Sentences with word «ceiba»

Hike the tropical forest amid giant ceiba trees — the sacred tree of the Maya — with our local guides.

Hike the tropical forest amid giant ceiba trees — the sacred tree of the Maya — to spot wildlife with expert local guides.

View giant trees, such as ceiba, oak and cedar, and uncommon animal species, like the white - faced monkeys, sloths, sparrow hawks, and many others!

A towering ceiba tree reaches pale arms into the sky, and the guide stops us for a moment.

Stalagmites resembling the sacred ceiba tree have been depicted in the Dresden Codex, one of the four surviving Maya books.

Near the mouth of the lagoon is a large ceiba tree with a huge nest, home to a five - foot jabiru stork, the largest bird in the country which has a nine - foot wingspan.

15, TulumThe Maya ruins of Muyil also known of as Chunyaxche which means «wide ceiba trunk» in Mayan.

A major motif in some ceramics is a «world tree» design from Mayan mythology that is modeled after the thorns on the trunk of young ceiba trees, a major motif.

Trails lead partly through the rainforest and notable features are the giant ceiba tree and the tall grasses.

Ceiba Trail Hike We leave from the lobby at Posada Amazonas and embark on a two hour hike crowned by the largest tree in the vicinity: a giant ceiba tree.

I close my eyes and see those same brave players, dead now, trapped amid the roots of the ceiba tree, trying to break free to fight the unstoppable gods of the Underworld, and I come to the realization that, honor or no honor, this is one game I would try to lose.

The ceiba, he tells us, symbolizes the connection between the underworld, the terrestrial world and the skies.

Certainly I can feel that now as the ceiba disappears into the darkness above and the darkness below.

Manuel Antonio National Park is home to an abundance of exotic flora including the guácimo colorado, the pilón, the cedro maría, the guapinol, the cenizaro and the ceiba.

Ya'ax Ché means «ceiba», which is the tree of life for the Maya.

ceiba: reconsidering ephemeral spaces explores topics implicative of transcultural migration through a multimedia installation centered around Fort Mose in St. Augustine, Florida, an area founded in 1739 by runaway African slaves and Native Americans fleeing British persecution.

A ceiba (kapok) tree resides in the middle — the sacred tree around which all Mayan ceremonies revolve.