Day 2 cont'd-Cenote Xkenken & Dzitnup

Our next stop was Cenote Xkenken, a cenote or sinkhole containing groundwater, that was found in a cave after someone's pig fell through the hole in the top. People pay to swim in it, and cenotes are really the only place that people can swim. Some of our group went for a swim in this one and it felt good after sweating all day at the ruins. I saw several fish in the water.

Dave and Shirlene above the cenote, notice the stalactites.The hole that the pig fell through. I dared Dave to jump through it, but he wouldn't.

Dzitnup is a village that the Fieldsted's stop by on their trips. They told us to bring things to give the children there, so we all came prepared. Allen and I mostly brought onsies and little dresses and shirts and some colored pencils. As soon as the kids saw our bus pull up, you could see them running off to tell everyone, and by the time we got off the bus the square was filled with women and children.



This is Nathan from Springville who is leaving on a mission to Spanish speaking Texas shortly. He got into the boys' soccer game on the cement and ended up with a bunch of blood blisters on his feet. Allen tried to go out for a second, but it was slippery with shoes on, and he wasn't really willing to go the blood blister route.

Pig farmers are always excited to see a pig and were amazed it would stay tied to this tree.

A typical Yucatan dwelling made of sticks with a thatch roof. Marsha told us that if you ask, "Mira su casa," they would take you to their home and let you see it for a tip.
Inside I am told that they may sleep three to a hammock.

We saw a lot of these chairs for two. I had a conversation in Spanish with this little girl and her sister. I asked them their names and where they lived. All I know is they had very long names which I couldn't pronounce.
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