AMAZING MAYAN CITY (continued, part 4) We went to the eastern part of the church, and again, Jorge told us to listen and clap their hands twice with him on the count of three. One-two-three, clap-clap. We repeated this three times. My God! We heard not only the voice of a bird quetzal, which though came from the starboard side of our church (Church of the warriors), but also heard a long rattling sound after each cotton. Echo. What's it like? I only raised my hand and tried to guess: "rattlesnake?" "That's right!" - Said Jorge. All of this began to seem strange. Yes, super! Riddles are continuing. I love this place. Jorge told us the whole story with a calendar and 2012. To make it clear, he drew a few diagrams on the sand, but I'm not going to draw them. There are clear, but a little confusing. In general, we tried to recover from the surprise of Chichen Ittsy, and Jorge has led us forward to a large field for ball games. Snake down the stairs It was a cruel game, even if you do not take into account the sacrifices that are often committed after the game! Large field for ball games in Chichen Ittse is 166 meters long and 68.5 wide. Balls weighed about 6-7 kg, they were made of rubber, and arms and legs to beat them was impossible. The aim of the game was to traverse the ball through the ring, which is 7 meters above the ground. Golf ball games in this incredible game play commands on 7 people. Sometimes played to death, the losing team's players sacrificed. Very nice! Mayans considered it a great honor, thanks to which they immediately goes to heaven. Some historians even suggest that sacrificed the winners. Others believe that the losers. On the walls surrounding the field, you can find a large number of drawings, which depict ritual sacrifices, as well as pictures of snakes and skulls. Drawings on the wall "sports arena", as in other parts of Chichen Ittsy acoustics are just amazing. Voices from a temple hills, located at one end of the field, clearly audible at the other end of the field. At a distance of 166 meters! We checked with Jill yourself whether this is so, and you can with certainty say that we clearly hear each other on a fairly large distance. Amazing place! If we take the middle of the field for ball games, face the rings (in which it was necessary to hammer the ball) and slap their hands, the echo reflected seven times. If a loud pop, we again hear a rattling sound of a rattlesnake. Jorge showed us another trick. Located near the temple, he whistled loudly, and exactly 2 seconds after the whistle seemed to come back to us! "What's next?" - I asked for Jill. "And a soldier in the field" - our guide Jorge on the ancient "sports stadium" Leaving the field, we went to Cenote of sacrifice. Like the other buildings, it was fenced. But we were able to look at him from behind the fence. Here, the Maya sacrificed humans and valuable things, throwing them into the Cenote. In 1904 an Englishman pulled out of the Cenote lot of jewelry. It's always like, forever, we're late! In general, he was asked to return anything he took, but he refused, so that the Maya took another piece of history! At the other end of Chichen Itza Cenote is one from which the inhabitants of the city took drinking water. Immediately there are a few temples, but they are hard to pin down. They then another seven or eight. The last half hour we spent thousands of soldiers near the temple, it also sacrificed humans to please the gods! There are many pillars that symbolize the soldiers. Though he called the temple of thousands of soldiers, a total of 140 columns. On the half hour we were given the chance to wander around the city. At this time went a little rain. Such a refreshing shower. And how to throw a ball? We boarded a bus for two hours to get back. The road passed through the area of ??hotels in Cancun, where we saw all the new hotels that have recently been built. Beautiful, but very much like Marbella, a popular Spanish resort. In the hotel we went back to eight o'clock, and we were served dinner: chicken, rice and fried beans. Tasty! It's time to sleep. The next day we had nothing planned. Well, that had time to rest after yesterday's 14 hours that we spent on the road. We ran down to the local supermarket and bought a taco and beer in the evening. Dinner at the hotel consisted of a salad with turkey. Pretty good. We chatted with our new friends and those who had only recently arrived at the hotel. We sat on the terrace on the roof of the hotel. A little later we were joined by another man 6-7. Bad sat. "Persuaded" two bottles of rum, while playing different games. I almost can not remember how to bed, but I think the sun was beginning to get up when I started down the treacherous spiral staircase, which someone found at the entrance to the roof. Time of departure of our bus at 11 am. 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