Mostly Maya

 

 

  

   Mostly Maya;

   An Exploration of Travel

  Among the Maya

 

       Mostly Maya is dedicated to understanding the culture and archaeology of the Maya.  In it I also work on finding ways to help make budget travel in the Maya areas in Mesoamerica simpler, better and less harmful to the environment.  I look for links and other  information that will be relevant to planning an inexpensive trip via the Internet, though this is best done using the additional advice of a good guide book, such as Rough Guide or Lonely Planet. I also look for better ways to get to some of the more difficult locations by  actually going to them and trying to see what works best. It especially pleases me when I am ahead of the guidebooks, but sometimes that seems too easy. The site is a hobby and it takes no ads; I won't even answer such a request. This is my excuse to my wife for traveling in Maya areas annually.  I note mostly local sources, with a preference for inexpensive  hotels, local tours and other local services that look useful to low budget travelers. I can't be everywhere, so I welcome outside information.  I find it better to deal directly with locally owned agencies and businesses where possible, because they are more likely to keep both income and profits within the local economies. I also plug places or services that I like while traveling in Maya areas.  You will also find pages or info that I add for commercial and non-commercial places that are worthwhile, but  which have no website.  

Had to change web hosts. Check out my al fin y al cabo January trip report to El Mirador.

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Who are the Maya? - The (Mostly) Maya Areas - Belize  El Salvador  Guatemala & Petén   Honduras  Mexico Yucatec Language Phrase book and Dictionary - Other Mayan Languages   Pre-Columbian Links  Past Trips to Maya Ruins  Maya Area Message Boards   Finding Out News in Maya areas   Non-budget tours of note    Getting There More Cheaply   Interesting non-Maya links  Boring Webmaster Info Add a useful Maya-related link  Maya Travel FAQs.

2012 FAQs (my own take on it is that it might even be as big as Y2K). Why I don't eat beef in Guatemala  Updated Carmelita information (hint; there are no accurate guide books for getting there by bus for El Mirador) Finally, my January 2010 trip report...

 

"It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend it.

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."

- Edward Abbey.

 

                        

   

Dios bo'otik to the late John Montgomery for the very kind permission to use his drawings on

 this website. See an excellent book by him. There are many others.

 

 (site last updated  29-Jul-2010

 

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