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Zamá/Tulum 5 October 2024

Day 3 Cozumel We made time once again for a little walk on the treadmill and the 30-minute stretch class before a quick breakfast. The ship anchored around 8.30 and we boarded the ferry boat that took us to Playa Del Carmen. Playa del Carmen is a coastal resort town in Mexico, along the Yucatán Peninsula's Riviera Maya strip of Caribbean shoreline. In the state of Quintana Roo, it’s known for its palm-lined beaches and coral reefs. Its Quinta Avenida pedestrian thoroughfare runs parallel to the beach, with blocks of shops, restaurants and nightspots ranging from laid-back bars to dance clubs. Our tour guide met us at the pier and walked us to the waiting bus to take us to Tulum, the Mayan walled city which served as a major port. Our tour guide is half Maya and half Mexican. His name in Maya is Ik Pop or Horhay. He is very proud to be half Mayan and strives to preserve the Mayan heritage, which sadly is being eroded and replaced by the modern Mexican way of life. He told us that this part of Mexico had never been captured by the Spaniards in ancient times and has only recently become a part of Mexico. The reason why this Mayan territory was never captured is because the huge coral reef stretching from Cancún to Honduras protected the area. The ships got wrecked by that dangerous stretch of Mayan reef. We were also told that the area had no gold or silver and so wasn’t an attractive area for conquest. A new big bullet train terminal is planned for Playa de Carmen which will connect Tulum to Cancún and also to Chichén-itzá, another historic site. The Mayan name of Tulum is Zama, meaning City of Dawn, because it faces the sunrise. Our guide, Ik Pop encouraged us to remember this and to use it rather than the modern name. I guess, like with so many places, it’s good to remember the old names, like Peking, Siam, Ceylon, Burma, etc. why they have to change it, I will never understand! Zuma/Tulum stands on a cliff facing east toward the Caribbean Sea. It is also the Yucatán Mayan word for fence, wall or trench. The walls surrounding the site allowed the fort to be defended against invasions. We had about 3 hours before having to board the bus to catch the ferry back to board Carnival Breeze. Ik Pop gave us recommendations for shopping and eating and took us to the best place to use the baño (restroom). It was getting hotter and humid. The humidity sure drains you. I was constantly wiping beads of perspiration off my face! It is a place where one could spend a lot more time in, that’s for sure. There were plenty of iguanas about, thankful they’re harmless. We had to go through a bag search before entering the site of the ruins. They ban taking in any kind of perishable food and plastics. You can bring water in a can or your own container. It never ceases to amaze me how the ancient peoples managed to build such magnificent buildings using astronomical information to strategically position them. With great patience, the Mayan astronomers observed the night sky, finding patterns in the movements of the moon, the Earth, and other planets around the sun. Thus they were able to predict equinoxes and solstices, lunar and solar eclipses, and developed an even more precise calendar than the one we use today. The Maya built complex structures using advanced geometry and astronomy to map the cycles of the sun. For the Maya, the most relevant positions of the sun were the spring and autumn equinoxes and the summer and winter solstices.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulum Being on the edge of the cliff, the sea views were absolutely breathtaking. The ruins are situated on 12-meter-tall (39 ft) cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea. It was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya and achieved its greatest prominence between the 13th and 15th centuries. Tulum is one of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites, and today a popular site for tourists.