Mayan ruins

Today our adventures were all centered around a trip to Mayan ruins, specifically a site called Caracol, which means "snail" in Spanish. Our is called this because of the number of snails found in this area. Yet this was not the name the Mayans called it.
On our way to the ruin site, we stopped off at cave called, "Rio Frio" or "cold river." We walked in and around the cave, leaving about the different types of rock and living organisms that live there.
Next was a 2 hour walk around the Mayan ruins. We walked up 150 feet of stairs to what is still the highest building in the country, the famous Canaan building. The preservation is wonderfully done on these ancient buildings. It is hard to believe they could actually be that old.
The preserved art work was my favorite. The patience, hard work, and care put into the rock carving and the coloring of the carvings is incredible.
After the ruins, we stopped by "Rio on pools" where we swam in a waterfall and in a deep pool in the Macal river.
We had dinner at the lodge and enjoyed red wine, Matt with a cigar, while relaxing on our cabin porch.