We
start our ethnographic journey with a two-day stay among the Mopan Maya deep in
the Maya Mountains. We participate in the TOLEDO
ECO-TOURISM ASSOCIATION plan to encourage tourists to visit the ethnic
villages in the Toledo district and to provide villagers with a means to
supplement their cash income.
Typical Mayan houses
We
will eat our meals in individual
Mayan homes where kitchen floors and
hearths
are often made of hard-packed clay.
We
stay in a guest house with simple bunk beds.
Bathing
is done by taking "dip baths" (we will show you how)
and there are
concrete based toilets.
While
we are there, we will learn how the Maya make a living, learn how to make
tortillas,
have the opportunity to hike to the rain forest, and receive other
cultural information.
