Because of the many tourists that visit Chichen Itza every day, you are not allowed to climb the structures anymore. If you still like to do so, go to other ruins in Yucatan, like Coba or even better: Calakmul [Chichen Itza / Yucatan / Mexico]
Chichen Itza is one of the mst popular Maya ruin sites in Yucatan, because of its relatively colse location to the most popular tourist towns Cancun, Playa de Carmen and Tulum. So be early! [Chichen Itza / Yucatan / Mexico]
Walking through the tourist stalls in the Chichen Itza Maya complex. Be early (08.00 am) to beat the tour groups, which come dropping in at around 10.00am [Chichen Itza / Yucatan / Mexico]
A guide in the Chichen Itza Maya complex tells his audience from a distance how good the acoustics are in the Juego de Pelota (sports stadium) of the Maya complex [Chichen Itza / Yucatan / Mexico]
Chichen Itza is a very tourist Maya site. In the morning, local craft sellers hurry to the best places in the complex to set up their stalls [Chichen Itza / Yucatan / Mexico]
Reliefs in one of the Maya temples of Chichen Itza. These reliefs show an Jaguar and an Eagle eating the hearts of enymies [Chichen Itza / Yucatan / Mexico]