Chichén Itzá
The Serpent Pyramid
Gateway town: Mérida
Portrait
El Castillo has ninety-one steps on each of four sides plus the top platform — three hundred and sixty-five — and twice a year the equinox sun throws a serpent of shadow down its northern balustrade. Be there at opening, before the Cancún coaches, see the ball court where the acoustics carry a whisper the length of the field, and leave by eleven.
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