Guatemala Tour

Guatemala Tour The Mayan’s were the focus Of our Guatemala stop We saw some ancient ruins Had a lunch and stopped to shop That there describes the outline Of any tours you take But the devil’s in the details In the memories you make Again we took a bus ride This time the streets were paved We passed twice through a village The natives smiled and waived Our tour guide was part Mayan Her native outfit worn She told us of the coffee plants And how Chiclets gum was born We passed active volcanoes Smoke poured from perfect cones And ancient rock formations An ancient god in stones We got up to the ruins Saw a model of the site That let us see just where they lived And where they learned to fight Some temples were uncovered Some were buried still We saw a death-match ball field It gave us all a chill We got to climb the stair steps Where ancient rites took place And walk there in the footsteps Of the ancient Mayan race We even saw some Mayans In a private ritual pray Asking their gods for guidance In the ancient Mayan way There were fires on the altar There were flowers all around We were privileged to observe them There on that sacred ground The ruins were inspiring So old and so pristine These ancient Mayan ruins Were the best things we had seen The ride back was a long one We had to stop for lunch With home-made fried tortillas Fire-charred chicken with a crunch We walked along the shops there Some bought souvenirs This was a trip we’ll talk about For many, many years