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Merida Slideshow
Merida
Travel Blogs from Merida, Mexico
Mérida! Our new home!
... apartment that was currently under construction by the owner of the house. Unfortunately she was to discover that rushing does not happen in Mexico, or at least not in Yucatan. At least she was luckier with finding work, she already got a job in a school ...
Merida on Sunday
... name, and discovered that this popular musician is an international star who has won Latin American Grammy Awards. Not surprisingly, Merida hosted this performance and opened it to the public free of charge! This was staged as the grand finale ...
MEXICO - Merida - Only Okay!
Merida In Palenque on route to Merida...we meet Zeb and Sarah again..they had been staying the same place but we never saw them! I guess that will happen alot! More kids pulling my hair on the 8hr bus here! Great! ..not a kid person at the mo!Well ...
Shopping Spree
I like Merida. Student city, so I found lots of interesting locals my age, but unfortunately was blocked by this damned language barrier. I wish I were good at languages. Plus it has this lovely colonial style and is bigger, livelier than Campeche. The ...
In Merida at Last
... Villahermosa, waiting out the storm, & getting back to where we wanted to be several days ago we are now in Merida. Once we realized Dean appeared to be heading straight towards Campeche where we were, we reserved a bus for Monday morning and ...
Our introduction to maya history
... finally at 13.00 on Sunday the 4th November from Madrid to Cancun. In theory, in 9 hours we should have arrived in Mexico, but the Michel hurricane in Cuba extended the flight during 13 hours. Finally we arrive in Cancun, we rented the car at the ...
A Weekend Away and Back to Work
... an empty pool being filled with an oversized garden hose which we all splashed around in fully clothed. Viva a Mexico y the Yucatecan lifestyle! I am absolutely exhausted after teaching the students some English this evening at the Internet cafe and ...
Uxmal
... found an information board that said it was the called the Cemetery Group by the Spanish. We could be archeologists! The bus back to Merida wasn't until 3pm so we went to have some lunch at the restaurant at the site. I ate my food but then I ...
Chac - The Mayan God of Rain (Who we've gone off)
... half hour here before the school children caught up with us so we make a quick retreat to the restaurant back on the road towards Merida. We had a lovely meal here with our driver/guide Raul but just as we’d finsished our main course, can you ...
Melting at Uxmal
... to Merida and were very excited to discover that our hotel had a swimming pool.. The next day was spent exploring Merida. I went on a walking tour which took us round various buildings. One of the government buildings had a beautiful mural ...
Uxmal Ruines
... om te stoppen en zelf te kijken. Na Uxmal bezoeken we ook nog een hacienda voor de lunch en om er rond te kijken. In Merida, de hoofdstad van Yucatan hebben we een mooi hotel met een kamer op de 5e etage en tegen de verwachting in een zeer welkom ...
The 7-11 Pemex Incident
... ……..declined! Oh crap. We both start to panic, but our cards have been getting declined all through Mexico because the banks and credit card companies keep putting holds on the cards because we’re using them in Mexico, even ...
lost... big surprise
After completing Young Guns and resisting the urge to stay and watch another 80s movie, I decided to brave the streets and the heat to go to the supermercado. It was out, to the right and down 4 blocks, how hard could that be? I was taken aback by the ...
Hot and sweaty Merida
... , and markets and make shift restaurants popping up on the pedestrian only streets. Time for a useless fact, the main cathedral in Merida contained the largest wooden cross in the world. We stumbled across an art house cinema just off the zocalo and ended ...
Hot as hell... no, really
Flying into Mexico is one of my favorite things for 2 reasons: 1) the coastline is beautiful because, for the most part, it is unspoiled and 2) when I get off the plane the heat creates that nice boob drip sweat that takes me back to summers as a ...
Merida
... same hostel in merida the same day, so we had a bit of a crew together. Also there were lots of new people we met in Merida, i found the hostel there to be very social and friendsly and would rate it as the best hostel ive stayed in. After 3 days everyone ...
Dzibilchaltun (tzee-BEEL-chahl-toon)
... in different locations around the ruins, have been eroded by the elements of time. Since Dzibilchaltun was only 15 kilometres from Merida, we thought it would be a good destination for one last trip before our winter holiday came to an end. ...
A Beam of Light... Free Diving in the Centoes
After getting 1 hour of sleep from the 100 deg heat in our room, we sat around the hostel until it was time to leave to go to the cenotes... We went with the girls from the day before and two local guides. The guides were great! We drove towards Uxmal ...
Shoping for new stuff, uxmal and chichen itza
... . Sat 15th chichen itza - Cancun Today we headed from Merida to chichen itza (half way to Cancun) ruins these were lovely too but a lot of vendors trying to sell there stuff to ...
Checking Out the Neighbourhood
... that will give us many days of pleasure during our stay. Some incredible, old mansions share our street and neighbourhood! Merida had more millionaires per capita than any other place in the world after the first world war, due to the monopoly ...
More little villages
Today, we decided to just go for a drive and visit some other little towns nearby; Chelem, Yucalpetén and Chuburná. Paul had originally thought of renting in Chelem and we wanted to see how it differed from where we were. There isn't much to see ...
Urban rambling mexican style
Second day in Merida today - capital of Yucatan region of Mexico. Swimming sweat 24/7 and have no idea how the locals get anything done in this heat. Last night they closed the roads in the main square and we people watched for hours as the mexican middle ...
Home of the Maya
... spent hours looking at the haunting murals displayed in the governor’s mansion depicting the rise and fall of the Maya. Beyond Merida we found our next campground closed but were allowed to dry camp in the parking lot for the ancient city of ...
Art Only!
... to the colourful folk art found in Mexico! (More folk art) We saw a sampling of clothing, pottery, jewelry, furniture, and decorations at one of Merida's City Galleries. There is an abundance of art which features Day of the Dead symbolism. ...