Isla Mujeres

Running Head: Leaving Home Leaving Home to call back Home Lisa (Russell) Boston Isla Mujeres, the island of women, where time passes slowly and your dream vacation becomes a reality. find just eight miles across the Bahia de Mujeres (bay of women) from Cancun, Isla Mujeres is only 5 miles yen and half a mile wide with a downtown area of just four by six blocks. The bonny temperature is 80 degrees and 60% humidity. Mapped at latitude North 21° 11 5 and longitude West 86° 42 50 Islas terrain is flat with beaches on all sides (Baird, 2004). Isla Mujeres has a long and bright history. In Mayan times the island served as the sanctuary for the goddess Ixchel, the Mayan Goddess of fertility, reason, medicine, and the moon (Shuman, 2000). Enrique, the ghostlike advisor of the island said that the Temple was located at the due south point of the island and was also used as the lighthouse. The light from torches was shown through holes in the walls, which could be seen by the navigators at sea (personal communication, family 27, 2005). In March of the year 1517, Francisco Hernandez Cordova discovered the island. When the Spanish shipment landed, they found many female shaped idols representing the goddess Ixchel, thus Isla Mujeres (the island of women) got its put forward (Harris, 2004).

For the next three centuries Isla Mujeres was uninhabited. The only visitors were fisherman and pirates who used Isla as a refuge and left their women on the island for safekeeping bit they sailed the high seas. Famous pirates like Henry Morgan and Jean Lafitte walked the shores of Isla and as legend goes (Harris, 2004), buried their stolen treasure under the white sands. Tourists a lot come with cheap equipment to look for the long lost treasure. later the Independence of Mexico, a small village began in what is at once downtown Isla Mujeres. Mayan fisherman found the waters around the island to be a fishermans paradise and the village slowly grew (personal... If you desire to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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