Guide to the Mayan Ruins of San Gervasio Cozumel Mexico Ric Hajovsky 9780982861011 Books
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A guide to the Mayan Ruins of San Gervasio on the island of Cozumel, Mexico. The guide begins with a description of Cozumel’s early history, starting with the earliest pre-Maya inhabitants, continuing through the Mayan period of occupation and the island’s subsequent discovery and conquest by the Spanish. Other sections include descriptions of Mayan culture, religion, writing system, mathematics, and daily life. The guide also contains a self-guided tour of San Gervasio, which leads the reader building by building through the site and contains floor plans, reconstructed views of the original structures, and descriptions of their use and history. The final section of the book describes the workings and history of the Mayan calendar and the relevance of the date 2012 to the Mayan Long Count.
Guide to the Mayan Ruins of San Gervasio Cozumel Mexico Ric Hajovsky 9780982861011 Books
I was not expecting to enjoy San Gervasio very much, as it is less spectacular than Tulum or Chichen Itza, but this guide book helped make it a highlight of my trip. I will suggest you do not rent a bicycle to get there from San Miguel; it's not at all a bad ride but in the heat was exhausting and there are limits to how much energy and water I want to dedicate to the bike ride and still give full attention to the ruins. On my second visit I took a taxi from the southern hotel zone (near El Cedral) and had the driver wait the 2-1/2 hours I spent in San Gervasio, for $85 US ($60 from San Miguel). It was my second largest expense on the island (after dive-boats) and I initially thought it sounded more expensive than necessary. But after looking at the price of at renting scooter or car (for which I had no other real need), I am glad I went back in a cab the day after riding out there on an old misfit one-speed bike (having arrived just as they closed the entrance gates).I had doubts about bypassing the gauntlet of licensed "guides" clustered at the entrance gate, whose gov't issued badges suggested competence or legitimacy (when will I learn?). But I figured I'd go back and hire one if I felt the need, so I started doing the self-guided tour from the book on my own. At the first structure I encountered a large group of tourists attending to a guide, who was entertaining them with a marginally lurid description of this building as being the temple of fertility-goddess Ixchel and how Mayans came here to get married and consummate (referred repeatedly as "hoochie-koochie") right on the six "bed-like" platforms in front of us. The tourists enjoyed this but it was evidently total nonsense. The plaques at each structure, which were referenced in the Guide book, clearly described how this structure had evolved and who had used it and how, to the degree archaeologic study could say. There was zero correlation between the plaque & Guide book version vs. what the paid "guide" was telling the crowd. And apparently because of the 95% humidity and 95° heat, and the mosquitoes were so unseasonably bad (the Mega store in San Miguel ran out of repellant) and the crowd included small children, the "guides" didn't take the tourists to see the largest and most impressive structure, (a miniature of the iconic "pyramid"-ish structure at Chichen Itza) which really WAS where Ixchel was worshipped, but was 500 yards deeper into the jungle. I was glad I brought plenty of 100% DEET and the head-net I use for bugs when I backpack. I only saw one other couple out there at this structure, and was touched that someone had left a bunch of flowers carefully wrapped with ribbon on that structure.
The book had far more Cozumel-specific detail than any of the many books I have found on credible Mayan history. This book is said to be available at the entrance gate for $10 US, but I did not see it in the gift shops there. I did see it at the La Cinco Soles chain store but I think it cost much more there, and was a cheaper repro (smaller and thinner paper) compared to the one I got from Amazon.
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Guide to the Mayan Ruins of San Gervasio Cozumel Mexico Ric Hajovsky 9780982861011 Books Reviews
Comprehensive and detailed. A very good introduction to the mayan culture and history of Cozumel and it's relation to the mainland. I am glad that I found this book.
Excellent guide to the area.Described the ruins and their meaning in vivid and graphic detail. A very good guide for those who like to read up before they go.
It was very helpful to read this before going to the ruins.
Mayan Ruins gives in-depth information about your visit to San Gervasio. However, in addition, I would have liked photographs, and labeled diagrams to guide us on our way in a country we're not too familiar with. Regardless of its minor shortcomings, this guidebook, combined with Mapquest and CruiseCritic gave us all the info we needed for a wonderful day at San Gervasio. The background information provided on these ruins is well-worth the small cost of "Mayan Ruins of San Gervasio."
This was an excellent book to read prior to visiting the site. It gave a great historic background to what I'd be visiting, then a wonderful guided tour of the actual site. Much more insightful than just walking around. This book, coupled with the guided tour, was an extremely well-rounded education. I strongly suggest it to anyone.
I was not expecting to enjoy San Gervasio very much, as it is less spectacular than Tulum or Chichen Itza, but this guide book helped make it a highlight of my trip. I will suggest you do not rent a bicycle to get there from San Miguel; it's not at all a bad ride but in the heat was exhausting and there are limits to how much energy and water I want to dedicate to the bike ride and still give full attention to the ruins. On my second visit I took a taxi from the southern hotel zone (near El Cedral) and had the driver wait the 2-1/2 hours I spent in San Gervasio, for $85 US ($60 from San Miguel). It was my second largest expense on the island (after dive-boats) and I initially thought it sounded more expensive than necessary. But after looking at the price of at renting scooter or car (for which I had no other real need), I am glad I went back in a cab the day after riding out there on an old misfit one-speed bike (having arrived just as they closed the entrance gates).
I had doubts about bypassing the gauntlet of licensed "guides" clustered at the entrance gate, whose gov't issued badges suggested competence or legitimacy (when will I learn?). But I figured I'd go back and hire one if I felt the need, so I started doing the self-guided tour from the book on my own. At the first structure I encountered a large group of tourists attending to a guide, who was entertaining them with a marginally lurid description of this building as being the temple of fertility-goddess Ixchel and how Mayans came here to get married and consummate (referred repeatedly as "hoochie-koochie") right on the six "bed-like" platforms in front of us. The tourists enjoyed this but it was evidently total nonsense. The plaques at each structure, which were referenced in the Guide book, clearly described how this structure had evolved and who had used it and how, to the degree archaeologic study could say. There was zero correlation between the plaque & Guide book version vs. what the paid "guide" was telling the crowd. And apparently because of the 95% humidity and 95° heat, and the mosquitoes were so unseasonably bad (the Mega store in San Miguel ran out of repellant) and the crowd included small children, the "guides" didn't take the tourists to see the largest and most impressive structure, (a miniature of the iconic "pyramid"-ish structure at Chichen Itza) which really WAS where Ixchel was worshipped, but was 500 yards deeper into the jungle. I was glad I brought plenty of 100% DEET and the head-net I use for bugs when I backpack. I only saw one other couple out there at this structure, and was touched that someone had left a bunch of flowers carefully wrapped with ribbon on that structure.
The book had far more Cozumel-specific detail than any of the many books I have found on credible Mayan history. This book is said to be available at the entrance gate for $10 US, but I did not see it in the gift shops there. I did see it at the La Cinco Soles chain store but I think it cost much more there, and was a cheaper repro (smaller and thinner paper) compared to the one I got from .
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