Kabah, Labna, and Mani

/ Ed Armstrong
Our first stop of the day was to see the massive number of Mayan ruins at Kabah. These buildings were very dramatic and in amazing shape!!

This Mayan structure was the palace for the king.

This photo shows the intricate detail in the buildings at Kabah.

This detail shows how the wall was made before the facing stones in front of it to decorate the wall.

This was one of my favorite sections at Kabah!! The Mayans carved statues of two kings, one male and one female. The females are also called kings.

This shows half of a Mayan arch holding up the stairs used to climb to a higher section.

This Mayan carving shows three warring men. One is Mayan and the other is possibly an outside group. In the lower section, you can see the guy on the right about to cut off the head of the man on the ground.

This shows the series of masks used to depict people. The circles are eyes and the square boxes with holes are the overlapping ears. They have very scarry looking teeth.

Next we drove to Labna. This is the famous Labna arch. It is the best preserved Mayan arch from the entire Yucatan region.

This shows an alligator mouth with a man’s head inside.

We drove to Mani and had lunch. I loved the colors in this storefront.

This depicts the Spanish colonization on the Mayan people. This is book burning in the lower left, and rape in the middle of the left and murder of many Mayan people.

I loved the colors in this fun Yucatan sign!!

This Mani town sign was clever and colorful!!

This church was in the Mani main square!!

I loved seeing people riding in these motorized cycles. This lady was very friendly and enjoyed having her photo taken!!