After a long time away from blog writing, I have decided it's finally time to wrap up this chapter of my blog- starting from where I left off.
The second week of the Ruta Maya we visited lakes, cenotes and waterfalls in the south of Mexico. We also visited the Chichenitza, one of the new seven wonders of the modern world. The historical site had other ruins surrounding it and we were given a guided group tour of the whole site. It is definitely a place to visit if you go to Mexico!
We visited a couple of waterfalls (cascadas in Spanish) while we were in Chiapas. At a site called Cascadas del Chiflon, we walked about 40 minutes to a waterfall called Velo de Novia. We were all really cold to start with but I was glad to be wearing my bathers under my clothes because by the time we reached the waterfall we all sweaty and hot.
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| Velo de Novia |
The site that stood out the most for me was the Cascadas de Agua Azul. It was more tourist friendly and had multiple places to take photos. It is a very photogenic site and is where I took my favourite photo from the Ruta Maya. I have since entered it in a couple of photo competitions and it will be printed in the November issue of The Rotarian international magazine.
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| Cascadas de Agua Azul |
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| My favourite photo from the Ruta Maya |
The last day of the Ruta Maya was very emotional. It was the last time that I would see all the exchange students together. And I guess it didn't help that we were all sleep deprived and worn out from the non-stop two week trip.
