Yucatan peninsula - part 2
Dec 14 Howling monkeys screams woke us up in the middle of the night. They were protecting their territory. We felt they were just right around our tent. Quite spooky! And tough to get up early then! It's still dark outside when we start driving deeper into the jungle, hoping to see some wildlife on the way, and so that we escape the stuffy heat when we hike around the Calakmul Mayan ruins. Soon enough the light comes in. It's a 1&1/2 hour drive to the ruins site. It is a long way to see stones in the middle of the jungle but I'm hoping to also find big trees and with extra luck some wildlife. On the way we see some wild turkeys and other same sized birds. It looks like they congregate by the road, maybe they feel a little protected from the big wild cats around?! Calakmul, one of the most remote Mayan ruins accessible by car. We're approximately 30km from Guatemala, as the crow flies. The jungle could easily take over these ruin...
