Super Saturday: Como se dice..Longhorn Bull?!?
For Saturday, the weather in Cuetzalan was perfect, it was hot, sunny and humid. We signed up for an all day tour of the best views in Cuetzalan, and we definitely got our money's worth.
We started the day off super excited, and drove out to our first stop. We were dropped off with our 25 year old guide, in the middle of the road leading to a pasture...bizarre. Our guide, Jesus was hilarious and begged us to speak english to him. We decided he looked like Adam Sandler, so we called him Adam and spoke spanish instead. haha!
With our walking sticks in hand, we made our way down the mountain into this hole in the ground...which was a GIANT cave. We couldn't go as far back in it as they used to, because there was an avalanche of rock that blocked it off. However, it was believed to be the cave of the devil and when you left you needed to call your spirit back to you, so that the devil wouldn't keep it.
After hiking some more, we stopped to enjoy the view. Cuetzalan was a lot like The Road to Hana in Hawaii, which my family visited several years back. Crazy heights, but beatiful views!
When we made it to the second cave, we had to put on helmets and carry in our flashlights. This cave was much bigger, and went on for over 5 kilometers. We actually got to go pretty far into the cave, walking, wading and crawling through holes, tunnels and more. So much for trying to stay clean.
Next we hit up the waterfalls, the first one was huge, but the water was freezing. No worrieds, we just deicded to take a swim...
The second waterfall we climbed to was even bigger, and more people were swimming there too despite the fact that the sun was beginning to hide. At this waterfall, we watched our guide repel down the rocks right next to the waterfall about 80 feet high...and then...get ready...we did it too!! Thats right, all six of us repelled down a waterfall. Bam! It was awesome, and I will never regret it or forget how hilarious it was.
Yes I was soaked from head to toe, and yes I was ice cold. After our super long day filled with fun and adventure, we were all starved. Even Dora needs some tacos after her adventures. We found this fabulous restaurant where we all got dinner for 10 pesos, or less than $1. We ate motoles, tacos, tostadas, and more. SUPER delicious.
After dinner, we were pretty wiped out, so we headed out to our hostel for the night, which was near the pyramids, so again we had to take a 25 minute combi ride. We stank so bad from being wet and dirty..hope we didn't offend anyone. We were so grateful for showers.....too bad they were ICE cold. haha! Oh well, we slept cozy and warm in our lovely bunk beds at the indigenous hostel. What an AMAZING Saturday in Cuetzalan!
-Sara Jacqueline
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