Chichen Itza

About a two hour drive out of Cancun's hotel strip, Chichen Itza is home of the Mayan ruins. These temples are called calendar temples because there is a total of 365 steps: 91 steps on each flight, with a total of four flights plus the top level. The stairs face north, south, east, and west and the corners mark the rise and fall of the sun on the spring equinox and the autumnal equinox.
Taken on August 18, 2004: the calendar temple