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Merida Slideshow
Merida
Travel Blogs from Merida, Mexico
Descansando en Merida!
Hola! Para todos ustedes que han ingresaron en estos ultimos dias se han dado cuenta que me tome unos dias de descanso tanto en la ruta como de conectarme a internet, llevo aqui una semana y la verdad me la he pesado muy tranquilo conociendo un buen de ...
Merida and Uxmal
... hotel to bid beunas noches to the rest of our crew who stayed in and played cards and had pizza and drinks. The hotel at Merida was great. Charloote and I lucked a good room again on the roof with own courtyard. Phil you would have loved it the drinking ...
The Latin Passion
As saudades que eu tinha de passear na rua e ser surpreendido (ou não) por um rapaz que se apodera, sem piedade, sem apelo nem agrado, de uma indefesa moça (que de indefesa não terá grande coisa). Como gosto de saber que há robustas ...
Merida
... is closed. Thus, with an anticipated 3 day processing time for his passport, we have plenty of opportunity for relaxing. Fortunately, Merida is a nice hub for day trips to Chichen itza, the beach towns to the north, and a bunch of other cool ...
Going solo
... so I am now flying solo. I wish she could stay but also feel excited to be completely independent now! I've moved on to Merida but am disappointed with it: the weather is seriously wet and the locals are spiky (lots of hassle from local men, some of ...
Merida
... it was Easter or not. The cathedral, San Ildefonso, in the square is said to be the oldest cathedral in Mexico . When the Spanish conquered Merida, they dismantled the pyramids of the Mayans and used the stome as the foundations of the cathedral - bad ...
Merida in Yucatan - Tor zu Uxmal
Merida ist eine nach dem typischen mexikanischem Muster angeordnete Stadt, mit einigen Sehenswürdigkeiten im Zentrum, aber nichts, um dort allzu lange zu bleiben. Wir haben es quasi als Ausgangspunkt für unsere Tour zu den Maya-Pyramiden von Uxmal ...
life in Merida
... apparently used poison to kill cockroaches and then ate them raw. He must be a succesful witch since he´s apparently still alive! :) Merida is also very much a city of culture. The past week I´ve been to four perfomances, more than like in ...
The Yucatan Pennisula
... size of the Mayan times. At its height it ruled over all the Mayan world, including Tikal in Guatemala and Palenque in Mexico. The highlight was the detailed reliefs and sculptures that still remain on many of the buildings. We also climbed the El ...
Lime stone sink holes
Cenotes are fresh water limestone sink holes, which are fully or partially collapsed Karst Caves. They resemble small circular lakes or lagoons with vertical edges and stalactites and tree roots coming down from the ceiling. I was desperate to ...
Back on the Yucatan peninsula
... . Dave has taken lots of photos - it was a very picturesque and colourful town. This morning we drove from Campeche to Merida, state capital of Yucatan and at 70,000 inhabitants, the biggest city we´ve stayed in on the trip. On the way ...
Merida
... the limits. This resulted in lots of moaning about speed restictions from Dave!) We checked into our fantastic wee hotel in Merida which was run by a guy from Belfast and guy from the US. The room was completed with a little ...
Merida
... continue our trip and were really pleased to find that we were staying on the main square of the city on a Sunday. Every weekend in Merida the city provides free music in the main square and all the locals hang out in the square and there are markets. We ...
Comida Mexicana
En 3 semaines, je n'ai toujours pas parlé des délices de la cuisine mexicaine. Je pourrais aussi vous parler des dernières ruines que j'ai visitées -Uxmal et Chichen Itza-, mais je vais m'en tenir aux photos : 1. pour ne pas vous ennuyer 2. ...
finishing school
... past weeks was joining up with Berenice (at same school), Cecilia (a girl from Belgium now living in Canada) and Roxane (a girl from Merida). With a rented car we visited beaches at San Felipe and Rio Lagartos as well as the ruins of Ek Balam and a nearby ...
Yucatan and the Maya Ruins
Entering Yucatan brought the expectation of the great Maya Ruins. The first one i saw was Edzna . in early morning light it looked really fantastic. The second one was Uxmal. i found this was the best and biggest. finally i ...
Yo voy a la escuela de apprender Español
... that I´ve more or less settled in, though, it has become more fun! As you read in my last blog I travelled to Merida last saturday. After having arrived I took a cab (Merida is a very big city with a somewhat perplexing public transport system, I´m ...
Merida to Cancun
... in search of some good old fashioned mexican food (like we haven't had enough of it), and maybe a sol or two. Merida, like many colonial towns is based around a huge open square where most of the celebrations are held and every saturday and sunday ...
Merida
... to be unblocked. It was embarrassing reporting it to the manager but he just shrugged his shoulders and said ¨Tomorrow¨. This was definitely Mexico. The next day, Since the Town was a bit ordinary, we all went to see the Cenotes just out of town. ...
Weekend in Merida and Chichen Itza
We went with 3 other volunteers to Merida on a rented car... here, internet is king! We found that by reserving online on Executive car rentals, we paid half the price compared to the price listed in the agency. On top of it all, the reservations do not ...
Merida
... travellers! Theres also loads of iguanas sunning themselves everywhere, you practically trip over the little buggers. When we get back to Merida it starts to rain, seems to be the way here, hot and sticky days and wet nights... to quote Good Morning ...
Cultural Merida
As cidades Mexicanas de dimensão média, têm várias coisas em comum: prédios de um andar (e já estou a exagerar); cores e mais cores ao longo das ruas e becos (cada casa tem a sua personalidade própria), passeios altos (o equivalente a ...
Merida
... the hostel though as it was so unbelievably hot that we needed to find some shade. There was a huge storm this afternoon which explained the heat. Tomorrow it's off to Uxmal and Campeche but we'll be back in Merida next week as we haven't seen enough yet. ...
shop til u drop
... we discovered the best tex mex place in merida *and decided that tex mex kicks mexican foods arse* and also discovered that mexico is truely a pharmeaceutical dream. we stocked up big on shampoo, contact lense solution *baby bottles!* etc through a few ...
No - overnight bus journeys are not great
... and numbered sort of like Milton Keynes - but no roundabouts or concrete cows. There aren't many starbucks around either outside Mexico City - but that's OK - because there is the Italian Coffee Company. A starbucks equivalent that I have made good use ...
The heat and a hamack
... after some time the weather outside started getting cold and it was absolutely freezing on the bus really hard to sleep. I arrived in Merida eventually and it was ridiculesly hot in the bus station. And the whole town actually. I don't know how they kept ...