Over the course of a month, I will traverse the sacbe, trekking the 62 miles through dense jungle on the remnants of the powerful road that once connected thousands of people and small villages between the two ancient cities of Yaxuna and Coba. I’ll document the expedition through photographs, as well as sharing the story on social media, and any archaeological findings along the way— following the path Queen Lady K’awiil Ajaw is said to have created as a struggle for power over 1500 years ago in the peninsula. I’ll spend 15-20 days traversing the sacbe, then will spend the remaining days editing the photos and content to share. I would be the first female in modern times to cross the sacbe, making the journey from Yaxuna to Coba— it hasn’t been done since Alfonso Villa Rojas— a school teacher working on the restoration project at Chichén Itzá— made the journey in 1933. Nothing says alpha female more than crossing an impenetrable jungle on an ancient road a warrior queen created.