Today is Saturday!!

Today we woke up nice and late I might add (8 am) and ate a delicious breakfast. After eating we got ready for a talk on Mayan Culture and History. It was interesting however, I believe it would have been more beneficial had the translator been easier to understand. The speaker, David had created a great powerpoint in English that we were able to follow.

Some of the interesting things that I learned were...
that there are 400 Mayan sites in Guatemala
the Mayans created the number zero

There was a Mayan ball game that was played with a rubber solid ball. It was a game that was associated with human sacrifices, sometimes kings played to symbolically record an alliance. They played it with their elbows. Very interesting.

The talk ended and we got ready to leave for Mixco Viejo, a Mayan ruins. I was not expecting such a long drive (2 hours) but the trip wentby fairly quickly. It was extremely hilly going up, up, up and then way down and twisty because of the great travel in elevation. There were also many bumps. Kudos to our superb driver Hugo who kept us safe. Once we got there we got out and saw a wonderous view.

I don´t exactly know how to describe it and feel that I could not give it justice. It was glorious. You see there were mountains all around with many trees on them. Some of the mountains were taller than the clouds. We walked up a hill and came across some Mayn ruins. Although I would not really call them ruins. It was a whole bunch of pyramid like structures made of wood. They had steps which you could climb to get to the top. (or you could be ike Keenan and scale the structure without the help of steps!!!) So ya we climbed many of the structures and once on top we saw a breath taking view of the world. I am the king of the castle. IT WAS AMAZING!

It was worth the two hour drive each way. It is amazing to think that the ruins were created such a long time ago, and that they are still in awesome condition.

So did I mention that it was hot. It was extremely hot. So hot that we got tired very easily and on our way home, we opened all the windows and bought water at a store. We drove home and when we got home, I think everyone showered.

We have had a relaxing evening. We watched a movie. Some of us are now on the computer, others are playing a game and others still are playing ping pong. It has been a great day full of beauty and lots of fun and learning.

I hope that everyone is doing well.

Peace out for now

Ruth Wright(I can´t find the hyphen) Gedcke