Nothing is more amazing then standing atop a temple in the Gran Plaza, in the still of the night, staring across to the outline of the Gran Jaguar temple - with a blanket of stars lighting the vast sky above your head.
The only sound that surrounds you is the crickets, frogs and wild birds singing their song in harmony. The only human sounds are the ones made by our feet, walking through the cool ground beneath us.
No, you can't get a guide or even purchase a tour to see this amazing sight. How does one get the luck of this once in a lifetime event? Simply by being in the right place, at the right time.
Wendy, Rosario (our in-country hosts) and I were returning from having a cool drink when Wendy struck up a conversation with one of the park's guards.....after a few minutes, he had found out who we were and why we were there - at which point, he offered to take us up there - completely against the rules - but none of us cared, and we went for it. The four of us hiked to the Gran Plaza in about 35 minutes, and we didn't return back to our rooms until around midnight.
It was so incredible being the only ones there, that late at night....standing on structures that were thousands of years old, and standing in the spot that former Mayan kings had stood. It gave us chills thinking of the history that surrounded us. I know I won't have another experience like this in a very long time, if ever.
C. Oakes
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