Yankee's Gasolina, Chichen Itza and the clubs of Cancun

The Mayan/Toltec ruins of Chichen Itza were visited as we made our way towards Cancun. Highly fascinating place. Chac Mool dominates the ruins and is a place where offerings of human sacrifices were made, the hearts first being eaten by the priests. The Toltec also played a sort of ball game where the captain of the winning team was decapitated as an offering to the gods. The Mayans, previously rulers of Chichen Itza did not participate in human sacrifices, it was when the Toltec tribes mixed with the Mayans that these types of rituals were introduced. Chichen Itza was deserted when the people began poisoning themselves, unintentionally, as the decapitated heads were offered into the ctenote (waterhole) which fed into the underground aquifer also being used as a water supply. Thinking that the gods were punishing them they offered more sacrifices until the poisoning was so great that they had to abandon the area.

Whilst hitting the beach was on everyone’s mind the location of our hotel meant otherwise, so instead we prepared for a big night out. Jake had organised a Party Party tour for us, which was $45, 4 clubs and all the alcohol you can drink. The first club was very average with the staff dancing on the stage, however Daddy O’s the second club certainly made up for that. Gasoline by Daddy Yankee played on the dance floor and it was just the incentive I needed to drag the girls to the floor, the rotating floor. The third club, Bulldogs, played rock music which was conducive to much beer drinking. Veronica persuaded me to undertake the dance waterfall overlooking the dance floor, but when told we would have to where bikinis I opted out rather fast. The fourth club was where we spent the rest of the night, more Gasolina cranking on the radio and heaps of tables to dance on, totally awesome night. Too much gossip from the night to put on a website………..so we’ll just end Cancun their and move to the Isle de Mujeres off the Cancun coast.

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