Someday, I might find the perfect balance between having a great life and being able to record...
Okay, I'm back from an epic Frogger match with Ryan. Someday, I might find the perfect balance between having a great life and being able to record it all. When I have a lot of things going on it seems that my journal writing seems to be one of the first things to go. My grandparents are probably ashamed of me because of that since they are so involved in family history. But I'm trying and that's what is really important.
A lot has happened these past two weeks. Oh, darn. I just looked back at my last blog post to see when I wrote it. It was July 10th. I'm such a bad blogger.
A lot has happened this past month. Our brother and sister got back from Veracruz last Tuesday, so we've been doing a lot with them and the rest of the family. School has been going good. It looks like I'll end up with some solid A's but we'll see how my final tests go. Here is a list of all the excursions/trips our group has gone on since July 10th and some pictures of them.
July 14th: Celestún
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| Biosphere Reserve which at some times during the year contains 90% of the world's wild pink flamingo population. July 20th: Chichen Itzá 
Just jumping over people in front of the Temple of Kukulcan, one of the Seven Wonders of the World
 July 21st (and other dates) : Cenotes Cenotes are deep natural pits, or sinkholes, characteristic of the Yucatán, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. The Mayans used them for fresh water and also as receptacles for the bodies of the people they sacrificed. Most of the cenotes are connected by subterraneal rivers. I've probably been to more than ten or twelve. They're awesome.    |
July 27th: Izamal - Tixkokob
Mid 16th-century Franciscan convent
Mayan ruins in the middle of the town
Izamal is home to many artisans. In this pic, I'm making jewelry out of little coconuts.
July 28th: Ekbalam and Valladolid
Slaying a Lamanite
The ruins of Ek-balam.
August 3rd: Loltún and Mayapán
Loltún is one of the most extensive caves in all of México and used to be occupied by the Mayans.
Ryan captured this heart-wrenching picture of me crouching in a doorway of some ruins trying to peel a lime that I had found on the ground. Eventually, I succeeded and Ryan and I ate it. Mmm.
August 4th: Campeche
We went to Campeche yesterday. It is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located right the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It was pretty sweet.
Giant bronze head sculpture by Martín
16th-century Cathedral of Campeche
(Took this pic from a moving tour bus. Kind of proud.)
Fuerte de San Miguel. This was a fort constructed to defend against pirates. It's right on the coast with cannons overlooking the ocean and it's got like a twenty foot deep moat!
Um...I may or may not have started a pirate battle ultimate frisbee-style game with one of my shoes on top of the fort. And I may or may not have got chastised by my professor for doing so.
Shrimp cocktail in a restaurant on the coast. Life is good.
Oh, man. I'm done with this post and I'm so happy because of it. This would be the perfect time for my computer to crash and for me to lose this whole thing. Anyways, I have one week left. I know it's going to go quick. I'll probably have one more blog post before I leave. If you made it all the way to the end of this one, you deserve a gold star or something. Have a great week!
