my only experiences have been with Mexico. i was born there but dont know too much about the history. last summer i visited some family thats lives in Cozumel, the island off of Cancun, and they took me all over the place. i visited Chichen Itza where the mayan pyramids are located. it was truly amazing how big these pyramids are and how intact they still are after so many years.heres a picture from my vacation. they used to allow you to climb them but not anymore.they want to keep them as preserved as possible which is understandable. i would of liked to go on it to take a closer look but i also believe we should try to keep this history alive. before i had just gone to visit family and had not really experienced my culture but after seeing the history in chichen itza, i learned a little more. i believe mexico has a lot of hidden history that i still need to learn. it is a country very culturally diverse in itself. in every place ive been to everyone is different from the way people talk to certain bahaviors make you think youre in a whole new country. i dont know very much about honduras or belize. i do have a coworker that is from guatemala and all i know is that they make great tamales wraped in banana leaves and awsome pupusas.
I am so jealous that you were able to visit Chichen Itza! For my Spanish class last quarter I did a web lesson and I learned about the pyramids. They are so huge and so beautiful. I really enjoyed your picture and I would love to visit some day too. I think it's really cool that you were able to go there and experience a little bit of your culture. I'm Italian and really want to go to Italy so that I can do the same thing. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gina, very jealous that you got to explore Chichen Itza, too bad they no longer let you climb to the top. I bet it's a whole different experience on the top of those pyramids. That picture really shows how huge they are as well! I never thought they were so big. I also agree that Mexico has a lot of hidden history, and there aren't many people who take the time to search for it because they are all too busy laying at the beach!
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ReplyDeleteI am native from Mexico, to but I never visit any interesting places in Mexico, unfortuanlly my visits were more to the United States, but I am sure visiting Chichen Itza was a experince that you will never forget in your life, I am planning on taking a tour to this wonderful place, I even have aunts that dont live far away from there, they live in Quintana Roo, they have invited me several times but I havent been able to go, they have talk me a lot of Chichen Itza an cozumel and those wonderful places they talk a lot about beaches were you can go diving they call them Senotes, its like a swimming pool but without bottom. I have to say that I am jelous as well as the other peers said, hope am able to visit and share in a future my own experiences, Kind Regards, Cheers
Thats awesome that you got to go see the pyramids. some of my friends have gone to and they say there so huge.hopefully i get the chance to go some day and see them for myself.Thats also a very nice pic.
ReplyDeleteI also got to visit Chichen Itza, but it was about seven years ago. I was lucky enough to get to climb to the top and the view was incredible! What was amazing was how flat everything seemed from the top--there was just jungle for miles and miles. It was like standing on top of a huge stone island in the middle of a green sea. I'm sorry you weren't able to go to the top, but I agree that preserving the hisroty of the pyramid is more important than attracting tourists.
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I wish when I was in Cozumel I visited there. I ended up at a beautiful private beach and went snorkeling. I was younger and was more into the drinking and playing at the beach. Now I wish I would have visited the pyramids.
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