Post
6 – Pulling the Facts Together
This is Post 6 of the blog. To
start at the beginning, go to Post 1.
Kelli and the other tourists stay at a small resort run by the guide,
and many scenes of the story take place on its porch. The following photo is of the porch I had in
mind when I wrote those scenes.
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This flowering bougainvillea that covers the porch is typical for
Belize. Red is the most popular color,
but some are white, yellow, orange, purple, or shades that combine several of
those colors.
Finding
the Scrap of Truth
Each day, Kelli and her friends discuss at their dinner table all they
have learned, and they compare that with the current theories. Their guide knows the ways of his ancestors,
and he helps them understand what they have seen. They recognize that none of the theories of
the researchers can be correct. The
following photo shows an outdoor dining area such as the one where they ate at
the end of each day.
Actually, this is a small restaurant.
I enjoyed places like this where the locals eat, I preferred them to the
air conditioned restaurants that American tourists frequently choose.
Kelli and her friends had previously decided that none of the current
theories could provide the answer to the mystery, so they discuss all they have
learned, especially the ‘evil spirits’ tale, and they pretend
they are at the city a thousand years ago when it was abandoned.
They realize that the priests had been using the threat of ‘evil
spirits,’ like the Caribbean witch doctors used their ‘boogie man,’ to intimidate
the common people and keep them in submission.
Kelli and her friends figure out that those ancient commoners had been
repressed cruelly, and they valiantly chose to live free or die, just as other
people have done throughout history when their rulers became unbearable. They
did something the priests had warned them against, and then they fled the city
in panic because they feared the vengeance of the priest’s ‘evil spirits’ that
lived at the temple. Kelli and her
friends believe they have discovered the secret to the Mayan Mystery.
At the beginning of the story, I gave Kelli and her friends my purpose
and when they reviewed everything they had learned, they discovered what had eluded
me. They discovered the reason the ancient
people abandoned their city, even though I had not. So I achieved my purpose when my fictional
characters achieved theirs. These
fictional characters, when reviewing all we had discovered, developed a
reasonable answer to the riddle of the Mayan Mystery, even though I had not
done so until I began writing the story.
To me, this search has been an
exciting adventure, and I took it twice.
I took it with Virginia, and I learned much. I took it a second time with Kelli and her
friends, and I learned more.
Can you figure out the clue that led Kelli and her friends to discover
the secret to the mystery?
If not, I’m not going to tell you.
That would ruin the story if you decide to read the book, Mayan Mystery Unveiled. You can order it from Amazon.com, and you can
experience the adventure from the comfort of your own home.
It’s a lot cheaper than flying to Belize, but be warned. Reading it may make you want to go there and
see the places it describes. Those
places are real, you know, like the pyramid shown in the following photo at the
ancient city we called Tuna Sandwich.
I hope you enjoyed my little story
about my adventures in Belize. If you
did, please share this with someone. I
do not have a big publisher promoting the book, so the only way others will
hear about it is if someone tells them.
Will you do that for me?
I plan to take at least one more
trip to Belize, maybe more. Maybe I will
go there for their ‘End of the world festival,’ on the date given by the Mayan
prophesy. I’ll put it on my credit card, that way I
will not have to pay the bill until the next month, if there is a next month.
If you would like to accompany
me, on my next trip, go to Post 7. I
will announce events there. Thank you for
reading this blog.
For interesting information about Belize, scroll down or go to Post 7.
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