Oxkintoch.....feel the mystery.....

Closing my eyes to the dreary day outside and remembering the day we went to visit the site of the ancient city of Oxkintoch.The limestone plateau that the Yucatan sits upon seems very evident here. The great prairie extends for miles and you can almost see the curve of the earth. It was a hot morning  and nobody else was about. The bees were humming and the wild grasses were fragrant. The site for this Mayan ruin is eight square miles. Not a lot has been excavated but it is possible to see mounds of ruins everywhere in all directions. It is the unexcavated ruins that excite me.  Miles of mounds cover ancient sites.......I want to get down and dig. Oxkintoch seems full of ghosts. We can feel their presence. We can feel the mystery.