Occasionally, it rains in Yucatan, especially in early autumn, and infrequently in winter. This day tourists and students of the ancient ruins were grateful for the palm thatch roofs, erected to offer protection to the extraordinary stucco sculptures found at this site north of Valladolid. I am standing under the roof of a vendor's shelter, near #13 on the map in the linked page. Learn more about Ek' Balam, here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Balam