Xunantunich

On Tuesday when we were traveling back to Monkey Bay, we stopped to visit the Xunatunich Ruins. The Xunantunich is one of the ancient royal Mayan cities that is now in ruins. We had a wonderful guide of Mayan decent; his name was Mr. Elfigo. To get to the ruins, we had to take a ferry across the river and hike up a long hill. Next, we stopped and Mr. Crowe bought us sodas. Then, we hiked up to the visitor center where Mr. Elfigo told us all about the Mayan lifestyle. We visited the 3 parts of the ruins and climbed up 40 yards up the Castillo. It was an amazing view of Guatemala and Belize. It was a really exciting experience to just sit on the top and look across the view. After we left the ruins, we had a very good lunch at Benny's. Benny's had a variety of food from all over the world. Benny's also had fresh juices like watermelon and pineapple. Lastly we headed for Monkey Bay.

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