Category Archives: YUCATAN

After the marketplace, we visit the Uxmal ruins, once a Mayan town. The ruins are beautiful, and I’m interested to hear more about the Mayans and their way of life, though I would be more interested in getting a sense of the Mexican culture. I’m eager to skip the touristy stuff and meet or learn…

Astronomy and religion were important to the ancient Mayans, and that shows in the arrangement of Uxmal. At the top of the Pyramid of the Soothsayer sits a temple dedicated to the rain god Chac. One of the doorways of the temple is even designed to look like Chac’s face. Even though Mayans began building…

Here's a crazy idea. I want to write a book where some invasive high technology causes a "culture shock" in Mexico. What might happen if that type of technology became a factor in the area? How would the technology exist? What would the locals think? I had no way of knowing without learning more about…

After spending some time at the university with the scientists, we decided to do another touristy thing. We went to the ruins at Dzibilchaltun, where we spent the rest of the day in a beautiful setting that was not overrun with people, since archaeologists have only recently begun clearing the land and restoring the ruins.…