Hunahpu Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Aisha (Winner)

The Hunahpu Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: San Juan Del Sur.

After unanimously voting out the Hunahpu tribes scapegoat, two alliances were formed. The Hunahpu Alliance became the majority alliance of the season, largely consisting of pairs that would vote out the minority whilst turning on each other in order to get to the end.

## History

### Origins

The blue Hunahpu tribe was formed on Day 1 of Survivor: San Juan Del Sur, and nine of the ten castaways formed a strong alliance against outsider David who was heavily strategising and a physical liability. At the Day 3 Double Tribal Council this group unanimously eliminated David. With the primary scapegoat of the tribe now gone, the group of nine began to form smaller alliances. The Hunahpu Alliance was formed containing the pairings of Aisha and Travis, Leo and Skye as well as Priya and Ryan which left Lina, Penny and Richard on the outs to create the Outsider Alliance. When Hunahpu lost the Day 6 immunity challenge, this alliance of six had the numbers and Richard was voted out.

### New Allies

After an immunity challenge win, a tribe switch occurred. Aisha and Travis remained on Hunahpu along with their adversaries Lina and Penny. They were also joined by Domenic, Erinn, Liam and Vanessa from the rival Coyopa tribe. Despite the tribe being evenly divided along original tribal lines, Vanessa felt unappreciated by her Panama Veterans Alliance and spoke to the Hunahpu Alliance about flipping. When Hunahpu lost on Day 13, the Hunahpu Alliance now had the majority and decided to eliminate Erinn. It was clear at this point that Domenic and Liam were on the chopping block should the tribe lose again. However, Domenic wanted to create an alliance with him, Liam, Aisha and Travis because they were separately understood as powerful partners. Aisha and Travis were willing to flip because they weren't closely aligned with Lina and Penny anyway. When the tribe lost again on Day 18, the newly updated Hunahpu Alliance blindsided Penny.

### The Merge

Though Aisha and Travis wanted to continue working with Domenic and Liam, they wanted to still maintain a strong relationship with Vanessa in order to ensure she was their third on an alliance that now contained five members. At the first merged tribal council, this group of five joined forces with Panama Veterans Katrina and Marina to eliminate Leo. Though working with the twins at this vote, Aisha, Travis and Vanessa were wary of becoming too connected to them because the girls were ultimately closer to Domenic and Liam. As proof of their loyalty, this trio forced Domenic and Liam to turn on Katrina and Marina at the following two tribal councils.

At the Final Nine, the Hunahpu Alliance was in a strong position. Domenic and Liam were not pleased they were backed into a corner and forced to turn on their *Panama* allies and concocted a plan to gain more power. They spoke with Vanessa and the trio together agreed to blindside Travis. The Hunahpu Alliance at the vote decided to vote for Priya, but Travis was successfully blindsided when Domenic, Liam and Vanessa voted with outsiders Priya and Ryan. Vanessa's plan with this alliance was to flip between the two powerful pairs in order to make it further in the game. With Travis gone, Vanessa now became Aisha's closest ally. At the following three tribal councils, the alliance of four loosely worked with Priya as a number in order to get rid of Ryan, Joel and Lina in quick succession.

### The Finish Line

By the Final Five, the two pairs that made up the Hunahpu Alliance appeared to be voting for their temporary ally Priya. When Aisha won individual immunity however, she realised that Priya considered her as her closest ally. With this bond, Aisha, Priya and Vanessa blindsided Liam. When Domenic won the final individual immunity challenge, this trio was forced to turn on each other. Priya was the only castaway of the four to be placed on the Coyopa tribe after the switch, and Domenic was threatened by this because majority of the jury were also on Coyopa at this time. He spoke to Aisha and Vanessa, where they eliminated her together on Day 38. At the Final Tribal Council, Aisha's social game, positive disposition and impressive timing when making strategic moves earned her the title of Sole Survivor against her allies.