Tikal!

We went to Tikal today. It is an old Mayan village. I was amazed by all of it. To see a village that was thousands of years old was hard to grasp. The fact that they built it all by hand was incredible! They didn’t even use wheels, so they carried every brick by hand. One of the temples was stories high! We worked up a sweat just walking up it. I can’t imagine building it. The guide said that People from a university uncovered it. You could still see grass hills that he said were temples that were still covered. I was also amazed at how exact the Mayans were with predicting. The whole sun alignment was interesting to learn about. Our guide informed us that the whole 2012 end of the world is not true!!! So not to worry guys. He said that yes it is the end of the Mayan calendar but it is a cycle, just like the 24 hours of a day; once it comes to an end it begins again from the start.