Mexican Spectacular

 So this is still Tuesday....

but the afternoon on Tuesday.

In Xcaret there is a big Colosseum

and they put on a "Mexican spectacular"

On the way to this spectacular we walked along the resorts river system.

As we were walking a man with a toucan stopped us.

We got a picture.

 

After a slight mishap with my folks.

(we had some issues with people getting lost this day)

we met at the place.

it was hot.

Like really hot

gut churning temperatures.

but 

it was so worth it.

(there is a few pictures of it but I seriously took hundreds)

 

At the beginning you light a candle and then

there is some dudes blowing into conch shells.

We then get taken back into Mayan time....

 

Fire hockey.

The greatest sport ever.

I thought Canada was pretty amazing

but

Aztecs

really knew how to play.

 

The Mayan culture meets the Spanish

 

And then comes Christianity

Then they showed a merge of cultures and ended the first half of the program.

 

The second half started with tons of music.

 

Everyone getting in to it

 

 

In the second half there was tons of music

and dancing and the above guys were 

CRAZY

good.

They did some form of stomp dancing.

They were dressed up like old guys

but then at the end

they removed their masks

and

they were actually 

really

really

old

CRAZY

 

Penny thought her dad needed

a suit like this for church.

haha

 

and then they paid tribute to the influence of the horse.

and then they ended with streamers and confetti.

like I said

totally worth the heat.