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post short and sweet as it's been a couple very long days. Yesterday Nicole and I took a tour to a cave where ancient Mayans would give up offerings to their gods. The name of the cave is Actun Tunichil Muknal, or ATM for short. The cave was made due to a creek cutting away at limestone over a long period of time. So..... we hiked, upriver, through the cave. Sometimes swimming! Pretty cool. We went about a quarter of a mile into the five mile long cave. It turns out that no Mayan artifacts have been found past the quarter mile mark. That was about the extent of their venture into the "underworld". For them to go that far in was risking death. If they lost their torches, or the torches ran out, they would never find their way out. I mentioned that the Mayans left offerings for their gods. Some of the offerings that Mayans left were human sacrifices. The picture above is the most intact sacrifice found to date. It's been on the cover of countless magazines and news articles. I stole the picture above off of the internet. Unfortunately, we weren't able to bring cameras into the cave. They were banned a few months ago because somebody dropped their camera on a two thousand year old skull and broke a big hole in it. Not cool. Here is a link to more info on the cave if anyone is interested in more info. Today we got up early and went for a quick run. After breakfast we hiked to a Mayan ruin near the town of San Ignacio where we are staying. The name of the ruins is Cahal Pech. As far as Mayan ruins go, it was small but still seemed pretty cool to us. Here are a couple pics of the place and a link to some more info on Cahal Pech.

/s320/_MG_6319.JPG" width="213" /> Tomorrow we visit a bigger Mayan ruin named Caracol. Should be a good day! Ciao!