Some call it Día de la Raza, some Columbus Day, some Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Today marks the date the European Invasion of the Americas began. That October of 1492 until 2020, battles of people, ideas, religions and germs changed life for the tribal peoples and people from Europe forever. Those of us who live in […]
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Throwback Thursday takes us to the magnificent Chichén Itzá, our destination in 2005 days after our Ruta Puuc tour. (Click name to see the earlier August post.) The site is four square miles, so give yourself a full day to look around. El Castillo – Temple of Kukulkan (Quetzalcoatl) This tremendous monument was built in […]
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Do you miss the surprises of traveling, matching wits against a novel situation? I do. In 2005, we learned a lot on our trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. In Mérida, I was researching articles for a translation. I’ll save that story for another Thursday. When my work was complete, we bought bus tickets for the […]
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Our last night in Cozumel a group of Maya celebrated and blessed the four cardinal directions with fire, dancing and drumming. In a modern touch, the backdrop was a projection of an image of flames. We sat in total darkness, except for the light of the media screen flames. Then the dancers lit a flame […]
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The Maya lived on the island they called Tantun Cuzamil (Flat Rock Place of the Swallows) for one thousand years before the Spanish arrived in 1518. The island was a center of trade for salt, honey and fish with the mainland tribes. Trade routes were established all the way to present day Honduras. Bells made […]
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We’ve spent a relaxing week in Cozumel, Mexico. A major site of interest on the island are the Mayan ruins now called San Gervasio. This was a site dedicated to the Maya goddess of fertility. Gracias for reading Fake Flamenco! Ole’! —Rebecca
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