Author: graciepb76

by Gracie Black

October 15th, 2019

For most of my life I have loved traveling. I’ve always said how I just want to travel anywhere and everywhere. My dad has been putting me on a plane by myself for years now so I could go visit my grandparents. My all time place that we have traveled too now is the Chichén Itzá located in Yucatan, Mexico. The Chichen Itza has this opening at the top and our tour guide told us if we stood in front of the ruins and you clap your hands it makes a bird call echoed through the opening. I am not exactly sure why or how it does this but I was entertained by it for at least 15 minutes or more. The Chichen Itza wasn’t the only ancient Mayan ruins we went to but in fact one of the many we saw. Another cool feature about these ruins too is they have hundreds of Bearded Dragons who sit on the ruins and seemed like they were guarding the ruins.

This place does inspire me as a person and makes me feel like I can do anything as long as I put my mind to it. This was my favorite thing that we did in Mexico but definitely not my favorite part. The people in Mexico also are very nice, and it amazes me how different everything is versus living in the United States. We have very many tourist attractions in Florida but the tourist attractions’ in Mexico had much more meaning to them because most of it was hand made which gave it more value. Mexico is definitely my favorite place to travel just because it is a never ending exploration. This vacation was also a lot of fun because I got to spend time with my family, which I rarely get to do. My dad went and took me to get certified in scuba-diving when I was 13 so every cruise we go on, we love going scuba diving. The scuba diving in Mexico was unbelievable considering how crystal clear and beautiful the water was. I wish I would have brought my Go-Pro on this trip with me I could have gotten some cool shots of some creatures I’ve never seen before. You could stand above the surface of the water and see everything through the water. My absolute favorite part about this vacation was the time spent with my family and the new friends I got to meet on the cruise.