AMAZING MAYAN CITY (continued, part 2) How could I not love getting up early! Waking up, we went to a gathering place where boarded the minibus that took us half an hour for another bus, a greater capacity. We stocked up with water and took a good place. The bus was fairly new and clean, it was painted in the same color as the fish is Nemo from the animated film "Finding Nemo". Orange such a black and white stripes. Cool! As soon as the bus pulled away, the guide who accompanied the bus, introduced himself (his name was Jorge) and spoke in Spanish and then in English, since English-speaking tourists in the bus was less. From the UK have been just us. Smaller than that of the country delegations "were six Americans, two Swiss, and three Japanese, and all the rest were from South America. Guided Tours every now and then jumping from Spanish to English and vice versa, because of what it was not easy to make out what he did say that. Do not get me wrong, his English was the norm. After one hour we made the first of three scheduled stops on the Yucatan Peninsula. Inside Cenote Cenote - a small pond with rocky shores, which collects water from underground sources. Apparently, the water accumulated in the cave, which leads to the collapse of the arch. As a result, the cavity is formed, which collects rainwater. Very nice. In the lake, to which we arrived, it was possible to swim only if you are not using sunscreen or your cream is degraded by the action of microorganisms. For the protection of the environment in Mexico is taken very seriously because it affects their main source of income - tourism. The steep steps, we descended into the cave. Beautiful! We approached the water's edge, walked through an artificial platform, which acted to the very center of the lake. If you look up, you can see the hole in the roof caves and stalagmites formed over thousands of years. On the way back we were able to thoroughly examine the walls that protect the Cenote. Soon we are back on the bus. On the road told us many interesting stories of the Mayans, and on the calendar, as well as the importance of tourism and the basis of Cancun. It turned out that the city of Cancun is only 39 years! Earlier this place was a village. In this area, is found 55 species of snakes, hence the name of the city: Caen - snake kung - lair. Total number of rooms at hotels in Cancun is 70 thousand, most of the hotels were built within the last 15 years. So, as I said earlier, tourism brings a lot of money. The main area where the hotels are located, is located on an island that is shaped like the number "7". This island is connected to the mainland by two bridges. Cenote, a top view Our second stop was near the huge gift shop. We walked around the store, saw the product of a black polished glass, Mexican silver jewelry and wooden carved masks by hand. Everything was very nice and we even wanted to buy something, but the places in our bags were absolutely no. I especially liked the Mexican cartridges, these are silver pendants, they can make their name engraved symbols of the Mayas. Maybe next time. Here we were fed a free lunch, which was a buffet with salads, tacos (hot bread, which is wrapped meat, rice, beans and hot sauce, approx. Perevi.) Beef, chicken, pasta and rice. At first I reacted to all this feast with caution, but eventually the food was very tasty. Then they showed us traditional dances. Dancers beat off their feet and danced to the rhythm, while on his head they had a bottle. That's great! In the dancer, who shake a leg next to our table, her head was a whole tray of drinks, but he still continued to stomp their feet and dancing. That would be such to learn! Start material: Read more: See also other materials about the culture of the Maya: Temple of Skulls - a symbol of the kingdom of the dead expensive and noisy Belize
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