El Castellano Hotel Merida
Calle 57, 513, Entre 62 Y 64 Centro Merida, Yucatan Peninsula, 97000, Mexico
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... built 1561). Its a relatively tasteful affair as the peasants denuded it of much of its finery during the revolution. It does hold the Christ of the Blisters though so named as its survived a church burning down without a singe - blistereing instead. Its bordered by the aforementioned Governers Palace and the Casa de Montejo - the old governors house - the square used to be the parade ground for the military as a show of might to keep the natives in ...
Spicing it up in Mexico
... 22 million in the metropolitan area. As a result of all those people it is horribly polluted, I had a sore throat the whole time we were there (just like Beijing). But, having said that, it is also exciting. There is always something going on and lots of noise from people selling stuff and music everywhere. We wandered around, went to the big cathedral but couldn't go in as we were both wearing shorts. We had lunch in the main plaza which was good ...
Our First Noche Mexicana!!
... thanks to Tammy
for the recipe)! When they left, we had invitations for two more dinners in
their homes....Hospitality abounds here!!! and BTW, Wayne is having a
ball!!!Today we will see about renting a car and will schedule our excursion to
Sotuta de Peon( one of the last working haciendas where agave plant are turned
into sisal rope!!! ADIOS from ...
House and Garden Tour
... staff and volunteers, who operate out of an old historic house willed to them by the former owner. She had opened her place to ex-pats to borrow books. Soon, one room expanded with books and overflowed into another, so it became the local English Library. It is a lovely place with a large courtyard out in the back that offers a shady patio area for many people to gather.
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Mexican Xmas in Merida
... wandering around and Jen took lots of photos of them. When we had looked round all the buildings we realised we had about 2 hours to wait until the next bus so we had an ice cream and looked in the couple of small gift shops then made our way slowly out to the main road to wait for the bus. There was a really odd man who was dancing at the bus stop and he kept us entertained . When the bus arrived it was a bit of a free for all and we all squashed on.
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