Colon Merida

Dia 4

Saimos de Tulum as 5:00 AM !! E chegamos em Mérida as 10 AM, visitamos as ruas com construções do século XVIII. na calle 60. Fomos ao mercado municipal, compramos varias frutas e claro tortillas feitas na hora.

Saimos de Merida as 05:00 pm e fomos para Santa Elena.
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Cenotes are caves, underground swimming holes caused by meteorites hitting the earth.
The trip to the cenotes was almsot as cool as the cenotes themselves!
To get to there, we took an hour bus ride, then we got on a cart that was attached to a bicycle. We were pedalled about 30 minutes up and down hill. Then we hopped on this little rag tag cart that was pulled up ...

... per Città del Messico, non sapendo dove andare ci siamo diretti verso la costa sul Golfo. Progreso è una cittadina assolutamente insignificante, non ha particolari attrattive turistiche, il mare sul golfo è scuro, niente a che vedere con la costa caraibica; un paese messicano di messicani. Abbiamo trovato un posto per dormire veramente tristanzuolo, dopo una passeggiata nella via principale abbiamo deciso che non c'era molto altro da fare e ci siamo ritirati!

... people are friendly and the cocktails quite cheap. Swimming in natural pools in undergound caves with fish in, bumpy rides on pony drawn trams and some truly terrible local music is making this a fab expereince. The pics only give an impression, in real life they are massive and on most sites only a small percentage have been uncovered, a good excuse to come back in 10 years time...... Mac

... racially motivated. Obama took it in stride by noting that he has been “black for a long time”.

The political right has an inherent fear of “big government” which translates into huge government spending. It is projected that with Obama’s “borrow-and-spend” policies, the deficit will reach a mindboggling $17 trillion by 2018.

Obama’s approval rating has dropped into the 50% range and ...

... hall, old and young together. I dimly recalled a visit 5 years earlier when we were taken for delicious local snacks by some family friends, and almost by accident we managed to find the square again! Near the parque Santa Ana, we had sopa de lima, tamales and some tortilla and meat based fried thing with a funny name I can't remember, but all must cheaper and tastier than anything we'd had so far. Yumyum.

... day, but it was worth it because the minibus picked me up at the hotel and there was an english speaking guide. I liked this site better than the last one, maybe because the guide was there to discuss the history and architecture. It was my first guided tour of ruins in Central America. This site had been cleared of trees, similar to Chichen Itzal. The architecture in Uxmal is as impressive, the stone carvings are better ...

... 987 by the Toltecs, which explains the presence of their images. Just as we reached the South side of the site with the observatory there were massive thunderclaps and the heavens opened. The raindrops were the largest I have ever seen. I would have thought they were hail stones if it wasn't so stinking hot. Luckily we had our bags with us so we could change into dry clothes for the bus trip to Playa del Carmen.

Hi All! It´s 103 (and the humidity kicks it up even more!) here in Merida, Mexico and I am melting away! We left Cancun just after a thunderstorm yesterday and then enjoyed a fantastic tour of the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza. It was cloudy and a little drizzly, but that didn´t stop me from sweating! We arrived in Merida by public bus last ...

... to the hostel. Oh joy of joys - a private CLEAN bathroom, clean sheets, towels - wonderful! We had breakfast there (toast and jam included in the price) and then went off to explore the city. The weather was hot and humid. The city is bigger than SCdlC and probably Oaxaca, with a number of large colonial buildings in various states of repair. The streets were wider and numbered sort of like Milton Keynes - but no roundabouts or concrete ...