The city of Tapachula in southern Mexico has hopped onto the Doomsday 12-21-12 bandwagon in a huge way. On December 21, they began counting down on their official doomsday clock. Manolo Alfonso Pinot, regional director of state tourism in Chiapas was honest about their motives.
"If people are interested, we have to take advantage of this," he said. He also added that he doesn’t believe that the world will end. Whew! What a relief! I’d be super-bummed if the head of tourism in Chiapas was luring people to his state knowing that the end of the world was just around the corner. Talk about cynical!
Of course, poor Tapachula needs a positive image boost – wait, that’s a little ironic, isn’t it what with the end of the world and all? – since it is a border town through which Central American migrants pass on their way to the US.
On the other hand, doomsday tourists can also visit Izapa where a number of Mayan monuments – known as stelae – have been discovered.
And this additional tidbit from The New Zealand Herald (this end of the world stuff is viral).
“At Izapa, close to the Tajumulco volcano, Pinot says a Mesoamerican ball court, a carved stone and the throne of the Izapa ruler face a straight line that on Dec. 21, 2012 is expected to align with the planets.”
Wow! Those crafty Mayans.
Wow! Those crafty Mayans.
December212012.com (http://www.december212012.com) tells us to watch for signs and indicators of dramatic…and devastating changes” that will announce the end of days. The site lists these “rare” events: epidemics, political upheavals, natural disasters and uncommon weather patterns. Rare, right? We haven’t seen anything like that in 2011 or 2010 or…okay, you get the picture.
Of course, in fairness, December212012.com also mentions such rare calamities as “asteroid or meteor impacts” and – I love this one! – collisions with other planets.
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