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Mike's Photos From The Road #179
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one more page of the stunning ruins of tikal in guatemala.
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it's like your brain just shuts off so it doesn't explode when seeing things like this.
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to see something like this just sitting there amongst the thick trees of the jungle...man. two years on the road and i am still shocked now and then.
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yeah.
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i hope palenque is half as cool (i'm going there tomorrow.) it's in mexico. more ruins. hope you aren't sick of pyramid pictures because you'll be seeing a lot more really really soon.
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remember those volcano shots a couple pages back? i think the mayans got the idea for the pyramid by all the volcanoes which surround their cities. just my theory. i am stupid though...hmmmmmmmmmm.
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this is what it looks like from up there.
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the guide lead us through the city. we were on our way to the grand plaza.
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not every building is a pyramid.
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mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys. (ignore me.)
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the grand plaza. where the mayans threw the big parties.
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i'll bet there were some awesome bashes. probably better than carnvale in rio de janeiro. that's not saying much though.
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so we headed to the granda plaza for one grand reason: the jaguar temple. the jewel of tikal. check it out.
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had seen about 20 pyramids before this one but i was still knocked silly. i mean, are you kidding me?
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photoshop can make it seem like you were actually there.
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the acropolis is in the grand plaza also.
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but that jaguar temple just sucks you back in. look at me. look at me.
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i felt stupid just getting in the picture with it. it's like a bum in a picture with a super-model.
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ok, i'm getting out of here before every other building in the world is just an ugly pile of rocks to me.
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