We are going to pieces, people, and it’s not pretty. Observing today’s world, especially through the eyes of the nightly news, is enough to make us think that we have already arrived at the end of the world. It is a good lesson for all travelers to follow: watch, listen and learn. This knack for sound observation is what made the Maya so powerful and insightful that this year, in 2012, we look back to them for answers. These people who lived so long ago learned to count time to coincide with the natural cycles they observed. The Maya developed a comprehensive calendar of genius, of this there is no doubt. Surrounding myself with the Maya of today and soaking in the remnants of the past have enriched my understanding of time and what time means. Like all good travel, there have been some fast-paced adventures and some slow sunny days and a few delicious detours.Īs I said from day one of this voyage, travel delivers truth, and making my way through El Mundo Maya has educated me on this ancient society far more than anything I could have read online or watched on television. My quest for the truth has brought me to the birthplace of the brilliant Maya Calendar, into the tomb of the Palenque Astronaut, to the site of the original doomsday prophecy, into the realm of the Maya gods, into the minds of the ancient astronomers and into the Maya underworld Xibalba. I have spent the last three weeks in Mexico searching for an answer to this question. So, were the Maya right? Is the world going to end this year?
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