80 miles west of Belize City is the site of Xunantunich, translated as "Maiden of the Rock, or the Woman of Stone" and, like many names of Mayan sites, is a relatively modern name; the ancient and real name being lost in the mysts of time.
According to legend, back in the 1890's a man from a nearby village was out hunting. As he passed El Castillo, he was awestruck by a beautiful woman dressed completely in white, with fire-red glowing eyes.
She ascends the stone stairs, and disappears into a stone wall. Others too later claimed to have seen her, but no one could ever identify who or what she was.
TEQUILA!
The pyramid, "El Castillo", is the second tallest structure in Belize standing at some 140 feet tall.
it is there to be climbed
and climbed it was!
Mexican spiny-tailed iguana, a very social reptile excellent climbers who live on rocky areas.
Spider monkeys, so called due to disproportionately large limbs is an endangered species, due to decreasing habitat due to logging activities, eaten in some parts as a meaty food source and used extensively in laboratory testing due to them being susceptible to malaria.
Men with guns, known to be aggressive and shoot people when the need arises.
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