The main entrance into the Santa Ana church.
The cathedral in Dzemul is huge, something that one wouldn’t expect for such a small village in the countryside. The church is old and was originally built and controlled by the Franciscan Order.
The altar of Santa Ana church.
We watched as an old man went through the process of opening up the church before entering it. Besides the impressive front altar, there were two shrines on each side of the church, one of which contained the relics of some saint. Interesting was the presence of a statue of a black saint.
The pyramid of the X'combo Mayan ruins.
We drove down a narrow dirt trail to get into the ruins site. Unlike our visit to Tulum the last time we were in Mexico, there were no little shops lining the entrance to the grounds.
A small temple to the right of the main pyramid.
The ruins gave an appearance of being well off the beaten trails for tourists. Besides ourselves, we saw two others who came later in the morning, climbing the ruins and taking photographs, Mexicans.
The main pyramid from which the town of Dzemul got its name: Dzemul - Small Pyramid.
A group picture with the main pyramid in the background.
Needless to say, being able to wander freely among the ruins without being bothered by others was one of the main highlights of the visit to X’combo. Next stop will be Telchac Puerto and San Crisanto.
Wow, the cathedral looks awesome. Did you get a picture of the black saint? I am sure it would be very interesting to show Lawrence and his family. I am also amazed at the pyramids. Such art work. Excited to see what is next.
Yes, I will e-mail the photo to you. As for what’s next, it is already posted.