After the nearly overwhelming encounter with 100s of vendors selling crap at Chichen Itza, the beauty and tranquility of Uxmal was a welcome respite.

Though I was greeted by this in the men’s room:

Front and rear views of the Pyramid of the Magician.   That king was a small person so the stairs on the front, or sunrise side, are much shorter than usual.

Those on the reverse are of the usual height and steepness.

Lots of birds around there

And other feathered creatures like Kuk’l KanKan:

Or that owl next to him.

And mm lots of signs that this little cutie has LOTS of friends.

Fair warning. I often feel this way in the morning.

What looks like a wall is steps:

About a third of the way up:

I made it to the top:

And was rewarded with this view:

And then had to make my descent…

Unfortunately, this Android pad makes me load each picture individually which takes clicking thru five windows for each one. So here’s a few more, sans captions:

Once used for grinding corn: