A few nice vacation packages images I found:
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Image by passrby
I liked this sugar packet. It has pictures on the package of things that have sugar in them!
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Image by ben+maggie
On the other end of the spectrum, there is completely-ready packaged seafood coming out of this huge complex too.
July 3rd 2008 - Chichen Itza
Image by Stephen Poff
This morning we had to get a real early start. After a quick breakfast at the buffet, we disembarked and got on a bus for the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.
We got on the bus at 7:30am with a 3 hour ride ahead of us.
After getting on the road, our tour guide, Alexandro, began to give us a run down of the day. Included in our package would be the bus ride (an air conditioned and comfy charter travel bus), Tickets to Chichen Itza, bottled water, and a mexican buffet lunch afterwards. The only catch was that they did not provide our drinks at the buffet.
Yesterday I had taken my money and credit card out of my wallet and put them in my camera bag. I knew I'd have my camera bag on with both straps and that it would be safer in there. So I figured this morning I threw my bag on and grabbed my license and our sign and sail cards.
But after Alexandro's speech it hit me. When we went to Starbucks yesterday, I put my credit card back in my wallet cause we were going right back on the boat. I got sick to my stomach. We had spent all of our cash in Cozumel yesterday and had no other form of payment.
Tammi wasn't very happy with me at first. We stopped at place on the way that had some great souveneirs and I had left her unable to buy anything. I felt like a giant douchbag. I had worked a lot of jobs and raised what I hoped would be enough money so that I wouldn't have to tell her "no" to anything. Plus, I knew that we wouldn't have anything to drink at lunch either.
When we got to Chichen Itza I took my bottled water and saved it so that we'd have something to drink at lunch. I think Tammi felt bad for how I was feeling, so she consoled me and let me know that it was all okay.
It all worked out just fine though. We got to see a lot of the ruins and got to learn more than I could retain about the Mayans and the Azteks. It was genuinely fascinating and just a treat to get to see. There were iguanas and exotic birds just roaming around.
I also learned a LOT about their calendar and how this pyramid has everything to do with 365 days... so I'll point that out in a later photo, but I was just floored by how they figured all of this out back then.
After leaving the park we headed out to the Mexican buffet where we had a good meal and got to see some dancers doing some traditional dances. Our bottled water from earlier made it through lunch with more to spare and all was good.
I slept most of the way home as Tam took pictures out of the window.
After arriving back to the boat we took a shower and had some dinner in the buffet. Afterwards we sat out by the water and held hands as the sun went down. We shopped and walked around for a bit and then later went back to the pizzaria for some pizza and a salad.
Tomorrow is another fun day at sea while we head back to Mobile, Alabama.
