Geographical, May 1st, 2006
Sunrise. The eastern horizon glows mauve. The forest slowly surfaces upon an ocean of mist, the upper branches of the canopy stretching their fingers through an indistinct purple-tinged swell. To the east, two limestone islands begin to appear, the structures' pyramidal sides becoming more distinct as the minutes pass. The forest is alive with birds, squawking and crying as the sky to the east turns amber, until, finally, the sun appears above the thin ribbon of cloud that slumbers on the horizon.
I'm perched on the second-tallest ancient structure in the Americas, the 46-metre-high Temple ...
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