Posada Las Iguanas
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The Yucatan Peninsula
... roaming horses, a well, a swimming pool and the old machine room where they processed the plant into rope. It had lots of original furniture and old pictures on the walls and even a room of Mayan pottery and relics that was found on the land. Another Hacienda even had it's own cenote (underground swimming cave).
We then drove through very small, quiet villages stopping at lots of small ruins along the way and mostly we were the only ones around.
We dropped off ...
Mexico - Playa del Carmen
... Anna asked if this was some kind of project and f they where like Zookeepers? Put he only told us "only for pictures". Anna continued, well where do they sleep and what do you do with them when they grow up? "Only for pictures". Well I wanted to pay the 20$ to hold a tiger and a lion. But it gave me a dilemma. Do I want to sponsor some guy/organization who canīt give an answer which would satisfy me? I mean Tigers are endangered and ...
Mummies and Tazzies
... is actually quite interesting.
After that we went to a church and then to the silver mine. The city was founded by the Spanish after they discovered silver in large quantities. Guanajuato was once the richest city in Mexico. These days the silver mine is still operating, with one shaft 535 metres deep. They also mine other minerals here and we visited a shop where they sell amethyst and other stones. The town has several ...
No ticket, no taco
... a massive Mexican show featuring impersonators on world celebrities - we didn't think it could come close to Mexican 'Grease'), we decided to head back to the pure relaxation we had become accustomed to at Blue Bay. Perhaps another visit to our VIP beach bar was calling!
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Reflecting on the days so far, our favourite slogan still holds true with it's mixture of seriousness and playfulness.
At the Mayan sites, locals haggle you into ...
Mexico City!
... very few nursing homes in Mexico, so all the residents are poor and have been abandoned by their families.
After our tour we did aerobics with a group of the residents which was hilarious. They were all so cute and they really got into it! In our lunch break me and Marlene went around and tried talking to some of them. I met a 104 year old lady too, she was a gem!
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