31. Where did the main characters initially take their vacation?
From Quiz The Ruins
Answer:
Cancun
Four friends, Eric, Stacy, Jeff, and Amy, decided to take one last fling before moving on to their prospective jobs and schooling and flew to Mexico for a vacation. Staying in Cancun, the gang spent most of their time on the beach, in turn meeting some fun tourists. While scuba diving, they met Mathias, a German traveler visiting with his brother. One night, they also met three Greek tourists, each naming themselves with fake Spanish names (Pablo, Juan, and Don Quixote). Although the Greeks knew very little English, they all had a blast anyway. On one day, Mathias was visibly upset, and he told Jeff and Amy that his brother had gone with a girl on an archaeological dig at some ruins out of town, but he hadn't yet come back, and following an argument with him, he was quite worried. Amy and Jeff agree to help him find his brother, though Amy is extremely hesitant. Regardless, Amy and Jeff, and Eric and Stacy help Mathias, pack their things, and head out the next morning with one of the Greeks, 'Pablo', who leaves a copy of the map behind for his two companions.
Arriving in Coba, the group hitches a ride with a middle-aged Spanish man in his yellow pick-up truck and make their way to where the map describes. When they arrive, the man pulls Amy aside, specifically urging her not to go down the path, and offering to drive them back. They refuse the offer, saying that they need to find Mathias' brother, and they trudge onwards down the jungle path. Following this map, they realize that the path will be on their left, and if they hit a small Mayan village, they've gone too far. They inadvertently hit the village shortly after.