Post 2 Greeting

The Greeting

 

Welcome to the Mayan Mystery Tour.

 

Have you ever wanted to be an archeologist like Indiana Jones, and explore ancient Mayan pyramids and the ruins of cities that were abandoned a thousand years ago for the jungle to take over? 

 

(Ask some of the tourists to respond.  If someone says “Yes’ the guide can say “Are you sure, an archeologist’s life is in ruins, you know,” and hope they laugh.)

 

Today is your lucky day, today that dream comes true.  The Indiana Jones adventures were in Belize, you know.  Today you will be an archeologist assistant for MayaLand Belize, and we will search the ancient Mayan city of Altun Ha, trying to discover clues that will help us understand the reason the Mayan cities were abruptly abandoned a thousand years ago and the people never returned to them, not even to retrieve their valuables or their tools or cook pots they left behind.

 

(At this time, guide will pass out MayaLand archeologist-for-a-day certificate.  It will give the address of  MayaLand website, so it is actually an advertisement.  The tourist will probably take it home and show to friends when they ask how the trip was.  If the tourist says good things about this tour, perhaps it will lead to additional people taking this tour, or it could lead this tourist to return by air on next year’s vacation to take a longer Mystery tour.)

 

(The guide will be describing places of interest as the bus passes them, same as without this script.  When a break comes and the guide has time available, then work in the following information about history of the Mayans.  This script does not replace the normal tour narrative.  This script adds to it history not known by most people, it prepares the tourist to understand what they will be seeing, and it ties this tour to the book, Mayan Mystery Unveiled, which the tourist can purchase if they want to read a longer adventure tour in great detail.)