http://belize-travel-blog.chaacreek.com/2011/12/chaa-creek-welcomes-cnn-maya-top-pick-3/ The Belize Travel Blog Covers the Belize Rainforest, Wildlife, and The Chaa Creek Belize Resort. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:27:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://belize-travel-blog.chaacreek.com/2011/12/chaa-creek-welcomes-cnn-maya-top-pick-3/#comment-7896 Mark Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:04:56 +0000 http://belize-travel-blog.chaacreek.com/?p=9136#comment-7896 I was completely knocked out by the sheer amount of Maya stuff in western Belize. Coming from the coast and enjoying the Caribbean vibe of the cayes I wasn’t prepared for how accessible and beautiful places like Xunantunich were, and then to literally walk around ancient pottery and and altars in the caves… I was at Chaa Creek when they were digging trenches near the gift shop and came upon the capstone of a chultun, or underground storage chambers. It was something to be standing there when the archaeologists arrived and opened it up after so many hundreds of years. It was those kinds of things that gave me a lifelong interest in Maya culture and the ancient Maya civilisation. No wonder CNN stumbled upon it, and maybe I’m selfish, but I hope you guys don’t get TOO popular…

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