Tikal

Last week, I took my last vacation to go see the famous ruins in Tikal. After a 12 hour bus ride overnight with my friend Chris, the ruins were everything I thought they would be. There were temples with steep stairs that soared higher than you could even imagine. I climbed to the top off all of them! There were also ruins of noble´s homes, a lost city that dated back to 700 BC, and huge stone wall masks which depicted events and rulers of the Mayan society. The mayans at Tikal, as my guidebook led me to believe, were descendents of the Itza Mayas in Mexico. They were subject to many wars and other problems, but the society survived for hundreds and hundreds of years. There was a museum at the end of the tour with a tomb of one of the Mayan Kings, King Moon Double Comb. It had hundreds of pieces of Jade, bones of animals, and many clay pots with intricate designs. Here are some pictures.