After an hour we climb up one of the precarious cave sides onto a dry ledge. Here we're asked to remove our sodden shoes and continue with socks. The guide begins a convoluted story of twins, Mayan gods and reincarnation. Looking around I see everyone with confused expressions so it's not just me. What I did glean was that Mayans believed caves were the portal to the underworld.
We continue our ascent through the cave passing ceramic pottery, artifacts and human skulls left by Mayans 1400 years ago as offerings to the gods until we reach the Cathedral Chamber, a huge cavernous space as large as a church hall, overhung with the most enormous intricate stalactites and stalagmites.
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