The next morning we got an early start to Ek Balam. It would be the last (but not least) of the ruin sites we visited. I loved that we had the place almost to ourselves (there was just one crazy guy from Connecticut, biking his way across the Yucatan). After climbing up the tallest tower, we took a walk around one of the unexcavated ruins, which looks just like any other tree-covered mountain. There were butterflies everywhere. And we saw this incredibly strange animal that looked like a cross between a squirrel and a rabbit. It had a squirrel's tail, but it hopped like a bunny. We were so confused until the guy at the information desk told us it was a mongoose. One of the neat features about Ek Balam is that they have renovated some of the towers to show what they would have looked like. The designs were so intricate.
After the ruins, we headed to what would also be our last Cenote, Dzitnup. It was good ce-note to end it on. There were lots of stalagtites, tree roots, and bats.
On our way out, we checked out this really incredible cave. It had really cool formations and a "window" overlooking the water.
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