Coba

After a really good lunch we went to Coba. There are hills with trees all over the place which in fact were Mayan ruins that just hadn't been uncovered. There are over 6000 buildings in Coba (most uncovered) so there was a lot to see. We were hoping to see some spider monkeys and toucans but we didn't' get lucky. Stockton did better but still had a ruff time in the heat.

My family sure has grown in the last 6 years. From 4 to 10.

Ty and Lemual in Coba.

One of the few places you can climb on the ruins is here. It was SOOOO HOOOTTTT that i decided to stay at the bottom with Blake and Stockton and Bryan took Tyson up to the top. It has about 120 steps and they are really steep and close together. At the top is a beautiful lookout. My brother had my camera and didn't' get one picture of Bryan and Ty at the top- but he did get some of him and my dad. Bryan must have left too fast.
Poor baby was so hot we gave him a lot of water. Lucky for us he could drink from a straw. Most of the water ended up all over him but I'm sure that felt good too.

Behind Ty is the court of a game they used to play. We were told they used to hit a ball with their hips and try to get it in the loop in the middle. They found that behind this was rooms which they think might be kind of like a locker room. In other areas it seems that the loser teams captain was killed after the games. Glad I wasn't a Mayan.
Poor Stock didn't really enjoy Coba either. He did like the bike ride we had but other then that he was just hot. Look at that poor red face.

My boys favorite part of Coba was the bike ride. We rented bikes to ride though the jungle (how cool eh?) and because of my kids I got what Lemual called a trike. Jacob was our driver and he was so nice. My boys wanted to ride under the seat. I loved this. One of the highlights of the whole trip.

One of the stone tablets they would write the history of the area. The writing is mostly gone on this one.

My little family-