May 28, 2008
Talum- Mayan ruins : The first sight seeing excursion of our trip.
Well it was a hot one today! Whew! We walked a little less than a mile to the site of the ruins from where our bus let us off.
We didn’t get to stay very long but while we were there we listened to the guide tell us the history of the Mayan ruins. We learned about the different gods, specifically the main god – the honey bee god, which is an upside down figure representing fertility.
The Mayans built their temples at the top of a cliff to be closer to the gods. We got to look off the cliff into the Caribbean Sea. It was beautiful! The view from on top was amazing. The blue water as far out as you could see and the waves crashing against the cliff on the edges of the little inlet and there were people swimming in the area directly below us.
When we got back from our exciting ruin sightseeing a group of us went snorkeling. That was another exciting adventure. We got on the boat and rode for about 10 minutes along the shore out to a spot on the reef. We were only about 200 ft off the shore. We put our equipment on which was quite an interesting feat. I had never worn flippers before so I was having a really tough time working them. When I got in the water it took me a little while to get use to them as well as the snorkel mask. I had never been snorkeling before so it was all so new to me. Its rather exhausting! It was really neat though just staying on top of the water and being able to see everything in the reef so clearly. We had to be really careful because it was pretty shallow, only about 6 ft, less in some places. We saw all sorts of different fish. Tan fish with black stripes- I named them zebra fish. Fish that looked like the rainbow fish from the book. There were rainbow fish with bright blues and green colors, some with light neutral colors, and others with reds and browns. It was really fun to see them all swimming around in their natural habitat, to be able to swim with them and follow them around. I enjoyed finding schools of fish and trying to follow them. I felt like Ariel from The Little Mermaid as I flipped my fins and swam around. It was great! Several times I saw schools of a certain type of fish, like the zebra fish and then there would be one random pretty rainbow fish that stuck our amongst them. I also saw a Dori fish that looked like Dori from Finding Nemo swimming with a school of zebra fish. The reef was pretty too and all different shapes and heights.
Talum- Mayan ruins : The first sight seeing excursion of our trip.
Well it was a hot one today! Whew! We walked a little less than a mile to the site of the ruins from where our bus let us off.
We didn’t get to stay very long but while we were there we listened to the guide tell us the history of the Mayan ruins. We learned about the different gods, specifically the main god – the honey bee god, which is an upside down figure representing fertility.
The Mayans built their temples at the top of a cliff to be closer to the gods. We got to look off the cliff into the Caribbean Sea. It was beautiful! The view from on top was amazing. The blue water as far out as you could see and the waves crashing against the cliff on the edges of the little inlet and there were people swimming in the area directly below us.
When we got back from our exciting ruin sightseeing a group of us went snorkeling. That was another exciting adventure. We got on the boat and rode for about 10 minutes along the shore out to a spot on the reef. We were only about 200 ft off the shore. We put our equipment on which was quite an interesting feat. I had never worn flippers before so I was having a really tough time working them. When I got in the water it took me a little while to get use to them as well as the snorkel mask. I had never been snorkeling before so it was all so new to me. Its rather exhausting! It was really neat though just staying on top of the water and being able to see everything in the reef so clearly. We had to be really careful because it was pretty shallow, only about 6 ft, less in some places. We saw all sorts of different fish. Tan fish with black stripes- I named them zebra fish. Fish that looked like the rainbow fish from the book. There were rainbow fish with bright blues and green colors, some with light neutral colors, and others with reds and browns. It was really fun to see them all swimming around in their natural habitat, to be able to swim with them and follow them around. I enjoyed finding schools of fish and trying to follow them. I felt like Ariel from The Little Mermaid as I flipped my fins and swam around. It was great! Several times I saw schools of a certain type of fish, like the zebra fish and then there would be one random pretty rainbow fish that stuck our amongst them. I also saw a Dori fish that looked like Dori from Finding Nemo swimming with a school of zebra fish. The reef was pretty too and all different shapes and heights.
After about 30 minutes of swimming with the fish we made it to the boat which had moved down to the other side of the reef and we ended our underwater adventure. I was pretty exhausted!
We ate a really fancy dinner at one of the restaurants you have to make reservations for. Everyone looked so nice all dressed up. We were learning propper ediqate as we enjoyed our fancy meal. It was really fun. White wine, soup, salad, fish and steamed vegetables and flan for dessert. It was very good and very fun! This country girl is breaking out of her shell more and more every day! haha
It was a fun day full of new and exciting things. I just love getting to do things I dont normally get to do!
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