Campeche & cultura y trato de los nativos Today we drove to the city of Campeche in the state of Campeche to visit three museums: Museo de Arqueologia Subacuatica de Campeche, Museo de Arquitectura Maya Baluarte de la Soledad, y Museo de los Piratas. In the first museum, the Museum of Underwater Archaeology, we saw …
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Sustainable Resource Use in Mexico
One key thing I noticed in Mexico was the respect they had for the natural land they live in. When we visited Noberto and his family and watched Alejandro harvest the resin, it was easy to witness this respect first hand. Norberto and his family have been harvesting resin from the chicozapote trees for hundreds …
Mass Tourism and Commercialization of Archaeological Sites
At the site of Chichen Itza, it was hard to ignore the hundreds of vendors who surrounded the entire site. Every path we walked was lined with tables, tents, and colorful knick-knacks. Unfortunately, I remember more about the people and the things they were trying to sell than I do the actual site. Commercialization and …
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17 de Enero de 2019
Dzibilchaltún y significado de Chaac Today we visited the ruins at Dzibilchaltún. When it was occupied (300 B.C-conquest), the people at Dzibilchaltún relied heavily on their semi-close location to the ocean for an economy highly based on salt and agriculture. The two major features of this site are the Casa de las Siete Muñecas and …
16 de Enero de 2019
Izamal y Mérida Today we left Valladolid and drove to Mérida. On the way, we stopped in Izamal to eat lunch and walk around the city. Izamal is known as the Yellow City because all of the buildings are painted yellow and the City of Three Cultures, as the three prominent cultures in the city …
15 de Enero de 2019
Las ruinas y la playa de Tulum Today we visited the ruins at Tulum, the only coastal city in the ancient Mayan civilization. Due to their proximity to the ocean, Tulum was an important port city for trade. They obtained obsidian and jade from Central America and corn and cotton from Guatemala in exchange for …
14 de Enero de 2019
Visitamos Univseridad de Oriente Today we visited a local public university, Universidad de Oriente, and were able to go on a campus tour led by students, eat kibis prepared by culinary students, and meet with the president of the university. During our tour, the guides Joel and Alejandro walked us through the University’s campus and …
13 de Enero de 2019
Ciencia marina y Cultura mexicana Today we drove back to Cancún to spend the day at Xcaret Park, an amusement park located on the beach that felt like a cross between Sea World and Ocean Breeze Waterpark. Immediately after the worker gave us a brief overview of the park, a group of us headed straight …
12 de Enero de 2019
Producción de chicle y carne de tepezcuintle Today we drove about two hours to Quintana Roo to learn how Mayans make chicle (gum). We were led deep into the jungle by a man named Noberto and his father, Alejandro. Their family, including Alejandro’s 94 year old father who only spoke Mayan, has been harvesting and making …
11 de Enero de 2019
Abejas y bares This morning we walked about one and a half miles through the town of Valladolid to Xkopek Beekeeping Park. During the walk, we passed the plaza and saw beautiful buildings like the church. Once we got to Xkopek, we prepared tamales from masa (dough) made from maíz y chaya, a spinach-like leaf. …
