The early morning mist, hovering over the dense forest, a bunch of dangerous animals, steep stairs, high view points, breathtaking ruins, mystical ceremonies of Mayan descendants, and at last the howling monkeys are the ingredients for giving you the creeps.
With goose bumps on your arms you will listen the tour guide's explication that you are amid the former Manhattan of Central America. From 300 BC until 900 AD around 70 000 people lived on this spot. Why did they all of a sudden disappear? There are a lot of theories to answer this question. Our guide mentioned that the overexploitation of natural resources is likely to be the most important reason. Does this not sound familiar to your ears? Is our culture determined to collapse by the same cause?
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