Xunantunich means "stone women" in Mayan and is located about ten minutes from San Ignacio. We were out visiting a school that HELP International has worked with in the past and decided to go see Xunantunich because it was just down the road. We had heard the ruins were worth seeing, but we were shocked by how big and impressive it was. Like last time when we went to Cahal Pech, the grounds were deserted.Belize continues to surprise us with how beautiful, yet unexplored its treasures seem to be.
This is the side view of the castle. The relief is extraordinary. The structure is tall enough to be viewed from Guatemala as well.
The view from the top of the castle. You can see some of the other structures. Belize really is hermosa.
The downside of the being the only sides at the site is that yet again we don't have pictures of us together. We will work on that for future posts.
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