Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of a post last night: there was an epic outing that could not be missed! I hope you'll understand.
Yesterday was our last official day of digging (although we may go back on Monday morning, since we've been rained out the past two days). We've had a lot of fun at the site in our two weeks there. The boys in the unit next to ours (Will, Kenny, and Alasdair) gave themselves the name "Wolf Force Delta" or "Fuerza de los Lobos Delta," and approached the dig as if it were a mission, even naming their gear bag the "Ops Bag." Each group also bonded quite a bit with their respective workers. Our worker, Don Fidensio helped me practice my Spanish, and taught us all a lot about the local insects and plants in the area. He knows everything! He'd also laugh at our Spanish when we made egregious errors (along with the other workers), but all in good fun. Don Fidensio is an expert at what he does--I am so glad to have met him.
We all got to know each other's workers as well. Will Force Delta worked with a man named Don Daniel who is an incredible person. He is 82 years old and still working in the field. I hope I have some of those longevity genes! He is also a machine when it comes to moving dirt. So much so, that the boys have dubbed him "Don Kick-Ass."
The site was full of amazing people that I hope to remember for the rest of my life: Don Marcos and Don Chepe, the other two expert workers with a good sense of humor and unparalleled expertise; Moncho, the head honcho who is always smiling and warns us when the rain is coming; Jorge Ramos, the co-director of the excavations who is not only brilliant but extremely kind.
Anyway, digging has been such a blast, and I did take a bunch of pictures to immortalize our last day of digging. However, I can't find the cord that connects my camera to my laptop, so you will have to wait for those (there are also some epic photos of me doing cartwheels during lunch floating around, I'll see if I can get some for you to see).
On Thursday, though, I took some pictures of this beautiful tree just to the west of where we are working. It has these lovely purple flowers that attract throngs of yellow butterflies. I've posted a few of those photos for you to see (look carefully, the butterflies are hard to see). While enjoying them, keep in mind that the Maya used butterflies as a symbol of war (so ferocious, no?).
Yesterday was our last official day of digging (although we may go back on Monday morning, since we've been rained out the past two days). We've had a lot of fun at the site in our two weeks there. The boys in the unit next to ours (Will, Kenny, and Alasdair) gave themselves the name "Wolf Force Delta" or "Fuerza de los Lobos Delta," and approached the dig as if it were a mission, even naming their gear bag the "Ops Bag." Each group also bonded quite a bit with their respective workers. Our worker, Don Fidensio helped me practice my Spanish, and taught us all a lot about the local insects and plants in the area. He knows everything! He'd also laugh at our Spanish when we made egregious errors (along with the other workers), but all in good fun. Don Fidensio is an expert at what he does--I am so glad to have met him.
We all got to know each other's workers as well. Will Force Delta worked with a man named Don Daniel who is an incredible person. He is 82 years old and still working in the field. I hope I have some of those longevity genes! He is also a machine when it comes to moving dirt. So much so, that the boys have dubbed him "Don Kick-Ass."
The site was full of amazing people that I hope to remember for the rest of my life: Don Marcos and Don Chepe, the other two expert workers with a good sense of humor and unparalleled expertise; Moncho, the head honcho who is always smiling and warns us when the rain is coming; Jorge Ramos, the co-director of the excavations who is not only brilliant but extremely kind.
Anyway, digging has been such a blast, and I did take a bunch of pictures to immortalize our last day of digging. However, I can't find the cord that connects my camera to my laptop, so you will have to wait for those (there are also some epic photos of me doing cartwheels during lunch floating around, I'll see if I can get some for you to see).
On Thursday, though, I took some pictures of this beautiful tree just to the west of where we are working. It has these lovely purple flowers that attract throngs of yellow butterflies. I've posted a few of those photos for you to see (look carefully, the butterflies are hard to see). While enjoying them, keep in mind that the Maya used butterflies as a symbol of war (so ferocious, no?).
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