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Thursday, August 05, 2010
Quirigua Mayan Ruins of Guatemala
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Quirigua is known for it's stelae whic
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Today, the jungle has been cleared just enough for us to view these artifacts and surrounds the site, but just barely. Right beyond the
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It was hot and humid with the threat of rain which is what it is everyday here in the lowlands of Guatemala during the summer months. But we trudged through the sodden g
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These are the "steps" (?) leading up to the major building area. We had a hard time climbing them as they were so tall. Wait a minute here...the local Mayan indians are quite short statured. These must have been (are still are) a tough climb. Oh look! Jonesy is wearing some of the socks that I knit for him. See? He really does wear his "all-season wool" socks when we venture out.
The largest s
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So, we're doing fine. We both had our routine dental checkup & cleanings ($25 each) by an english-speaking dentist. Then, Jonesy had a small filling repaired (another $25). I had my annual mammogram ($35) which was done on a walk-in basis and I had the films in my hands with the radiologist's report of good news in 2 days. Life is good.
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Hi,
the Maya place looks really nice and very interesting.
I used to live in Mexico in the 1980`s. And I visited some Maya places there. Once we had a school trip planed to the south and to Guatemala. But unfortunately we had a bad accident with a
lot of injured students and teachers. So we had to go home after two days. We never reached the border to Guatemala. :-(
Best regards, enjoy your time,
Judith from Switzerland
the Maya place looks really nice and very interesting.
I used to live in Mexico in the 1980`s. And I visited some Maya places there. Once we had a school trip planed to the south and to Guatemala. But unfortunately we had a bad accident with a
lot of injured students and teachers. So we had to go home after two days. We never reached the border to Guatemala. :-(
Best regards, enjoy your time,
Judith from Switzerland
Wow, what a sight, very beautiful! It brought back memories of my visit to Macchu Picchu, Peru a few years ago. It's amazing to think that the people built / carved all this stuff by hand, not like there were bulldozers and cranes to help them out.
Glad you both got a clean bill of health too. Take care and stay safe Terry and Jonesy!
Glad you both got a clean bill of health too. Take care and stay safe Terry and Jonesy!
Wow that is bringing me back over 30 years. Hubby and I visited Cancun way before it was the tourist trap that it is now. We took a side trip including lunch to the (dont laugh at my phonetic spelling) chicken it zoo...ruins which had just been discovered. They were clearing it with hand held machete's, no heavy equipment down there, and we only got to see the little vine covered corner that was finished....just to think wew saw it that way... thanx for the trip down memory lane.
So happy for your good news... Darrell
So happy for your good news... Darrell
.... all I can say is WOW!!! these ruins are beautiful. You keep finding more and better things all the time.... what a great adventure. Take care.
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