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![Looking west from "El Castillo."](../../../../_data/i/galleries/MexicoTrips/Mexico2005-ScottsPics/Mexico2005-Tulum/DSC02474-th.jpg "Looking west from "El Castillo." (945 visits)")
Looking west from "El Castillo."![The main steps of "El Castillo."](../../../../_data/i/galleries/MexicoTrips/Mexico2005-ScottsPics/Mexico2005-Tulum/DSC02472-th.jpg "The main steps of "El Castillo." (932 visits)")
The main steps of "El Castillo."
A very strange looking tree.
This girl had won the Ms. Barcelo Contest the previous evening at our resort.
Unfortunately we weren't allowed to get very close to most of the buildings to avoid damage.
They sure built pillars well. They should have built the second stories out of the same material...
This was a tomb and that rectangle was the last resting place of someone important.
More pillars. It's not clear what this thatch is protecting. Whatever it is, it is very strange looking.
The cornice of this building was designed to look like a face. It faced the NW corner tower. I forget what the guide said it w
The walls were covered with paintings. You can see remnants of the blue, black, and red on this protected wall.!["El Castillo" the central building (used for ceremonies, we are told).](../../../../_data/i/galleries/MexicoTrips/Mexico2005-ScottsPics/Mexico2005-Tulum/DSC02454-th.jpg ""El Castillo" the central building (used for ceremonies, we are told). (971 visits)")
"El Castillo" the central building (used for ceremonies, we are told).
More interesting worn stairs.
A slanted walkway leads up to worn pillars and a door to the inside of this building (we couldn't go up there).
You can see clearly the height of the first floor of this building. The thatch is protecting a mural on the second floor.
Ruins. The thatched roof there is to protect some fragile part of the structure.