On the way to Uxmal, our tour guide stopped at a local open air market and had us sample this fruit. I don't remember what it was called, but it tasted good. Kinda like a kiwi.
This is our tour guide, Helaman. No really, that's his real name. Calvin accidentally met him a bunch of years ago when he was at Tulum, so when we went to Tulum two years ago we arranged for Helaman to take us privately instead of going with the ship excursion. Yes, with a name like Helaman he is a member of the Church, as are all of his brothers and sisters, except for the one or two who were born before his parents joined the church. There is a Mosiah, Alma, Nephi, and even a Lemuel, that Helaman jokes "is starting to come around." The whole family does tours, primarily down in the Tulum area since they all live in Cancun. We asked if he would be willing to show us Uxmal, and he was since it is the slow season. It took him 4 hours to drive up from Cancun. He came up the day before with his wife, stayed the night, spent the day with us, and then they were going to stay over night again and go to the temple the next day, since whatever temple that is is their closest one. Then after doing two sessions they would make the 4 hour drive home. We were so glad that he was willing to come and show us Uxmal. If anyone ever plans to go to Tulum or Uxmal, or even Chitzen Itza, let me know and I'll let you know how to contact him. Since he is a Mormon, and a seminary teacher, he puts everything in a Book of Mormon context that is very interesting. Uxmal isn't very Book of Mormon-y, though, since it was way after Book of Mormon times.
Lane, Calvin, Angie, my Dad, Kassie and Jesse all listening to Helaman.
This is the big main temple that is the first thing you see when you enter the complex. The temple was undergoing some cleaning work. They were removing rocks, numbering them, cleaning them and putting them back. Up close it looked funny to see the numbers on the rocks.
This is the altar where human sacrifice was performed.
3 comments:
looks like you guys had an amazing trip! so glad you went and had a good time. thanks for sharing the photos - fun stuff!
What a fun trip! Love the kids but the whole trip experience is changed by not having them, glad you two had a chance to just be you two again! Loved the pics.
Hi, i found your blog by googling lds tours in cancun. i went a couple of years ago with Mosiah and can't find his number. do you still have the contact information of the group you went with? sorry to stalk, but i'm happy i found you:)...If you get a minute to shoot me an email i would greatly appreciate it:)! thanks!
nataliekidd@cox.net
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