Long over due Honeymoon pictures

Well, finally getting the rest of the honeymoon pictures up. These are of the tours we took.

The Chichinitza Tour:

This tour was all about the Mayans and how they lived their lives, the sacrifices they made and the gods they worshipped.

 This picture was taken at a stop we took before the Mayan ruins. We were able to swim there (a big sink hole)

 

 Here is the building the Mayans built to offer sacrifice to their god Kukulcan

 The rows and rows of people selling their merchandise. We were called to by several vedors, one even told Ian to get something for his 'blondie wife'!

Someone else at a table further down basically told us in 4 words what he sold- "same junk, cheaper price"

 The pyramid they build to their sun god Kukulcan, when the sun shines on it once a year at a certain angle there appears a picture of a snake from the side of the steps. This they believe to be the god Kukulcan.

 Another picture of the pyramid built to offer sacrifices 

And one of the pyramid temple for Kukulcan their sun god.

There was a game they played- the mayan ball game (mixture of basketball and soccer). The 'hoops' (goals) were on the sides of the court not at the end. The hoops were 27 feet off the ground and they had to try and get the rubber ball through the hoops with only their elbows/arms, knees/legs and bum. The losing team would get their heads chopped off to offer to one of their gods.

We were so thankful for being brought up in this day and age and with Christian parents. The young girls were selected and taken from their parents at a really young age. They were brought up to be given as sacrifice to their god. The chief would rip the heart out of the girl at the a young age of 14. The young boys were selected when 3 or 4 to be brought up to play the ball game. 

It sickened us to see what evil does in the heart of man when God is not reigning in their lives. So very thankful for our upbringing and the joys of knowing there is a saviour who will take our place to pay for our sins and we don't have to be 'sacrifice' for some god.