Hotel Colonial Merida

... I went to the Museum of Anthropology and they had one of those boards with people painted on the front and holes cut out so you can stick your head through and get your photo taken. Just like Blackpool! We did find a fabulous restaurant for dinner, which the same guy has run for 47 years. When I asked if the fish came whole or filleted he said he hasn't served whole fish for 38 years, since a customer almost choked to death on a fish bone. "And she still paid her bill!" he said ...

... I woke up at 9am and was still drunk but I had to get up because I wanted to put my camera in for repair. My camera had failed me once again in Panama, first the screen went blank and when I took the battery out to reset it I couldn´t get it back in again. So I managed to successfully negotiate the subway, and the local metro bus to get a long way across town to the WTC where Olympus was located. Even managed to ask a load of directions in Spanish and was fully ...

... had a coffee, found a place to get Brendan some new glasses (he left his in Puebla) and headed back home. We packed an esky and headed to the beach about 40 minutes from Merida, stopping at the nearest town to get some fried fish, rice and salad for lunch. When we got to the beach, we were the old people for kilometers as the tourist season has ended in this area of the coast, so we ate lunch, sunbaked, played with Mambo (jettes dog) and relaxed all afternoon. Once ...

... have liked nothing better than to have a peek into the history of Mexico’s railways.

In the end it was a Mexican standoff as a lack of time did not allow us to visit either of the two museums.

For more information about Merida and the Palacio G. Canton:
http://www.tourbymexico.com/yucatan/mer ida/merida.htm


Coming Soon: Playa del Carmen - A New Appreciation

... to change things when I come back, but at least now I´m back into it. For example, I just bought this really great hamaca (hammock), which is so good that you can use it as a 2 person bed, for my new place! During the past month I´ve really come to like Merida, with its culture, friendly people. It´s also one of the fastest growing in Mexico, with new cars everywhere and a LightRail in the works. Perhaps I´ll be back in a couple of years to check it out again!

... susteniendo la Torre de Pisa o haciendo una broma a un ¨bobby¨ en London. Las fotos puedes guardar o mandar a tus amigos ĦVayanse a jugar este juego ....... realmente está muy gracioso! www.turisteagratis.com

... the zips had been pulled off (the locked zips, all were locked) and the zips weren't were I had put them originally. The same for Bec's bag, and we just attributed it to loading and unloading (although I did mention I thought someone had gone through our luggage). Being naive, we really were quick to ascribe it to just loading and unloading. We caught a Sitio (safe radio taxi with designated fare of 127 pesos, about 12 US dollars) into the city ...

... on top of Pyramid of the Sun as a storm was coming from the distant and it had great views, then back to the city. The election results are coming out know, apparently if one guy loses he is going to call for a revolution, time to get out the city!!! I did wonder around the Zocalo this evening and I saw no trouble, it was more of a party atmoshere, therefore I'm sure everything will be find. Aztec canals tomorrow....cooooolllllll