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EPILOGUE:La Luz Del MundoSituated on the other side of a hill to the south of Guayabitosis the small town of Los Ayala. It was from LosAyala that I followed the El Monteon Trail to the Playa delBeso and then onto a hilltop plateau where I found an unearthedtomb and signs of an old civilization.The road out of Los Ayala is Highway 208 and it meetsHighway 200 at a “T” intersection. Across from this intersectionon the east side of Highway 200 is a church called LaLuz del Mundo, which means, The Light of the World.Much of the coastal region of Nayarit is open to landspeculation and business ventures to develop it into a favoredresort destination—The Riviera Nayarit. Consequently, landaround Guayabitos, Los Ayala, and the surrounding area israpidly being commercialized and sold to resort developers,speculators, and the baby boomer generation from theUnited States and Canada. So it is not surprising that historyand evidence of a lost civilization that has sat dormant formany years is now in jeopardy.La Luz del Mundo archeological site is such a place.134