https://www.jtalbot.com/tags/angel/ Recent content in Angel on jtalbot/blog Hugo en-US Copyright 2005-2026 jtalbot - CC BY-SA 4.0 Sun, 03 May 2026 11:45:00 -0600 https://www.jtalbot.com/blog/pascual-abaj/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:30:00 -0600 https://www.jtalbot.com/blog/pascual-abaj/ <p>Before leaving Chichi, we took a short hike up to <a href="https://aprende.guatemala.com/historia/geografia/cerro-pascual-abaj-quiche/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pascual Ab&rsquo;aj</a>, which is a Maya sacred site that survived the arrival of the Spanish. There used to be a carved idol at the site, but some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic Action</a> members defaced it in the 1950s. It&rsquo;s still an active site, though. You can see real Mayans conducting rituals there every day.</p> <h2 id="lost-and-found">Lost and Found</h2> <figure class="alignright landscape"> <a href="images/PXL_20210415_183647407.jpg" data-lightbox="images" data-title="Even the cows knew we were lost"> <img loading="lazy" src="images/PXL_20210415_183647407.jpg" alt="a white cow behind fencing makes eye contact and seems to be wondering how you found yourself there" /> </a> <figcaption> <p>Even the cows knew we were lost</p>