I visited Chichen Itza nearly 3 years ago.  It is truly an amazing site to visit. We rented a car from Cancun and went thru the local road to get there. What a delight!  If you take the toll road you will miss the great beauty of this region and its people. The regular road goes through Mayan towns, and you can see the people, most of whom are under 5 feet tall.

Make sure to stop by the town of Valladolid.  It has a beautiful church, and a great restaurant at the North End.  There are some bird migrations that are supposed to be beautful here, but I missed that one totally so cannot comment on it.

Close to Chichen, there is a Cenote.  This is a must visit.

Take a lot of water with you, and splash it on yourself all the time if you don’t want to have a heat-stroke.

Recommended.

Here are some interesting Chichen Itza blog posts:

Lost Temples: Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza - A very col National Geographic segment on the Lost Temples: Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza. via videosift.com. Tags: lost city, Chichen Itza, Maya, Mayan, pyramid, Central America, temples, Americas, history, National Geographic.

Drop Kick Murphys Drop Kick Chichen Itza - … where two of my completely diverse interests come together. JayC2011 and some friends created a music video using claymation that combines the Drop Kick Murphys with Chichen Itza. And it rocks! Here it is (be sure to turn it up LOUD):

More Vacation Pics - We went swimming at a cenote, a large fresh water well, on the way back from Chichen Itza. All the boys and Amy took turns either jumping or diving from the cliff. Bryan and all the boys went scuba diving in a cenote and said it was one …

Mexican (mis)adventures - Cancun, Mexico - On our final day of Cancun we arranged to take a tour our to Chichen Itza, the local Mayan ruins, with another guest at our hostel, a friendly Aussie by the name of Nick. The ruins were a couple of hours outside Cancun, so we were lucky …