We began our day today by driving from Valladolid to the small cooperative village of Ek Balam,. population 500. This is a Mayan community of approximately 500 people. Today we had a late start for the day because we were exhausted from traveling. We did two activities today. The first activity we did was hammock making. It was a different experience but it was fun. It was a different experience because one student in the group was going to a family that will teach the hammock. On our way to drop off each student to the families, we saw an iguana. My teacher was Guadalupe. She was very nice even though I couldn’t really understand of what she was good. She said that I learned really fast. But, it was a good way to learn another culture using hand gesture even if you don’t speak the language. Between activities, we had lunch. Honestly, the food was so good. My favorite dish that we had at lunch was the chicken inside of the tortilla was really good. For dessert, we had coconut cream and it was pretty good. The other activity was we swam in a cenote. It was amazing. It was like a cave but the ground had water. This cenote was mostly closed but it did have a little opening. The water so refreshing. The bottom was rocks so you had to be careful of where you step. There were some fishes in the cenote too.
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After a full day of traveling first by Forman bus and then by airplane, we arrived in Cancun Mexico. Our driver Don Fransisco was there to greet us, and we packed into his bus for a two hour drive to Valladolid. We enjoyed a delicious dinner with fresh guacamole and other traditional dishes. .After dinner, we stepped outside the hotel and walked through the town square where we got to see and hear local Carnival celebrations taking place prior to the start of Lent. There were bands playing traditional music, local population dressed in costumes and people dancing in the town square until 2 am and later. Children had off from school to join the festivities and people had a holiday from work. Thankfully we would begin our journey the next day a bit later at 10am.
Tonight we gathered to share dinner and prepare for our early morning departure. Students each presented their research findings on particular topics in order to help introduce the group to aspects of the Mayan culture..
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Cenote video -Evan Lipset
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