El Castillo at Chichen Itza

[brianwahl]

On a trip to Mexico (near Cancun) this last March, we visited the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza - pretty amazing place.

I snapped this photo of El Castillo - one of the main pyramids there. This is one of the best shots I've ever taken, I think.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianwahl/1176505285/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/1176505285_512b295225.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Chichen Itza - El Castillo" /></a>

I also took this shot of the Observatory - kind of an institute of learning in their culture.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianwahl/1177242056/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1256/1177242056_928bfa6dab.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Chichen Itza - The Observatory" /></a>

Both shots taken with the following:

Pentax K100d, kit lens. Click the link to the flickr page for full exif.

Comments/criticism encouraged. Thanks!

[prrs4me]

Very nice. I remember walking up those stairs...........and then trying to get down. They were high and steep.

[brianwahl]

Very nice. I remember walking up those stairs...........and then trying to get down. They were high and steep.

Thank you. Unfortunately, we didn't get to climb up - it was all roped off. It would have been a great view from up there.