellent! We just had a beer and they brought us all these delicious side dishes and salsas!
Foxy ascends Itzamma	A variation on the tricicolo: he was very proud of his motorized creation.	Church in Libre Union
On to Ake, another uniquely situated Mayan site. Check out the 2006 map. Click here for other Yucatan trips in 2003, 2004 and 2005!