Mr Indemnity is off tomorrow on the first leg of his trip to the wilds of the Yucatan. No, he is not going to spring break in Cancun. He is going into the jungle, yo, to look at ruins and such.
Let's all send out positive vibes into the universe that he doesn't run into any malarial mosquitoes or old skool Mayans who haven't repudiated the whole human sacrifice thang, 'k? Because I do so want my postcard.
xoxo
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Hey, thanks for the good wishes! :) :) :)
Even my barber--while shortening my hairs for the jungle--told me that Cancun pretty much sucked, so I'm glad I'll be there less than 24 hours. But you can fly to Cancun direct from the US, unlike Merida, the other big Yucatan city/airport which is somewhat better located for visiting Mayan cities.
Now the whole idea of protozoa in the bloodstream really squicks me out, so I'm sure hoping the wonders of Tulum, Coba, Chichen Itza, Ek Balam, Uxmal, and the Ruta Puuc make risking a life altering parasite worthwhile.
Actually, don't just those names alone make it sound worthwhile? :) Talk about exotic. I'm really looking forward to it.
And finding an appropriately sacrificial postcard for Malevolent, of course. :)
I like the sound of Ruta Puuc. Something about the double u's just makes it sound like somewhere I'd like to see.
I have the occasional patient whose surprisingly non-Hispanicized name contains the odd X in it, and I always get a kick out of it. I've always wondered what the Mayan native language (the name of which I don't know and can't be arsed to wiki at the moment) sounds like spoken. You'll have to report back :-)
Well, the Ruta Puuc is where the guidebook advised getting used to sticking your head out the window and asking multiple people, in Spanish, "Which way is the road to the next destination."
Which may be a little more exotic than I'd really prefer to get. And probably increases the odds on becoming the first of the Mayan revival sacrifices.
Especially since many people in that area are native, or even monolingual, Mayan speakers, so that whole Spanish thing might not really work too well. According to Wikipedia in the Ruta Puuc area that means they'd most likely be speaking a form of Yucatec... although there are, apparently, something like 29 different Mayan languages still recognized.
Also according to Wikipedia, "modern Yucatec speakers can understand many words in Classic Maya." Now how cool is that! :)
I know I said I was over n' out, and this time I mean it, but I just had to share that Mr Indemnity sent me an e-mail promising to, just for me, only take the escalators at the Mayan pyramids.
hahaha
My friends, you all know you are an endless source of amusement and pleasure for me, and I appreciate it greatly. Happy Monday!
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