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Merida Slideshow
Merida
Travel Blogs from Merida, Mexico
Merida
... early afternoon and so asked the hostel where best to eat and had a nice late lunch with Tamar and Patrick. Had a look around Merida which seems to be a larger busier version of Valladolid . Went around the local market and then went to a small park. In ...
Another colonial city...
... away. For me it has been two days of sightseeing, mainly museums but also a lot of old colonial buildings, churches, etc. Merida is know as (at least by people from here) as the cleanest and safest city in Mexico and it is definately noticeable. The ...
Merida - it´s very hot
After a good 9 hours on the bus yesterday we are in Merida - back at sea level and it is very very hot. Not sure that much is going to happen ...
Best Laid Plans....
... traffic and crazy bus drivers and everyone laying on their horns was music to our ears. We met Celina's parents for breakfast in Merida before takine a short 40 minute bus ride to Progresso which is a port town on the coast of the Gulf of ...
A new year in Merida
... the action? We had a couple of mojitos (Jess and I, not the girls) and a bite to eat and enjoyed just being there, in Mexico, in Merida, with people all around us, celebrating. About 11:30 we gave up our table to go back up to the zocalo to see how many ...
Merida
... , and then we get off to explore another place. Onto a nice air-conditioned bus we headed west into Mexicos Yucatan province. Arrived at Merida and found our hostel easily enough, but when we got there, the reception was run by a 10 year old kid who ...
Mérida
Mérida, 23 - 26 déc 08. Confortablement installé au Rainbow RV Campground avec tous les services, nous nous rendons au centre ville pour une première visite. Nous prenons ensemble un tour de ville en autobus à deux étages sans toiture qui nous ...
Touring Yucatan and Quanta Roo
... .. other people) milling around to spoil our view. A couple of hours later and a bit ruined out we left for Merida. After driving around for a bit looking for accommodation we settled on a hotel called 'Hotel Trinidad Galeria' which looked like a ...
Merida, the white city
Early flight from Guadalajara to Mexico City (where one of our luggage got lost) and from there to Merida (where we found out it about that and that it would eventually return to us, later on). Then at the hotel our reservation wasn't taken correctly, so ...
Merida
Merida is a lovely city ... the "cultural capital" of Mexico ... It is not the "white city" anymore ... I guess the people have decided that colour is now required. All around the city you get the sense that these people love their music, art, ...
Nice Hostel, Nice Town, Nothing Special
... road! We stayed in a place called Nomadas Hostel which is nice and has a great pool, and hammocks galore - our kind of place. Merida is famous for a crazy street festival that goes on all wk end every wk end however our schedule doesn't allow us ...
9 urna nocna voznja v Merido
... zakljuceval nek enotedenski festival rocnih umetnosti.Vso mesto je bilo okraseno in v notranjosti zaprto za promet´. Pravijo, da je Merida najbolj mehisko mesto v Mehiki. Pred letom 1952 se je na njenem mestu nahajalo majevsko mesto, znano kot T´ho. ...
just on great day
Sorry that iam sending 2 messages in the same day but you never know when you can get on the internet. This is where I think we are going to spend new years. It is really a nice campground. They are going to have a big new years ...
Merida ville coloniale
... a dire que l on a rencontre un Yohann, francais et drole donc on s est bien marres Le mexique est aussi a decouvrir a travers ces villes Merida est geniale voyez qques photos ;-) et oui il y a une tache sur mon objecti ... a l interieur meme que ¡ pas ...
Bus journey and a half...
... by the roadside and another bus from the same company stopped and picked us up and we made it to Merida 3 hours late. Oh, another curious feature of crossing Mexico-s many states is the randow stoppages by the military foir bag searches. This time all ...
Hostal Zocalo - an experience
Hostal Zocalo – Where do I start? I am going to write a few short blogs on different topics so more photos can be fitted in, starting with where we are spending four nights, Hostal Zocalo. It costs £16 total per night for a double room with ...
Tecoh - Small town in the Yucatan
Tecoh is a typical small town in the Yucatan. We I arrived church was just getting out and a small parade was forming. They are caring the patron saint of the ...
Carnival, Friday night
I do not usually care for parades, but must say I really enjoyed this ...
Start of Merida carnival
First day of carnival in Merida is for the kids. The pictures are the kids ...
Merida
... nbsp; I had read on the internet that you could buy a bus ticket that will take you to Uxmal and the 4 other archaeological sites around Merida for a fraction of the cost of a tour. So again we made our way back to bus station to see if we could buy ...
Merida centro
Most of these pictures are of the old centro district in Merida. Calle 60 is the main street that runs through ...
The 5 archaeological sites including Uxmal
This morning we had breakfast early so we could catch the bus that would take us around to the archaeological sites near Merida. I said yesterday that I thought the 50 seater bus was going to be busy! There were a total of 3 people on the bus including ...
Flamingos, French and Free Beer!
... entries, we are very behind! We are having too much fun and we are very lazy. We left Campeche early and arrived in Merida with the whole day to spare. After checking in to Hostel Nomadas, we went to walk around the town. There was much more ...
Merry Merida
Merida is a cute little town with an active population. We are staying close to the centre (zocalo) which means everything is nearby. The streets are always busy and there are subtle differences in the people, dress, food and handicrafts. For example, ...
Mama Mia in Merida
Time for a few words about Merida, where Hostal Zocalo is situated. It is still in Mayan Yucatan, originally a Mayan town but conquered by the Spanish in the mid 1500's. It is busy with a constant movement of people, and traffic, but all runs quite ...
Plantation homes on Paseo Montejo
These pictures are of the plantation homes along Paseo Montejo, this is the wide boulevard in town. The people who built these made their fortune from the rope industry. When nylon rope was invented the industry collapsed. Many of the homes fell into ...
Hot, humid and hammocks
... local food market for lunch and dinner. The most chaotic market we-ve been in so far. Still, Merida is one of the main kitchen gardens of Mexico, so we got some amazing fruit, veg and cheese for about US$6. After lunch we had a ...
