TULUM IS ON THE COAST OF YUCATAN AND IS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT. IT HAS A LIGHTHOUSE AND HAS A WONDERFULLY FRESH PICTURESQUE ENVIRONMENT ON THE COAST. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ABOUT 1200 AD AS A LANDING FOR BOATS AND CANOES. IT WAS BUILT ON A RIDGE AND PERHAPS 600 PEOPLE LIVED HERE. TULUM MEANS WALL IN THE MAYAN LANGUAGE. THEY FOUND SOME MULTICULTURAL MURALS AND THEY WERE NOT WELL PRESERVED WHEN I VISITED THE SITE WITH MY MOM AND HUSBAND AND FAMILY IN THE 80'S. A TEMPLE WAS BUILT FOR THE DIVING GOD IN 1450 AD.
SPANIARDS OVERTOOK THE SITE IN 1518 WHEN THE MAYANS WERE LIVING THERE. IT BECAME A CEREMONIAL CENTER FOR THE MAYANS INTO THE 1900'S. IT WAS BUILT OF STONE COVERED WITH WHITE PLASTER. THEY EXPORTED HONEY AND BEESWAX,
I REMEMBER WHEN WE VISITED THE SITE A GROUP OF MAYAN CHILDREN WANTED US TO GIVE THEM MONEY - THEY WERE KIND OF KIDDING ABOUT IT.
WILLIAM FERGUSON
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