WANDERLUST ADVENTURE
Stairway to Heaven
Exploring Mayan ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula
In 2017, John and Anel Ryan sold everything they owned to travel the world as house sitters. Barefoot Diary chronicles how they did it, things they got right, things they screwed up, and the ongoing adventures that occur daily along the journey. Photos are by John. Words are by Anel.
March 11, 2018 ~ Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico & Belize)
Imagine yourself being dropped right smack dab into the middle of an Indiana Jones adventure. That’s what visiting a Mayan ruin is like…sans the bad guys! Exploring, climbing, and squeezing through narrow passages makes each ruin site a lot like jungle gyms for adults and one of the most fun things we’ve done while house sitting places in Mexico and Belize.
Visiting the ruin sites have also provided history lessons (check out “The Magnificent Maya”) about things that made us go “hmmm,” and are a unique way to connect with an incredible people that lived here thousands of years ago. The Greeks and Romans came up with very little that hadn’t been thought of by the Mayans. But then again, as far as history goes, the Greeks and Romans got more publicity!
