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Have you ever gone to Cancun Mexico?

When I graduated in 2007, I was in the Spanish Club and I signed up for the E.F. Tours trip to Cancun Mexico. Going to Mexico really had a big impact on me, the culture, the people, the country, everything. We stayed there for 11days in a group of about 10 of us. We got to see some amazing things...and some terrible things.
Mexico by far is the most gorgeous place I have personally ever seen! We went to see the ancient Mayan temples like Chichen itza and we learned about the rituals that use to happen there and how the Mayan invented there own form of basket ball. Have you ever seen the Dream works movies called The road to El Darado? Well in the movie the two main characters played this game known as; Pok-A-Tok and i this game there is a arena with two hoops on each side of the walls but unlike basketball the hoops are sideways on the wall.....and very high. The goal of the game was to get the ball in the hoop using your head, hips, or sholders. The most crucial rule of the game was....loser dies!!
The forests were amazing, when you stood on top of one of the temples we went to you could see nothing but trees as far as the eye could see. We got to go scuba diving and saw the abundance of wild life there it was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. But there was also a lot of poverty there. I saw kids living on the streets in building that were nothing but ruble. Kids working along side there parents everyday just trying to get by. It impacted me heavily, I knew stuff like that was out there but once you see it, its forever in your thoughts.