Cahal Pech | A Maya Ruin

Another Maya ruin site checked off the list!  Today it was Cahal Pech, which is only a 10 minute walk uphill from downtown San Ignacio, Belize.  It’s quite different from its nearest counterpart, Xunantunich, which is much more open space with El Castillo, the temple, dominating the site.

Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Canal Pech Maya Site
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
The Approach
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Mayan Temple at Cahal Pech
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Large Palace

Cahal Pech is one of the more intimate Maya sites in the area, receiving fewer visitors than Xunantunich.  Next to me and Natasha, there was only four other people there at dusk.  I loved it!  You get more of a sense of how it was when the Mayan people lived here, going through the excavated tunnels and small unearthed labyrinths among the trees that defy gravity, hanging to the sides of the structures.

Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Up To The Gods
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Hanging On
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Remembrance
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
The Roots
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Untouched
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Descendant
Canal Pech Maya Site | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Tunnel Vision

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Cahal Pech Maya Site | Sunset | San Ignacio Belize | Photo taken by Indianapolis-based Real Estate Photographer Jason Humbracht in 2015
Sunset at Cahal Pech

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