Home / Playa Del Carmon, Barcelo, Mexico / Scott's Mexico Pictures 256
Post date / 2005
A recently built thatch hut at Tulum, looking off to the ocean.
Ruins. The thatched roof there is to protect some fragile part of the structure.
You can see clearly the height of the first floor of this building. The thatch is protecting a mural on the second floor.
A slanted walkway leads up to worn pillars and a door to the inside of this building (we couldn't go up there).
More interesting worn stairs.!["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). (965 visits)")
"El Castillo" the central building (used for ceremonies, we are told).
The walls were covered with paintings. You can see remnants of the blue, black, and red on this protected wall.
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
More pillars. It's not clear what this thatch is protecting. Whatever it is, it is very strange looking.
This was a tomb and that rectangle was the last resting place of someone important.
They sure built pillars well. They should have built the second stories out of the same material...
Unfortunately we weren't allowed to get very close to most of the buildings to avoid damage.
This girl had won the Ms. Barcelo Contest the previous evening at our resort.
A very strange looking tree.![The main steps of "El Castillo."](../../../../_data/i/galleries/MexicoTrips/Mexico2005-ScottsPics/Mexico2005-Tulum/DSC02472-th.jpg "The main steps of "El Castillo." (927 visits)")
The main steps of "El Castillo."