Couple days ago I took a day trip out to one of the hacienda's in the area. Hacienda Yaxcopoil is a work in progress of sorts. Somewhat restored and somewhat in ruin. Some area's of the 22,000 acre hacienda are being worked on, while other's look as if the people simply left 100+ years ago and left everything right where it was. Still other parts look like the jungle over took them years ago.
Here's a few of the shots I snapped in between down pours:
Side entrance, note the small gage rail:
Which leads to a courtyard:
Which leads up to the main house:
Much of the main building is supposedly just as it was at the turn of the 20th century:
Scattered within the house are Mayan artifacts. The bowls and dishes on the wall predate the Spanish, also note the pieces of Mayan carved limestone and maize stones:
There's several places where the old equipment and machinery can be seen in various states of restoration:
The property also has a large cenote (large fresh water open well) available for swimming. The day I was there it had a small group of younger European tourist swimming and lounging around it. It started to rain and I decided to head for my truck rather then risk yet another digital camera. I'm on my third, if (when?) this one goes I'm going to switch to disposable waterproof ones.