Lot's has happened since Sunday when I last posted. Monday morning we woke up to a text message that Pres. Hinckley had died. Had we not recieved that text, we might still not have known that our beloved prophet had died. It's a sad time, but at least he is with his wife now. The great thing about the gospel is that the work will continue on.
On Monday we went to Los Zapotes. There is a museum there with Olmeca things in it. Some people think that the Olmecas are the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon. The musuem was tiny and wasn't very good. They didn't explain what anything was. They had some cool things, but I would have liked to know what they were used for etc. On Tuesday we drove to Villahermosa with the Castellano family, who we are staying with. We had seven people in a car that only fits five. It was a tight ride, but we were glad they came along. We got there at night and stayed with some family they had there. The next morning we headed to Palenque. It was amazing. The ruins are huge! There are so many of them. We got to climb all over the ruins and go inside some of them. We saw some pretty cool things.
It was neat to be able to go inside the ruins. Inside of one of them we saw a tomb where they buried someone. There were all kinds of cool things to see. There was a really pretty waterfall that was at Palenque too.
While we were there we saw some monkeys that were getting ready to fight. It was pretty cool. They made really loud noises. They fought a little, but mostly just growled at each other. There was a musuem that was there that Jake got into to look, and I was going the bathroom at the time. When I got out, Jake came and got me to go look at it because it was going to close soon. When we got to the doors, they wouldn't let us in, but Jake said that we needed to go look for our friends in there (they were still in there). They said that only one of us could go in, but Jake said, she doesn't understand, so I got to go in too. I took some video of the musuem. They had some cool trinkets and colored statues that they had found. I wish we could have stayed and seen it, but they were closing, even though they were supposed to stay open until 5pm, they closed 15 minutes early. We had a great time. That night we spent in Villahermosa again because we got back from Palenque fairly late and we wanted to go to the zoo the next day.
On Monday we went to Los Zapotes. There is a museum there with Olmeca things in it. Some people think that the Olmecas are the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon. The musuem was tiny and wasn't very good. They didn't explain what anything was. They had some cool things, but I would have liked to know what they were used for etc. On Tuesday we drove to Villahermosa with the Castellano family, who we are staying with. We had seven people in a car that only fits five. It was a tight ride, but we were glad they came along. We got there at night and stayed with some family they had there. The next morning we headed to Palenque. It was amazing. The ruins are huge! There are so many of them. We got to climb all over the ruins and go inside some of them. We saw some pretty cool things.It was neat to be able to go inside the ruins. Inside of one of them we saw a tomb where they buried someone. There were all kinds of cool things to see. There was a really pretty waterfall that was at Palenque too.While we were there we saw some monkeys that were getting ready to fight. It was pretty cool. They made really loud noises. They fought a little, but mostly just growled at each other. There was a musuem that was there that Jake got into to look, and I was going the bathroom at the time. When I got out, Jake came and got me to go look at it because it was going to close soon. When we got to the doors, they wouldn't let us in, but Jake said that we needed to go look for our friends in there (they were still in there). They said that only one of us could go in, but Jake said, she doesn't understand, so I got to go in too. I took some video of the musuem. They had some cool trinkets and colored statues that they had found. I wish we could have stayed and seen it, but they were closing, even though they were supposed to stay open until 5pm, they closed 15 minutes early. We had a great time. That night we spent in Villahermosa again because we got back from Palenque fairly late and we wanted to go to the zoo the next day.
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