tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375748819286531492024-03-05T19:34:51.290-06:00Alli's Excellent Adventures!Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-37859111342051175612024-01-01T07:56:00.010-06:002024-01-02T05:32:28.756-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Cancun, Mexico to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, December 31, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was up at 4:30 and walking to the bus depot by 5:30. I wore my headlamp but the streets were so well lit it was almost like daylight. The full coach left pretty much right on time for the airport where there are four terminals but it did not seem busy at all - they are smart it appears and built looking towards the future.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I easily passed through security and there is no immigration so soon was on the plane. I was hungry, having not eaten supper last night and I only had coffee, a banana, an apple and a cup or so of coconut milk for breakfast. I didn’t eat in the airport because a hamburger alone was $25 and thought I would buy something on the plane. I ended up getting the cheese plate because the mac and cheese as well as the curry rice bowl were those Michelina things that I don’t eat. My “cheese board” - </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>what a fucking joke, consisted of 3 pieces of cheese, 8 wheat thin crackers and about a teaspoon of dried apples/raisins all weighing 2.9 ounces!! for $9. I also had an airplane bottle of wine for my fruit requirements. When they came by with water, she only put about 5 ounces in my water bottle. You can’t fill your water bottle at a tap in Mexico so I was relying on the airplane water which they are usually pretty generous with except I forgot I was flying with one of the worst airlines in the world - Westjet. As well, not that it bothered me because I don’t use it but the wifi/entertainment system wasn’t working. “Why, ” the guy behind me asked the waiter.</span><span> His reply - “it just isn’t.” He was the same guy -Erwin, who said I couldn’t use the front bathroom which was for the 12 people sitting in front - that’s fine - I get that as they paid a shitload more than me for this shitty flight but it meant there were 2, repeat 2 bathrooms for the rest of us and yes, there was a constant lineup and the yip- yo who designed the bathroom doors put them on backwards so you had to squish by the next person as you left and they entered. Anyway….</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was trying to sleep in a pretty much upright chair - (I don’t know if they’ve changed the seating but damn it was uncomfortable) for a 5 hour 35 minute flight not to mention we were sitting in the plane waiting for who knows what for an extra 45 minutes before we even took off.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, I was thirsty so I walked to the back of the plane to get some water and had no sooner asked and I guess I fainted! I woke up on the floor with a couple of waitresses oogling over me. I felt shivering and hot at the same time and asked if I could lie down on the floor back there in the kitchen. They directed me to the back 3 seats and called for a doctor/nurse. A woman from Red Deer came. They took my blood pressure with some sort of wrist cuff that was probably as accurate as my Cozumel scooter’s speedometer (which didn’t move), took my oxygen saturation level with a finger clip, then stuck a paper, yes paper fricking thermometer under my tongue and told me I had a temperature of 39! I laughed and told that dummy you can’t be serious. That thing is a piece of paper! I lay down for a while but it was as uncomfortable as my seat. What they should have done, and to me this is only common sense - give me a pillow and blanket, give me juice of some sort and feed me. What they did? 0 out of 4. I was shivering and had a headache but I do not think I hit my head. I was dehydrated because even my quad was cramping- that never happens - it’s always my calves. Sitting in the back I drank a lot of water and eventually went back to my seat where I fell asleep until one of the dummies showed up and asked if I’d like apple or arrange juice. She said they’d talked to their “doctor”. I had a couple glasses of orange juice and gradually got feeling better.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Once in Calgary airport I had time for a burger then boarded to Saskatoon. Mom and Dad’s friend Helen picked me up and took me to Mom and Dad’s. We visited but I was in bed at 8 which for me was 9 and considering I had been up since “3:30” probably wasn’t so strange. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am looking forward to 2024 as a year filled with adventures, good health, love, happiness, friendship and courage to live my life to the fullest! Happy New Year! </span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-35158556468111961002023-12-30T18:41:00.007-06:002024-01-02T05:32:56.854-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 30, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a very slow day, not leaving my apartment until about 2 o’clock. I finished a book I just started yesterday which was pretty good called The Leftover Woman. It’s an easy beach type read. I talked a bit with my neighbours who are from Ensenada just south of Tijuana. I walked to the grocery store looking for some seafood to fry for supper but only found frozen Basa which I didn’t want. I tried to buy one beer but they only sold them in six packs so I stopped in a nail shop and got my fingers gellished for 200 pesos or $15.62. The woman did a really good job and the boss spoke excellent English. I visited with a family from Denver who are originally from Jaipur, India so we had a good talk.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I came home hoping to eat street food close to my lodging but they weren’t open until 6:30. I read another very short book and then set my alarm. I’m not sure how much sleep I might get because I’ve been listening to the neighbours sitting right out in front of my thin metal door visiting and playing loud music for three hours. Every time it kind of goes silent I hear another snap and another beer is opened. I’m not feeling that great – this cold is dragging me down otherwise I would be out there with them. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">They listen to mariachi music- it’s everywhere and people of all ages play it loud. I compare it to me listening to Lawrence Welk or something like that and can’t believe it’s so popular! However, music is a huge part of a culture and they aren’t letting that go which is admirable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m getting up at 4:30 because I want to leave by 5:30 for the bus depot, which is a short 10 minute walk away . I’m taking a bus to the airport to arrive at 6:30. My flight is at 8:00. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, it’s hard to believe these two months are over and in another way some days I never thought it would end. I have enjoyed my time and look back on a lot of it with great fondness but I am also looking forward to being home with my people. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Adios y gracias Mexico! Te quiero! </span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-51583132245337798602023-12-29T19:23:00.021-06:002023-12-30T04:02:54.430-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 29, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a great day even though I woke up feeling kind of shitty. This cold is dragging me down but after breakfast I forced myself to go exploring. Along the way-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9M3_aJSa31_3k29SepfeliPkf_lQlKwhaaEVpGZ8B1gVSeZPPNpmLGE19aLSwBbDdJcLlZfiV8y3A7JPG4oWg3kZUJtM2by4cHDs10y8hYe-GkGGor4AWj9-B4Wpnbman0vPUEVLMLorjkEsKg_OQbQs7ivMWJSyYYsYo3S7CkoeiXRTa9ulRobK72H0/s1109/DSC05950.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9M3_aJSa31_3k29SepfeliPkf_lQlKwhaaEVpGZ8B1gVSeZPPNpmLGE19aLSwBbDdJcLlZfiV8y3A7JPG4oWg3kZUJtM2by4cHDs10y8hYe-GkGGor4AWj9-B4Wpnbman0vPUEVLMLorjkEsKg_OQbQs7ivMWJSyYYsYo3S7CkoeiXRTa9ulRobK72H0/w424-h640/DSC05950.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3oNK-rKvcds9BwFdeD5GR2hqWPKr6bHm_H8QwzUv-ZZNYQhg8GvUBebPL33QHgVwBeczcDEWprUxqBl_I3dcbAVGQL9_pnmfmOpQCSX-ozFrkrv2x0SQhS6nRj3gwgndKKGRh6d32lwtfGbC_Y8Wkcbw8VzyyAjO892NNxhazweJgl8PWJlN3eOWHgo/s1616/DSC05951.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3oNK-rKvcds9BwFdeD5GR2hqWPKr6bHm_H8QwzUv-ZZNYQhg8GvUBebPL33QHgVwBeczcDEWprUxqBl_I3dcbAVGQL9_pnmfmOpQCSX-ozFrkrv2x0SQhS6nRj3gwgndKKGRh6d32lwtfGbC_Y8Wkcbw8VzyyAjO892NNxhazweJgl8PWJlN3eOWHgo/w640-h428/DSC05951.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I wanted to visit Mercado 28 which is near by and souvenir heaven. I thought I should get the kids a little souvenir even though they won’t care nor will it have any meaning for them but… I ended up getting letters for the boys, that they can tie to their backpacks or who knows what and Andi a unicorn. Frida will hang from the rearview mirror in my truck-</span></p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z_gyOI_WP9XffVtTX4GstsEdd74gk1QCpw8EPi-AWx9Pn0eq_VryChCdAl5h4MKqDVKd0tqfW-I7jdd7T0PPy0MqsD7qWn9d5PLMgoowIF592J85ducmQa4wT9pcKwbowo2vXNE_tNobONdNEvcal7rVcshYAZmT0ajsntBoG_D5DXL7omJ64bi4uvc/s3264/IMG_0772.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z_gyOI_WP9XffVtTX4GstsEdd74gk1QCpw8EPi-AWx9Pn0eq_VryChCdAl5h4MKqDVKd0tqfW-I7jdd7T0PPy0MqsD7qWn9d5PLMgoowIF592J85ducmQa4wT9pcKwbowo2vXNE_tNobONdNEvcal7rVcshYAZmT0ajsntBoG_D5DXL7omJ64bi4uvc/w640-h480/IMG_0772.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I came home feeling pretty well, read my book for a while and then decided to hit the beach even though it was only 23 degrees with 90% chance of rain. I caught local bus R1 which goes from the main bus depot to the hotel district-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81lnW8AwK6Obk9qJUE4ZaqG7a8Y9GL1GCIzpI4epSsvNXdVGITahh-FJ-sBqS9lvvRneTaYfVraY4oKDOLCgVHWAGbK6-x2tVvmFR5zzYBqgoPDnhSj4JCy_kkFiXuv6TPrqdMVZjHVC1PlBOVaOFgJKXzceDhCcRuY634s9d5nyKlcnr5aGy0UUyvvk/s1054/IMG_0775.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1054" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81lnW8AwK6Obk9qJUE4ZaqG7a8Y9GL1GCIzpI4epSsvNXdVGITahh-FJ-sBqS9lvvRneTaYfVraY4oKDOLCgVHWAGbK6-x2tVvmFR5zzYBqgoPDnhSj4JCy_kkFiXuv6TPrqdMVZjHVC1PlBOVaOFgJKXzceDhCcRuY634s9d5nyKlcnr5aGy0UUyvvk/w640-h612/IMG_0775.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />There are condos and hotels along the beginning of the route and the water isn’t visible even though you’re on a narrow strip of land-</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF41t0uysNpWmdNqkFhMr7L_WzGv8aLij6NpRxxYY_sNlR3h0OSewNU4uNwV4VGk9QBOkFY51zdmrGg2t56Cy2Q6xWD-v8mSnDnFCQdOGF7kNwNauqbdQFWKXCS_rmVUTnx-Cet6vjRNtWxPRz0u4lr07fvHHPv2heUPBYb18aeCsKle6VYWl7Ygdx3C0/s1280/IMG_0771.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF41t0uysNpWmdNqkFhMr7L_WzGv8aLij6NpRxxYY_sNlR3h0OSewNU4uNwV4VGk9QBOkFY51zdmrGg2t56Cy2Q6xWD-v8mSnDnFCQdOGF7kNwNauqbdQFWKXCS_rmVUTnx-Cet6vjRNtWxPRz0u4lr07fvHHPv2heUPBYb18aeCsKle6VYWl7Ygdx3C0/w640-h640/IMG_0771.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Then it becomes Las Vegas with a beach-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0T4EQjonM4qj52ovZKhb87y7_Wa6XSzjXKAxIaWMhuuV19mRQT8mlmxFVEvnPzgQkbO8LwdfWpLgvYuHAHx6Q7KTqapGIkWYYUPD4UI6-1MWr13CanWr4kRKauc0dTwFwl65Zu_5Dx4rnTYe7SriMFCawXe-emE4s6jRop5XlggoJzr4-xOchHHpOk/s1616/DSC05980.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0T4EQjonM4qj52ovZKhb87y7_Wa6XSzjXKAxIaWMhuuV19mRQT8mlmxFVEvnPzgQkbO8LwdfWpLgvYuHAHx6Q7KTqapGIkWYYUPD4UI6-1MWr13CanWr4kRKauc0dTwFwl65Zu_5Dx4rnTYe7SriMFCawXe-emE4s6jRop5XlggoJzr4-xOchHHpOk/w640-h428/DSC05980.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There are lots of hotels, restaurants, bars and souvenir shops. I loved it! It just felt so alive and like a big party. The first beach I went to was Playa Caracol-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDMROT5Oc2SMrrQYL129Xj55S_0UzCJ-gFEWB5HC7X2d02Gbmbr33WB1JfGAefN3CDMxyqSgrab6QrAQ_odemvwF4nh5HrCZnOEBTzgM_V__Maet5ASw58m22lsf8XGVjTGYGqym7gaBBw_ScfKCuFCHzxQhxlc4Oh3krrnjP5q9P_zK_soOA805f5u4/s1616/DSC05954.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDMROT5Oc2SMrrQYL129Xj55S_0UzCJ-gFEWB5HC7X2d02Gbmbr33WB1JfGAefN3CDMxyqSgrab6QrAQ_odemvwF4nh5HrCZnOEBTzgM_V__Maet5ASw58m22lsf8XGVjTGYGqym7gaBBw_ScfKCuFCHzxQhxlc4Oh3krrnjP5q9P_zK_soOA805f5u4/w640-h428/DSC05954.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSeb97CVcXt5vbaax2pNbY3LMzjSi1ci0rTu07YnSin-WtU8cfCkiss3crWWsTPxqf11iOqncvOLklQvBxCbp2AzUN6sw-F6TxztIKKBe4A8ktb5UPM9j9rpFTjMVD4cHi9qlhmpu37bZketGxPce8-ShhF8DCiM99nADLHuZG2wh-VPEh6e1K_1Xw44/s1616/DSC05955.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSeb97CVcXt5vbaax2pNbY3LMzjSi1ci0rTu07YnSin-WtU8cfCkiss3crWWsTPxqf11iOqncvOLklQvBxCbp2AzUN6sw-F6TxztIKKBe4A8ktb5UPM9j9rpFTjMVD4cHi9qlhmpu37bZketGxPce8-ShhF8DCiM99nADLHuZG2wh-VPEh6e1K_1Xw44/w640-h428/DSC05955.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s small and there weren’t many people there. I had lunch with a nice view-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbWBUeVIvhXhesuRy1W2LmhuYMXJFROWHeaOYEGOCOypV0sS3ElIJB1UgG6h0yVbssEfSwMkCbIFbWAmqySmgyhY3ow3e2jIEYLCGZV4JtuqmQUQe3HW4nQt-0P6GAjznoMbsGrbOZKWHt0YsfUNq-W20py2Y2FkhDnebjcYPtK8ksnLYJ6Jln0krE7M/s4032/IMG_4133.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbWBUeVIvhXhesuRy1W2LmhuYMXJFROWHeaOYEGOCOypV0sS3ElIJB1UgG6h0yVbssEfSwMkCbIFbWAmqySmgyhY3ow3e2jIEYLCGZV4JtuqmQUQe3HW4nQt-0P6GAjznoMbsGrbOZKWHt0YsfUNq-W20py2Y2FkhDnebjcYPtK8ksnLYJ6Jln0krE7M/w640-h480/IMG_4133.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />First they brought a paper cutlery placemat and put the fork and knife exactly on the pictures-</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DnfWmPMmivOFIzMn1e7C_HunEPiZvZQKt2zVM-sTo_C0cBxXX_HeEWD8K6C92tOz3Tq72OyMQd4FgxxhL2AIBuIM9yu7CaTMx9ONu8ygfvx7FO0Q44qqNWAZ_ZcaI2MkRXyfKYIWHANwps2kOG0P8-oPjqK1rghsMDii6LyHtfV4YrZb_mAec7HVe2U/s1280/IMG_0770.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DnfWmPMmivOFIzMn1e7C_HunEPiZvZQKt2zVM-sTo_C0cBxXX_HeEWD8K6C92tOz3Tq72OyMQd4FgxxhL2AIBuIM9yu7CaTMx9ONu8ygfvx7FO0Q44qqNWAZ_ZcaI2MkRXyfKYIWHANwps2kOG0P8-oPjqK1rghsMDii6LyHtfV4YrZb_mAec7HVe2U/w640-h640/IMG_0770.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />For the antojitos the nachos were packaged. I guess this way you know or at least think you’re not eating someone else’s leftovers-</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Wmder8tRcDOXsHI3ZFGkNzePd9BjzbnHOTtBpDCWpfwIJiUNo1C6ju046VInYW1lMhyphenhyphenEn69URwk9AzPTykZ_AFNQS6lEmB-3GtV-T9IrIFUUYheXVZvMHKULBZuy-gJ97b-itvSAXVqQ69o6OJHBe5ZjFDuTGJs67htrSzijLK-VuRs6ymts1FSXCtU/s1616/DSC05958.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Wmder8tRcDOXsHI3ZFGkNzePd9BjzbnHOTtBpDCWpfwIJiUNo1C6ju046VInYW1lMhyphenhyphenEn69URwk9AzPTykZ_AFNQS6lEmB-3GtV-T9IrIFUUYheXVZvMHKULBZuy-gJ97b-itvSAXVqQ69o6OJHBe5ZjFDuTGJs67htrSzijLK-VuRs6ymts1FSXCtU/w640-h428/DSC05958.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had chili relleno stuffed with mariscos which was disappointing. The vegetables were not cooked, even for me and there was very little seafood in the chili. I’d have been better off getting a filet of some sort of fish. Oh well-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRZVZltKI4Qe2Oou4cylkEZ4jwwwqYwvgKhRoIUJVVbANcdbOrDbVGK1ktvPJpP9i5TFgsg40wyCYtFFuLHeydqP0kGGq9htTeQKe55QlABeT2tJWpyK9amfvHDvlZRLjCWlu-ltz6Z7DD-XdD927TO-3dA2XOm_9kjP9XTb-dQw8bXi8LWj9dNOKtPU/s1616/DSC05961.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRZVZltKI4Qe2Oou4cylkEZ4jwwwqYwvgKhRoIUJVVbANcdbOrDbVGK1ktvPJpP9i5TFgsg40wyCYtFFuLHeydqP0kGGq9htTeQKe55QlABeT2tJWpyK9amfvHDvlZRLjCWlu-ltz6Z7DD-XdD927TO-3dA2XOm_9kjP9XTb-dQw8bXi8LWj9dNOKtPU/w640-h428/DSC05961.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After, I walked about 5 minutes to Playa Forum where music was blaring and it was hopping-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxpgMA3NFeWWXzSPOf4cRqZAJeKFD7Vk9vdZQPFJ6XvO486ZWVbtvERhGhecW5_5fRZrD95tQuJAf59GtugXPFIUoj8Phn1ZaKZyOGqLimp-EaFqhmz2hJ4kP5ymlZbQGUUso-5fyTB6NygYbNjzfFZIO9TIF1qyZPpRW6dNsOFC6bKTdL_518cEBkm4/s1280/IMG_0774.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxpgMA3NFeWWXzSPOf4cRqZAJeKFD7Vk9vdZQPFJ6XvO486ZWVbtvERhGhecW5_5fRZrD95tQuJAf59GtugXPFIUoj8Phn1ZaKZyOGqLimp-EaFqhmz2hJ4kP5ymlZbQGUUso-5fyTB6NygYbNjzfFZIO9TIF1qyZPpRW6dNsOFC6bKTdL_518cEBkm4/w640-h640/IMG_0774.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There were lots of people on the beach- </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOawsb0_7DcoTKNxt8mX4lysCygWEwkCa7gDVD_BMUjmDQ3Pp4xlcBpXORIsTvFhdAmZUZW3MnNmtqMXhg3QKsVac_gDPf70CaI_ixgaxEv8NDgxozMH5g8W3-IFVgFN66rPh7w7eRp4V0Bxwc2tpra5v9iSLnVzaQ7uNoMDP87KsMam5pMDpwUtTg-Ew/s1616/DSC05969.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOawsb0_7DcoTKNxt8mX4lysCygWEwkCa7gDVD_BMUjmDQ3Pp4xlcBpXORIsTvFhdAmZUZW3MnNmtqMXhg3QKsVac_gDPf70CaI_ixgaxEv8NDgxozMH5g8W3-IFVgFN66rPh7w7eRp4V0Bxwc2tpra5v9iSLnVzaQ7uNoMDP87KsMam5pMDpwUtTg-Ew/w640-h428/DSC05969.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWXMk0bFPWwzgf-ZhQxvGy-exO9noSUylbCnO5rS_ShTJXczoKnMBpuJ3OeAjGlfxIIpSLBmO3ncEpaK0Y6xQf9d9D4Sf8iOYfjC_oyIivQwa6eEt1U6k-yUwDYcELUinJDjFLSidPX5uma762MrSTsZicG2yCFxOmwNDF0ejjlXvU9IrkjlZExwRfgM/s1616/DSC05973.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWXMk0bFPWwzgf-ZhQxvGy-exO9noSUylbCnO5rS_ShTJXczoKnMBpuJ3OeAjGlfxIIpSLBmO3ncEpaK0Y6xQf9d9D4Sf8iOYfjC_oyIivQwa6eEt1U6k-yUwDYcELUinJDjFLSidPX5uma762MrSTsZicG2yCFxOmwNDF0ejjlXvU9IrkjlZExwRfgM/w640-h428/DSC05973.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">and in the water-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdIq3-j8gBl1d-PYoauy2G9LeV_fA-hxp-nfzlxrejTJtkUJcDNAGi9aLWcv7mvaVD0S9Tbwg85-QJ8UgWG5YOqyJ-qtdtj4SHLImMBlp_elpXu81XUUPBvVKoXkveFyaGO-Zk5kLN53k7iN0lKapMk5TrLJL0uoQchm6LdVqTfEzCd6CeMb7iSea_Bw/s1616/DSC05972.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdIq3-j8gBl1d-PYoauy2G9LeV_fA-hxp-nfzlxrejTJtkUJcDNAGi9aLWcv7mvaVD0S9Tbwg85-QJ8UgWG5YOqyJ-qtdtj4SHLImMBlp_elpXu81XUUPBvVKoXkveFyaGO-Zk5kLN53k7iN0lKapMk5TrLJL0uoQchm6LdVqTfEzCd6CeMb7iSea_Bw/w640-h428/DSC05972.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I bought a drink at the corner 7-11 and sat on the beach. </span><span>The sand is like crumbled shortbread cookies- so soft and beautiful. I wanted to see the rest of the strip so got back on the bus thinking we would do a complete circle and end up back at the main bus depot but we got to the south end, did a u-turn and came back the way we had come. I didn’t mind. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Along the way are lots of hotels, condos, shopping malls, restaurants and a large Ferris wheel-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO5iRuk7_JS8Gen7jLxqf_dgiJIziqfWCPijsQLVKKv19eF4RxZ_tT4n728uhTTBtmAAUmL5nNUKpyDdJhPKsqD2dCbB95Y24292m1NsjZxeeAZsabOcgV22laB2ycquaP11gEWK_R5ahyphenhyphenAQ28GMtVe5TIHuHDQ4LN42gGfPJwq0sAwrqAJgI25JkwBE/s1197/DSC05974.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1197" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO5iRuk7_JS8Gen7jLxqf_dgiJIziqfWCPijsQLVKKv19eF4RxZ_tT4n728uhTTBtmAAUmL5nNUKpyDdJhPKsqD2dCbB95Y24292m1NsjZxeeAZsabOcgV22laB2ycquaP11gEWK_R5ahyphenhyphenAQ28GMtVe5TIHuHDQ4LN42gGfPJwq0sAwrqAJgI25JkwBE/w640-h418/DSC05974.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">as well as a golf course-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFIacAz0Hms_WHXb8MukAzUhchLabrrcVFeJFnN5MvzsQXuMa8ZjRsTRKaveXDmn8wDEs3LGvra4u_woDMoAhCxo0GsKM1Bzr4b-gpfNyCm9SYi5vvVxalkLpJ_cZM0aydsvaU5zcsMt6RZENYKZXFP6T_Dg03Lqo2wX-3364hkrIIX-5jX18cVCkW4A/s1140/DSC05975.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1140" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFIacAz0Hms_WHXb8MukAzUhchLabrrcVFeJFnN5MvzsQXuMa8ZjRsTRKaveXDmn8wDEs3LGvra4u_woDMoAhCxo0GsKM1Bzr4b-gpfNyCm9SYi5vvVxalkLpJ_cZM0aydsvaU5zcsMt6RZENYKZXFP6T_Dg03Lqo2wX-3364hkrIIX-5jX18cVCkW4A/w640-h428/DSC05975.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">and the letters, always the letters-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrU6Pu9kONquvxjpbIQL1eZzPbxNbtuxTSm3Qtg6arSBdKD_zb_iXQqk4xp9mqe22W_pcuFlYdlV3ht4_NcngngmpryK7-1MA-rS4ESN6Uj5Ay6PmU-E76hS9zgt6EZ7ohgpgLqCKgTc4swXAn2mG8G7B_GFAU3gMduB6L4HygYpvkKMbUqp4fcD0cdg/s1169/DSC05962.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1169" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrU6Pu9kONquvxjpbIQL1eZzPbxNbtuxTSm3Qtg6arSBdKD_zb_iXQqk4xp9mqe22W_pcuFlYdlV3ht4_NcngngmpryK7-1MA-rS4ESN6Uj5Ay6PmU-E76hS9zgt6EZ7ohgpgLqCKgTc4swXAn2mG8G7B_GFAU3gMduB6L4HygYpvkKMbUqp4fcD0cdg/w640-h324/DSC05962.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I really enjoyed my day and might even go back tomorrow for my final day in Mexico! I’m feeling better tonight so that helps too.</span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-19568928501019175072023-12-28T18:27:00.014-06:002023-12-28T18:50:53.328-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Cozumel to Playa Del Carmen to Cancun, Mexico December 28, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was packed and walking to Central Park by 9 o’clock for my 11 o’clock ferry departure. It was very windy and only 24 degrees, a much nicer temperature than the 35 yesterday. They were doing some road construction so my plans to sit in the park were foiled. There were five big ships carrying a total of 20,000 people but maybe I was there too early because very few Cruisers were milling around. I found out that about 34% of cruisers do not leave the boat at ports. I decided to go into the ferry terminal and just wait. At about 10:30 we started to board and in no time we were on our way to Playa Del Carmen. The water was very rough and sometimes the windows were completely covered in waves. As when I went to Cozumel, the workers were walking around with plastic bags in case someone had to throw up. It reminded me when I was with a group of students and we were going from the mainland of Italy to Capri. The boats had been cancelled because the water was so rough but all of a sudden there was a hovercraft that we could take. I have never seen green people and what a mess! Many had to lie down for the whole trip and we had a girl who took two or three days to recover. She could hardly walk once she got off the boat. I remember feeling like I was going to throw up but I didn’t thank goodness -</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCorOXcR1P02UfOqsBlpvvWKF_Y19Gixi2nkpt5FOk5zcw-B1bP1P5y0xS5sClfNDBMe7BBfgWSDwNCPSDDp5-L92M1K631EZ_FzIhX6owPJkt42ClNojxyIf2aioIaMM5ba_7uOYQzsTY2C_A_LE-4_nEiljWWlc1OLJOzVD_Q4jPcNIpSk3mfcqY6HE/s1616/DSC05945.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCorOXcR1P02UfOqsBlpvvWKF_Y19Gixi2nkpt5FOk5zcw-B1bP1P5y0xS5sClfNDBMe7BBfgWSDwNCPSDDp5-L92M1K631EZ_FzIhX6owPJkt42ClNojxyIf2aioIaMM5ba_7uOYQzsTY2C_A_LE-4_nEiljWWlc1OLJOzVD_Q4jPcNIpSk3mfcqY6HE/w640-h428/DSC05945.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are ferries every hour so this one wasn’t crowded at all-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaHOaZNYb56F54cuhKSW9o4Fbqk7BR0BwXmj3seD8ZiWESpW7rgnN7srtsSg5-WgFNIDkjOG0P403c-J2IJt5hQt3dPPbUbk5Rti5G7SHdDFY7_tQT5eJi9nP9kvvgjpgn4IaVp8uYsOwSCMPKHLwP0i7Xpgf5x6CKNEQDyJve2LO_kIKgsJLkua2Upw/s1616/DSC05946.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaHOaZNYb56F54cuhKSW9o4Fbqk7BR0BwXmj3seD8ZiWESpW7rgnN7srtsSg5-WgFNIDkjOG0P403c-J2IJt5hQt3dPPbUbk5Rti5G7SHdDFY7_tQT5eJi9nP9kvvgjpgn4IaVp8uYsOwSCMPKHLwP0i7Xpgf5x6CKNEQDyJve2LO_kIKgsJLkua2Upw/w640-h428/DSC05946.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Once in Playa, I walked quite a few blocks to catch a colectivo to Cancun. They go when they’re full and the bus of course has a schedule. The bus costs double what the colectivo does but that’s not why I took it. I feel less like a tourist in a rattling van. I was sitting in the front by the door and a man wanted to also sit in the front so I made him sit in the middle. I understood what he was saying for the first 10 minutes but then all of a sudden my head just went click and I couldn’t understand a word he said. I have a cold, I feel very tired and rundown so that didn’t help with my Spanish comprehension-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZU5ci2rg4jsSXfgpSpLGnP_-xI0GFc0gAUTVpjurNZGu1SUaFfJmLK8a0wkamUka0MpTHLIrLGL3c1vlgONxtvjQOCUPe7GqOVmnLQJJUpQMkETzwShCCLM3i1iEg2EeJq7P8Y7QMe1b1oLAWRfreOWWOx6gj_ARk8rBZbilDM-7EvRukAVUZjkLrqU/s1514/IMG_0734.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1216" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZU5ci2rg4jsSXfgpSpLGnP_-xI0GFc0gAUTVpjurNZGu1SUaFfJmLK8a0wkamUka0MpTHLIrLGL3c1vlgONxtvjQOCUPe7GqOVmnLQJJUpQMkETzwShCCLM3i1iEg2EeJq7P8Y7QMe1b1oLAWRfreOWWOx6gj_ARk8rBZbilDM-7EvRukAVUZjkLrqU/w514-h640/IMG_0734.jpeg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Once at the bus depot in Cancun, it took about 15 minutes to walk to my room. I have a really good feeling here in Cancun but unfortunately the streets are not on a nice grid like Merida and Playa Del Carmen. They weave all over the place and so it’s hard to figure out where you’re going without constantly looking at Google maps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I like my place – </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9R1S_FCLC8FBjDaeuaOEM-Qh6V98nkgwyNAild62rP1aD9BI5fQmZ7bhNNIV9YkeH-WEmtRufcDNxTeYiBqxN8A2iNd0xRTIhlSMJoivRjkxyJPAUS9vBGZNsKii4Fl7DgkJUBR-sOfpnqlEH-H5mEkLsidBd97dfNqM3Cf8mXgS1gf5NPslwabzUMQ/s1616/DSC05949.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9R1S_FCLC8FBjDaeuaOEM-Qh6V98nkgwyNAild62rP1aD9BI5fQmZ7bhNNIV9YkeH-WEmtRufcDNxTeYiBqxN8A2iNd0xRTIhlSMJoivRjkxyJPAUS9vBGZNsKii4Fl7DgkJUBR-sOfpnqlEH-H5mEkLsidBd97dfNqM3Cf8mXgS1gf5NPslwabzUMQ/w640-h428/DSC05949.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv3BdoV_lqAbtnym9Zjt2-BRmIb3f_qA6OAovzPuolMJvZuZmIpP8j5dxeq9LrBKr_y5xbOJCpHt8k27FiEPoamwqv8X8-54L1phEpJK00oSdGf2ZMQsk9mHeH4aWhvSqaVeHTbiKcpBvlSR-gQ6bqmuyaRbkQnt_9xuLWLZpwthUnu_PdT7QHaEY3MI/s2048/IMG_0733.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv3BdoV_lqAbtnym9Zjt2-BRmIb3f_qA6OAovzPuolMJvZuZmIpP8j5dxeq9LrBKr_y5xbOJCpHt8k27FiEPoamwqv8X8-54L1phEpJK00oSdGf2ZMQsk9mHeH4aWhvSqaVeHTbiKcpBvlSR-gQ6bqmuyaRbkQnt_9xuLWLZpwthUnu_PdT7QHaEY3MI/w640-h480/IMG_0733.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">It has all I need and super hot water!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I walked to a burger joint for lupper and it was less than mediocre. From there I walked to the supermarket and they probably had 200 tomatoes that were all rotten. Along the way –</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90wF7AmM6WJQYM24MltcNgjMNde7_UCW69gs4z6jy6OBhGy-rx5ICppgB4MSqT3KXdn-gRIYqqaZWpSlta59JoFfom32-HkZ3AeBxZbb38S61DRMUM_zdmMkTILw8fZXLRERVZ0sZr7fdLV2Xn8af6jvx87yhYupYFftXafqaX4VfPrWk8EVKno_AKC4/s946/DSC05947.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="946" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90wF7AmM6WJQYM24MltcNgjMNde7_UCW69gs4z6jy6OBhGy-rx5ICppgB4MSqT3KXdn-gRIYqqaZWpSlta59JoFfom32-HkZ3AeBxZbb38S61DRMUM_zdmMkTILw8fZXLRERVZ0sZr7fdLV2Xn8af6jvx87yhYupYFftXafqaX4VfPrWk8EVKno_AKC4/w640-h424/DSC05947.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9sKxCvL1EpYzfAV-UWdSD5z1ZyYdfTRYjeItNATuC9qJE3Jq9x0lknM6djngwjBpBcTTgY6rnsVRiCvIc3ifeWNMEaHzSBQAAZ2BVSUk0eep2VcAnPK_LtujmV0avNjlCMsmrhQRbsol5YNa3lh93EorZG4Vai3ZZO2GNvg5owIgMJBZbE8Ax9Bs7Oo/s603/DSC05948.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="483" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9sKxCvL1EpYzfAV-UWdSD5z1ZyYdfTRYjeItNATuC9qJE3Jq9x0lknM6djngwjBpBcTTgY6rnsVRiCvIc3ifeWNMEaHzSBQAAZ2BVSUk0eep2VcAnPK_LtujmV0avNjlCMsmrhQRbsol5YNa3lh93EorZG4Vai3ZZO2GNvg5owIgMJBZbE8Ax9Bs7Oo/w512-h640/DSC05948.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I am in an area where there is lots happening and so I am looking forward to discovering more tomorrow. I only have two days left and one will be going along the hotel zone and beaches. Hopefully I feel a little better tomorrow and if not, I will wait until Saturday to go exploring.</span></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-61126218096361279502023-12-27T18:05:00.003-06:002023-12-27T18:08:37.955-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cozumel, Mexico December 27, 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I had a very slow, restful day - only leaving my apartment twice. I went looking for a pescaderia which didn’t exist, so walked to a large supermarket for a few groceries. I came home drenched in sweat so had my second shower of the day. According to the weather network, it felt like 35. I read my book and played Scrabble. What a mindless waste of time that is! Later I went to Bodega, a closer supermarket for fresh fish as well as an avocado which </span><span>cost $1! and was as small as the ones we get at home.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomorrow I catch the 11 a.m. ferry back to Playa del Carmen and then will take a colectivo to Cancún.</span></p><p><br /></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-47854455269980424032023-12-26T17:52:00.019-06:002023-12-27T04:49:41.195-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Cozumel, Mexico, December 26, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I decided to rent a scooter and ride around the island. I walked to the ferry pier and as soon as I left my place, my body was disagreeing with my decision. I was very tired and aching from yesterday. I also may be getting a cold. My voice is always the first to be affected - I get a deep vodka voice - you’d think I’d been partying and smoking all night.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The first booth I approached wanted 500 pesos even though I only wanted the scooter about 3 hours. If I thought yesterday’s sidewalks and streets were busy, today was even worse. There are two cruise ports so at least the cruisers are sort of spread out in the city-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDz0GtFHX0aMc1ip6IBSWwJZOvdRKhSyrPLsQ2G2gd-mD_g5UGojZnMtN2iQ_Okg-FxP_q0OydQBdwecYTEQ85ACoEjn3PVs3ZEtDCwsSPtaVm1PRwamge-WQxo84kEh8U0Z5i3ZmTKixZmtAEpL6rIQcTjmrFVMZtpzxlYuYpH3FQ9PNJANG3SxfBrZM/s1616/DSC05907.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDz0GtFHX0aMc1ip6IBSWwJZOvdRKhSyrPLsQ2G2gd-mD_g5UGojZnMtN2iQ_Okg-FxP_q0OydQBdwecYTEQ85ACoEjn3PVs3ZEtDCwsSPtaVm1PRwamge-WQxo84kEh8U0Z5i3ZmTKixZmtAEpL6rIQcTjmrFVMZtpzxlYuYpH3FQ9PNJANG3SxfBrZM/w640-h428/DSC05907.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps this is good because it gives more retailers a chance. The downtown square was just crawling with mainly extra large people. I don’t understand cruisers. First, they’ve paid a lot of money for their trip which I believe includes all meals. Why would you leave the boat to eat at a restaurant whose quality of food probably doesn’t nearly compare with what you get on the ship? Maybe not everyone gets off at every port or maybe they only get off at one or two stops. I’m not sure.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, I walked to the ferry terminal because when I arrived it was worse than the airport at Vallarta with numerous booths and people trying to sell you a tour or rent you a car or a scooter. I found a booth that would rent to me for 400 pesos so we walked to their “office” which was a hole in the wall a few blocks away. When I pulled out my driver’s liscence this morning from my money belt, I noticed it had expired. I’m not sure why I didn’t get an email from SGI the end of October about that. Anyway, the crazy Mexican noticed, mentioned it and shrugged. Once I’d signed whatever I signed, he suggested I take pictures of all sides of the bike just like a rental car. Fine. This scooter was a wreck-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JssTbhxCWma0HikFNyhHOYdwczqFOfFRNu1htITJZO3hxM3EpfLdIWYd3HhjQ21AfdMS_sDd7Ao9F9O4eY98oKS1alo5WR4qOhJAtwd2X8nscugc3qFPVIZDwYQWx8CqSVQ7K9mjIHQn2BojAb-8DuwdXpd-i33CsacIUSH21xWAkQP1WtGBVMIQ94A/s1616/DSC05920.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JssTbhxCWma0HikFNyhHOYdwczqFOfFRNu1htITJZO3hxM3EpfLdIWYd3HhjQ21AfdMS_sDd7Ao9F9O4eY98oKS1alo5WR4qOhJAtwd2X8nscugc3qFPVIZDwYQWx8CqSVQ7K9mjIHQn2BojAb-8DuwdXpd-i33CsacIUSH21xWAkQP1WtGBVMIQ94A/w640-h428/DSC05920.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p>I headed south from the ferry pier-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVMWq-D2u6CpqBpkwtR6qoxtmHukimkbxrO12dAltTD8hmfecBFx7ZK99Xo1i6DKS8Wl1hMETjjkdqprF50ZPiwX5uF191vFHHgu8HYGh4KmTRp0YjKYoELm_SHTLVRr5TKRpcJm0KWDbbU6E7vTAKHBGP-fmDyKW_cWTOyD1cw-BuYshtd3iFTLhzq0/s1457/DSC05938.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1457" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVMWq-D2u6CpqBpkwtR6qoxtmHukimkbxrO12dAltTD8hmfecBFx7ZK99Xo1i6DKS8Wl1hMETjjkdqprF50ZPiwX5uF191vFHHgu8HYGh4KmTRp0YjKYoELm_SHTLVRr5TKRpcJm0KWDbbU6E7vTAKHBGP-fmDyKW_cWTOyD1cw-BuYshtd3iFTLhzq0/w474-h640/DSC05938.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><p>amongst a lot of taxis transporting cruisers to nearby beaches. Today there are 5 ships and 18,500 people here for a few hours. Fricking hell. It so disgusts me but it allows some of the people, probably a lot of the people to make a living while increasing prices substantially for the poor locals. Anyway…</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I putted along, trying to get used to this bike that listed to the left, trying not to get taken out by passing taxi vans and trying not to hit topes at a great speed. There’s a bicycle lane I trie</span><span>d to stay in but also didn’t want to get stopped by the police and have to show my liscence. Once out of the city it was better with a wide road and big shoulder.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For the whole west and south sides of the island, I drove through trees-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtAAXLOg7QyXOvHqJLlZmTDA2-dn_N3bE69xZvA85WMDXt5Hb5d4z0_jPgE3lYOnQPP3cmxuK80ieZ6uDLCMnzpJXhIMTUZLYRrbDGDMEHsNaDmC1VkaXq-WWyRG5c_7YWjcqMl3rQuFN3DLSrVfy-wtU4b9KkBW18Fdv96B8d8IOFp87wtuHBWHGFpY/s1616/DSC05925.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtAAXLOg7QyXOvHqJLlZmTDA2-dn_N3bE69xZvA85WMDXt5Hb5d4z0_jPgE3lYOnQPP3cmxuK80ieZ6uDLCMnzpJXhIMTUZLYRrbDGDMEHsNaDmC1VkaXq-WWyRG5c_7YWjcqMl3rQuFN3DLSrVfy-wtU4b9KkBW18Fdv96B8d8IOFp87wtuHBWHGFpY/w640-h428/DSC05925.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p>I stopped at a couple of places; the first was a marina where they were loading divers into boats, the second was a beach club where it costs $40 U.S. for a chair, umbrella and wifi as well as access to the blow up toys-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_L8M8jUqqagz-9U9KbIbeOsVyDVFbORemfZw4ezsrpdCYhA417p1WSI4eRhE_t-4-JVhwfvmxAoyJX68AHhyrYWal7E33960fzcH2RPGmOfG1itdQUttm2y5TtaIPvP_pleZgKqMdfc0WZ2N7kos2Pue0T1xSEidCO9MJ3Mf8hvbw-CelxLF641nOU7k/s1616/DSC05921.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_L8M8jUqqagz-9U9KbIbeOsVyDVFbORemfZw4ezsrpdCYhA417p1WSI4eRhE_t-4-JVhwfvmxAoyJX68AHhyrYWal7E33960fzcH2RPGmOfG1itdQUttm2y5TtaIPvP_pleZgKqMdfc0WZ2N7kos2Pue0T1xSEidCO9MJ3Mf8hvbw-CelxLF641nOU7k/w640-h428/DSC05921.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJLBLmwst6fYiVJ7__mgjuhyZIy6ULsRs95IbXPPi_0Lf-Khi1a6bUpljlq3hZOVliQd7QcErhUHy7K-pp3AzSqvOlgA3syQrJ-vmEccVQJ9If9y-N99XN_BmzNeRS7Tot_laTZMsgZ0RsfnRiW-_vQFyRB9NR9WlfSg1nlr3zbSRDrzC6163gYBDr5Q/s1616/DSC05923.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJLBLmwst6fYiVJ7__mgjuhyZIy6ULsRs95IbXPPi_0Lf-Khi1a6bUpljlq3hZOVliQd7QcErhUHy7K-pp3AzSqvOlgA3syQrJ-vmEccVQJ9If9y-N99XN_BmzNeRS7Tot_laTZMsgZ0RsfnRiW-_vQFyRB9NR9WlfSg1nlr3zbSRDrzC6163gYBDr5Q/w640-h428/DSC05923.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>People seemed to be having fun and the sand looked lovely.</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I carried on and came to Mirador which is a lookout rock. The waves were really crashing in-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-LcXdPK-R5FqnQhXd0QAzQ03tLRWjTcNC9q3A1VLkbnq_CBGinJ_t_gTPlfZECsvRwBd1fhCJUh-QXWLqQjW_9glDDFjDbq5cjsdRy1ZOvByEpEIlg1LLBWTCeO5vt-mwCW7U4t16UUkqurfrQjv9WVoM4f1Mwfa7aqfdi3_FwQ_05q7epKGUSYEg3U/s725/DSC05929.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="725" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-LcXdPK-R5FqnQhXd0QAzQ03tLRWjTcNC9q3A1VLkbnq_CBGinJ_t_gTPlfZECsvRwBd1fhCJUh-QXWLqQjW_9glDDFjDbq5cjsdRy1ZOvByEpEIlg1LLBWTCeO5vt-mwCW7U4t16UUkqurfrQjv9WVoM4f1Mwfa7aqfdi3_FwQ_05q7epKGUSYEg3U/w640-h428/DSC05929.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">There’s also a </span><span style="text-align: left;">reggae bar called Rasta’s-</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNG9Qpd7LkMUzxO0QWy8-JxNTOs5q9glLYpIE598FZCafR5Ed7i_Ax1Votz5GUe6tmkKlwMBNgifplWhTzJuveOFrRnkdM1cBvTdaLmJbcGQXvs3CO4voehNbr7EjibL2oRgQFDBrF46zkGTa-H6HIyB3Zqk-sQ7RUTizTFSgJ0y187vOex-5jGNEDWw/s1616/DSC05928.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNG9Qpd7LkMUzxO0QWy8-JxNTOs5q9glLYpIE598FZCafR5Ed7i_Ax1Votz5GUe6tmkKlwMBNgifplWhTzJuveOFrRnkdM1cBvTdaLmJbcGQXvs3CO4voehNbr7EjibL2oRgQFDBrF46zkGTa-H6HIyB3Zqk-sQ7RUTizTFSgJ0y187vOex-5jGNEDWw/w640-h428/DSC05928.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I thought it best not to have a drink and I had no intention of going in the water so I carried on. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some beaches had soft waves and others were wild. Some had sandy shores and others had hard lava-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktDJ1RgmkXFYN5s6AldDsZ0-fKJgESA9zVAcKT1mzNRMaRX4Dbuo3ltXv0z4P0qhTxLWOn3mTe-CnE0zyg-sAzjqDtYNgfSIojiCLgpw7N9CaoHNk4GNAtO2lBZQeLB7Bg2eUKviMvgZQ7xfrodubyIR5ySp5Xjg-UbT0K6t6t-5GVl6zd4htLFgQlfM/s1616/DSC05926.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktDJ1RgmkXFYN5s6AldDsZ0-fKJgESA9zVAcKT1mzNRMaRX4Dbuo3ltXv0z4P0qhTxLWOn3mTe-CnE0zyg-sAzjqDtYNgfSIojiCLgpw7N9CaoHNk4GNAtO2lBZQeLB7Bg2eUKviMvgZQ7xfrodubyIR5ySp5Xjg-UbT0K6t6t-5GVl6zd4htLFgQlfM/w640-h428/DSC05926.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLnV9PRjD-GMPgfVL3c77caBhOu6uJ-RQ_iJLFyjA8T1fHHv_ITTSSNAfQZYUvEbCzPsiPE-k4BvgM4BSNMxRkOp0CtkGoYIxndz8jYPcTuzCGlte_VLB7hOiGyK3luVjpMSbxy4qP6XbATVK-GXqHYfEJRuLnIV6QuFl5MnLJMpooz2zLtR7dkTB1mY/s1616/DSC05927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO42nYORoRhPnKX07YMMfE1UkgH3SSvVVYUqmvjzINbvSMIrPa4WrccGNzcvO6QCV9WHX5BxvBikzZ0VandOUfNOCNlh-6CmwwDEWI_ujJN3ryaxzDMFoTCIkDw09UwPgyCt1H2OtlrMXUcGHjgMxFJfpXaEYtvGqINq0sfajiu9x5OiJxRiRUoGqsFLE/s1616/DSC05937.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO42nYORoRhPnKX07YMMfE1UkgH3SSvVVYUqmvjzINbvSMIrPa4WrccGNzcvO6QCV9WHX5BxvBikzZ0VandOUfNOCNlh-6CmwwDEWI_ujJN3ryaxzDMFoTCIkDw09UwPgyCt1H2OtlrMXUcGHjgMxFJfpXaEYtvGqINq0sfajiu9x5OiJxRiRUoGqsFLE/w640-h428/DSC05937.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There are a few thatched roof bars/restaurants along the way-</span></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9eXZlQN4FA5W3lpk4qBAOdvps4alhZmsLAylKsEUlHxF9K8A-31kqfCh7-NnI2hbazjwjw8szIx_mjRBza3tQPA0uPEaIT7UYh9cMchbv12AUxsP1VbCs6b46pNuBpqZoRrWViwZAE56Xczo5SVcOSYlVyiUeDhGAIFROY8qQt5RVYuXUQPMxoPjcQM/s1616/DSC05931.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9eXZlQN4FA5W3lpk4qBAOdvps4alhZmsLAylKsEUlHxF9K8A-31kqfCh7-NnI2hbazjwjw8szIx_mjRBza3tQPA0uPEaIT7UYh9cMchbv12AUxsP1VbCs6b46pNuBpqZoRrWViwZAE56Xczo5SVcOSYlVyiUeDhGAIFROY8qQt5RVYuXUQPMxoPjcQM/w640-h428/DSC05931.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I continued around the island and the further I got away from the town, the quieter the road became. I liked that.</span><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Eventually I made the full circle and now had the task of finding the bike shop. I had decided I would get to the main square and call them to come and get me because I had no idea how to find the small office especially with all the oneway streets. Street signs do not exist except on the major boulevards but thank goodness for google maps. I was in a bit of a traffic jam when I heard someone yell “hey amiga!” I turned and looked and a man was walking towards me; he knew me but I did not know him - I am so brutal at remembering faces. I hope that improves once I have cataract surgery in early January. Wouldn’t you know it - I just happened to be on the right street and had gone right by the other bikes they had parked on the street! How lucky is that? Of course I don’t believe in “luck” like that but anyway… I parked at a yellow curb and he sent me back to the shop and he brought the bike around. I had made arrangements to have them drive me home and the man who did did not have a clue where my street was. Finally I mentioned Sam’s Club which is a block or so away and we were off. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I got home very tired, had left over chicken for lupper and spent th</span><span>e afternoon reading and enjoying my room.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomorrow I will take a colectivo to the main square and wander a bit - it won’t be a strenuous day!</span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-64183209734670834952023-12-25T18:08:00.007-06:002023-12-26T03:41:35.984-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 🎄🎄 Cozumel, Mexico December 25, 2023 🎄🎄</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Merry merry Christmas!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My sleep was okay and after a good breakfast of bacon, spinach and eggs, I was out the door at 9. I thought it best to get going before it got horribly hot and rain was in the forecast for this afternoon.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My route-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlDCwweJ61H9E667oaS0x-lVGitnqWGFAwxGFCKztCOe2HNDuPnapXzbo-ElhbITPFYpYkpf7ioWQyZhOHSVhLnt_TxlO36wgWz21ZN7yPjjKkGXzcKKfcbGEOmI4035HV3LiBqkM_Gfkszz6eeZuOB3X2PYREmJYt_XBSRvkiP9evBtXoLTLefPHGIU/s1049/IMG_0654.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1049" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlDCwweJ61H9E667oaS0x-lVGitnqWGFAwxGFCKztCOe2HNDuPnapXzbo-ElhbITPFYpYkpf7ioWQyZhOHSVhLnt_TxlO36wgWz21ZN7yPjjKkGXzcKKfcbGEOmI4035HV3LiBqkM_Gfkszz6eeZuOB3X2PYREmJYt_XBSRvkiP9evBtXoLTLefPHGIU/w640-h610/IMG_0654.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was very quiet with Christmas and Easter probably being the only 2 days of the year most Mexicans don’t work. It was pleasant walking and once I got to the shore I followed it-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeNMkoZuZDpNTlZJKeC44AsZ-ohwqn44sQMYhRUT8aPKNZ2yrGsl__0ffZr9vDbzkp4I1F78D8QPrSzAvz1zL-nPBdhK2TK9TOcqMv_zxImNYbMITXqoeqfq3UngSalXyRoqBT_pJyvIrb7ZbiwhwDPG11TF8NT01wFUaWRxw7bqofL99-57v_cgci5A/s1616/DSC05906.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeNMkoZuZDpNTlZJKeC44AsZ-ohwqn44sQMYhRUT8aPKNZ2yrGsl__0ffZr9vDbzkp4I1F78D8QPrSzAvz1zL-nPBdhK2TK9TOcqMv_zxImNYbMITXqoeqfq3UngSalXyRoqBT_pJyvIrb7ZbiwhwDPG11TF8NT01wFUaWRxw7bqofL99-57v_cgci5A/w640-h428/DSC05906.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s a resort that has penned dolphins and there were groups in the water probably waiting to “swim” with them. That’s sick-</span></p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWE0k2ZgC8XABKexM2BO1-jm-KPS2IuN4KdFO9l6nLk3V-8qnJrJW9yqtbh_kfJ7tawyLLde1wqiKnjt7bdbAjy84TPQXiXvAJF-stC6Rx05Jxg8CR3XHX9eOQVRy9iY-X_dPIhAEBScMDCzrC3EdZ9bNOHHQ2ieUThx8UB6vV53JfHfMyf7OReSR4pY/s1616/DSC05899.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWE0k2ZgC8XABKexM2BO1-jm-KPS2IuN4KdFO9l6nLk3V-8qnJrJW9yqtbh_kfJ7tawyLLde1wqiKnjt7bdbAjy84TPQXiXvAJF-stC6Rx05Jxg8CR3XHX9eOQVRy9iY-X_dPIhAEBScMDCzrC3EdZ9bNOHHQ2ieUThx8UB6vV53JfHfMyf7OReSR4pY/w640-h428/DSC05899.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXYeC_DjfZTGaGb2qNaawlozN4J366vMCiwZuHKlQrrjk_nR801SY_Jcixz0EFqmH6vryzzI1Vza7S3xEHCuEBPZmFLSLpYjz-2XBRr0VvLw5daHBsNOjEKAAKRnKvIQa-LmQRVCjDOvO6zLeYobBqN0CMkLB7KHOrPLoaJuQu6VjIPzWMUjqi6j_AqQ/s1616/DSC05900.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXYeC_DjfZTGaGb2qNaawlozN4J366vMCiwZuHKlQrrjk_nR801SY_Jcixz0EFqmH6vryzzI1Vza7S3xEHCuEBPZmFLSLpYjz-2XBRr0VvLw5daHBsNOjEKAAKRnKvIQa-LmQRVCjDOvO6zLeYobBqN0CMkLB7KHOrPLoaJuQu6VjIPzWMUjqi6j_AqQ/w640-h428/DSC05900.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcNqrDfSiuGGp7YipIsn4ouGcjjnqO1uxZu31PehP7JjqQClqhIWXIWIGr_0__IWiNmDFpos-vNdYAzhxh_vg0jk4GFB1xurCnvFiU7I8m9t0BErTDtP6J3Ir2X7Czff8PHjpHyTkn1FCmBvYgVp2PlZGLcR_hUeDhEuLWJ1QM0K-B0uFqnYxgx9jgjk/s1616/DSC05902.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcNqrDfSiuGGp7YipIsn4ouGcjjnqO1uxZu31PehP7JjqQClqhIWXIWIGr_0__IWiNmDFpos-vNdYAzhxh_vg0jk4GFB1xurCnvFiU7I8m9t0BErTDtP6J3Ir2X7Czff8PHjpHyTkn1FCmBvYgVp2PlZGLcR_hUeDhEuLWJ1QM0K-B0uFqnYxgx9jgjk/w640-h428/DSC05902.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">In the distance is the car ferry-</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPGlUMGSZebccnBEWRgOQv5f283gWhq1as57pbrqGxGujbijac2XLbcnsfJKXelEpuWbGsqU8kJyyJIR5BhucX88QDYtRrn8ZTsjcvS0sVlByve2sghz-3_Cq6H708ihxoSBDVQTKWH0stBl1wy_82eR84tue45iutFOmffE3xwlLOc3BDZW6z4sEOuk/s1616/DSC05903.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPGlUMGSZebccnBEWRgOQv5f283gWhq1as57pbrqGxGujbijac2XLbcnsfJKXelEpuWbGsqU8kJyyJIR5BhucX88QDYtRrn8ZTsjcvS0sVlByve2sghz-3_Cq6H708ihxoSBDVQTKWH0stBl1wy_82eR84tue45iutFOmffE3xwlLOc3BDZW6z4sEOuk/w640-h428/DSC05903.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">and the monsters-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJQTHzOZwD77dMpjZh0QW0N2Enokvprjnj_plJMRig8ZVPsS-bscf8TViuOsx4UUHohuiM22-dW3A-i3wWjDL-fjQKxTaMebG6sCqv7jwKqke8AZ-uY4LHPG2m0wDptz7jA5CUIDZcNFHf31PF6BNr62TAkKXwegTeOoJ9JbxPCjxTbOjzctYJrehS4M/s1616/DSC05904.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJQTHzOZwD77dMpjZh0QW0N2Enokvprjnj_plJMRig8ZVPsS-bscf8TViuOsx4UUHohuiM22-dW3A-i3wWjDL-fjQKxTaMebG6sCqv7jwKqke8AZ-uY4LHPG2m0wDptz7jA5CUIDZcNFHf31PF6BNr62TAkKXwegTeOoJ9JbxPCjxTbOjzctYJrehS4M/w640-h428/DSC05904.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Today there are 4 ships in with 9000 passengers. I walked to the entrance to the ships, and there were a lot of what seemed to be Americans milling about. There were a lot of taxis, and while I was walking, I met quite a few big white buses, and I’m presuming they were taking groups to the eastern shore. I waited for the Harley Davidson shop to open, but they had practically nothing. That was good and bad because I do not need another T-shirt but I was slightly disappointed.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I walked home and got in the shower immediately because I was dripping with sweat. I read my book and cooled off, searched for a burger joint and found one 1.1 km away. It didn’t open until five which was OK because by then it had cooled off a couple of degrees, probably to about 35. Unfortunately, Flamingo Burgers was closed so I stopped at Bodega and bought a chicken for supper. I passed two houses that had their front gates open. In behind I could see beautiful yards and swimming pools, all kept so private because of the great street wall.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I’m relaxing in the cool and just listened to it rain for about 30 minutes. I am considering renting a scooter tomorrow to zip around th</span><span>e island because that’s about all there is to do. Rain is in the forecast again tomorrow, but I’ll believe it when I see it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking forward to another day. </span></p></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-43746223364581998612023-12-24T18:10:00.009-06:002023-12-24T18:24:34.714-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Playa Del Carmen to Cozumel, Mexico December 24, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Merry Christmas Eve! You would never know it is Christmas. It’s all business as usual except you do see decorations, lights and hear music .</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had my fifth horrible sleep in a row thanks to a very bad bed. I think I’m run down and feel a cold coming on. I’m in my new room and the bed feels awesome - so far anyway. I let Adolfo know and he said I should have told him and he’d have changed - either the mattress or me to a different room. Really? Too late now.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I wandered to the beach-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OSr4mKtE94L4MpiU8d9RrMdgjecUuUbllk37Dz_93Tuowa4w7k4aYPSBH5sZMs6V_tY3AHkobuGTxdc8jj7Tgz-wS-8d636o5IHA01ih4TjZsbeVLPPDQGr683j24OISLRE8_Qgzib2qHsPTqCimLjvftTyMEQ79sUAjc-_dZ5Rgv3PdLn-DCTNP2Us/s1616/DSC05881.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OSr4mKtE94L4MpiU8d9RrMdgjecUuUbllk37Dz_93Tuowa4w7k4aYPSBH5sZMs6V_tY3AHkobuGTxdc8jj7Tgz-wS-8d636o5IHA01ih4TjZsbeVLPPDQGr683j24OISLRE8_Qgzib2qHsPTqCimLjvftTyMEQ79sUAjc-_dZ5Rgv3PdLn-DCTNP2Us/w640-h428/DSC05881.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGdsaTp0wOJL14imK_g2FIcOL08uOTbs5N9xoSVR_WXm1wGMsRKR9mjfO8zNFGvwzYQ_RkR1MCOiKXeB49PwDhO5YFPpgi3YQ9DMcbOeP5jI5xkzJ1tndffngvyyeKr6a-yQNqlxS7_K8FMqY1b07ZEW4lH3Z-5hn9HAS-jEmUDbdmRt74Wnw-QdF8bU/s1616/DSC05883.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGdsaTp0wOJL14imK_g2FIcOL08uOTbs5N9xoSVR_WXm1wGMsRKR9mjfO8zNFGvwzYQ_RkR1MCOiKXeB49PwDhO5YFPpgi3YQ9DMcbOeP5jI5xkzJ1tndffngvyyeKr6a-yQNqlxS7_K8FMqY1b07ZEW4lH3Z-5hn9HAS-jEmUDbdmRt74Wnw-QdF8bU/w640-h428/DSC05883.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a warm, cloudy and windy day. I caught the 10 a.m. Winjet ferry-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq5wdoZ_AVX_Si8momtZd9B050vrfkP4f8mbTQ3nCPPM3GQtCl7ekKNBI2EnE2zxAsT7rP3movSCf18UgFe27S7qfxoE40j6F4AY1EGtci0TeB-jARCfYG6ZSas1vKLnhggAklimF9x6NJMrla2fDsnuFABI8FHiTzdJiedezCkvAMTwKfVVNQ-EwFcQ/s1616/DSC05884.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq5wdoZ_AVX_Si8momtZd9B050vrfkP4f8mbTQ3nCPPM3GQtCl7ekKNBI2EnE2zxAsT7rP3movSCf18UgFe27S7qfxoE40j6F4AY1EGtci0TeB-jARCfYG6ZSas1vKLnhggAklimF9x6NJMrla2fDsnuFABI8FHiTzdJiedezCkvAMTwKfVVNQ-EwFcQ/w640-h428/DSC05884.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Kqe13dXhnGJYY23eNYXjFRuGNtHlvKBvX1euHq1up2BK3lDZ5Moox7Q_6vRGW2wU6-fbXZYol31dWYNAOYRqiCwUKcv8tkZaiaarvc_EZpPlwp_rlbPwpIEmDnoR1P1qFQ55WJmei4PUUAdGWZzKinZ81Hq2WA0worfi1txnxids5vS1Ybq5TUKI7jc/s1616/DSC05887.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Kqe13dXhnGJYY23eNYXjFRuGNtHlvKBvX1euHq1up2BK3lDZ5Moox7Q_6vRGW2wU6-fbXZYol31dWYNAOYRqiCwUKcv8tkZaiaarvc_EZpPlwp_rlbPwpIEmDnoR1P1qFQ55WJmei4PUUAdGWZzKinZ81Hq2WA0worfi1txnxids5vS1Ybq5TUKI7jc/w640-h428/DSC05887.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEPd3d9YbiuKdql4jBUONmgu99Ugnow3Xt92TEzX6WCERQ0UwqFEJ8jwE0c_a25lDzZ_HocFtRY-SnPQyT08i14DIUoh-0SnspeNvLyWjuPTXJgeShi8teWwiG8yl07EbVviFTGzhxEWDvhyphenhyphen1nNqIRTiC8hd6aL6ctgtRf8HrpqyRbMs06jGgTLJoGrU/s1616/DSC05888.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEPd3d9YbiuKdql4jBUONmgu99Ugnow3Xt92TEzX6WCERQ0UwqFEJ8jwE0c_a25lDzZ_HocFtRY-SnPQyT08i14DIUoh-0SnspeNvLyWjuPTXJgeShi8teWwiG8yl07EbVviFTGzhxEWDvhyphenhyphen1nNqIRTiC8hd6aL6ctgtRf8HrpqyRbMs06jGgTLJoGrU/w640-h428/DSC05888.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">on the advice from Adolfo because they are cheaper. Not sure why anyone would travel with the other company but they do. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It only took about 35 minutes-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8hd3drHAVr4K5-eknGFB-C8fCZ8jU1_Pr1208yYdiQayICq9GraDL1Vx137Y_5v25zH-EPniIVIKpg6mLRZwe-l4m6h-r34pImG8nqlPVQdwGYynXZwzSvBTAi8AqwjDGKOU1uWD8ruuVJTebUJrOyNwDmNxFX_1lqTq02WSKKV7X6c5ggRz5ekqOcQ/s1470/IMG_0651.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1229" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8hd3drHAVr4K5-eknGFB-C8fCZ8jU1_Pr1208yYdiQayICq9GraDL1Vx137Y_5v25zH-EPniIVIKpg6mLRZwe-l4m6h-r34pImG8nqlPVQdwGYynXZwzSvBTAi8AqwjDGKOU1uWD8ruuVJTebUJrOyNwDmNxFX_1lqTq02WSKKV7X6c5ggRz5ekqOcQ/w536-h640/IMG_0651.jpeg" width="536" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The shore is a typical one filled with restaurants and hotels-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4MG_HUDbW1dICB5MGXWgQhmma0_wAruafZaNSGITkBZPXxxxb6xAy_xCoSxUY67EvF37p0u-ZcCl54jO8MEGjCy7f9r9q0PpUX8-aG3yt6Fvz5t5H1kSebR7Zv-KLSavwSCL_OmVQWMbr00CYTJXP8Lhg5YBLSzT6GxPmeVxX68PZQiiVG22FbA5ER4/s1616/DSC05891.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1616" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4MG_HUDbW1dICB5MGXWgQhmma0_wAruafZaNSGITkBZPXxxxb6xAy_xCoSxUY67EvF37p0u-ZcCl54jO8MEGjCy7f9r9q0PpUX8-aG3yt6Fvz5t5H1kSebR7Zv-KLSavwSCL_OmVQWMbr00CYTJXP8Lhg5YBLSzT6GxPmeVxX68PZQiiVG22FbA5ER4/w640-h314/DSC05891.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I could see one sea monster-</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHmpmv9EmA5vU7f6LCV9O8A_VFUjG25Wc67MO1h723NvZr3FlZdwWAgK9uAOIcCaYMhIDahxImgwpk_tJxA2HoWiE-7c2EYisVb3_mMVQcz_iJ_RffJXYy6EB6c4Z18ODTWX6ky4rPMHpM-SjWXorD-ONY2gveqeP8foflw-8WHkYK1hWSV9klpOX8pY/s1616/DSC05890.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHmpmv9EmA5vU7f6LCV9O8A_VFUjG25Wc67MO1h723NvZr3FlZdwWAgK9uAOIcCaYMhIDahxImgwpk_tJxA2HoWiE-7c2EYisVb3_mMVQcz_iJ_RffJXYy6EB6c4Z18ODTWX6ky4rPMHpM-SjWXorD-ONY2gveqeP8foflw-8WHkYK1hWSV9klpOX8pY/w640-h428/DSC05890.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">but according to the cruise ship schedule there are four ships in port with 10,400 people. Gross!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I walked through the main square-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-0kB-sBmUU8LBJvNilK9EgX46_baDQyrULTey4PzYd_7tzG5sAVSWe0BHRi1tD5j9pUyupSV5rGvRVxwfQDDZiWhpg5tbE4KBRvh4DbbR8dy6NXo0xFg1KuTHp2mwa-m61RV8blp8RsWN0fR8J2Zxidj40WNjhjNQHUI4KC6vv05ZzIQP06GCA8TIBA/s1616/DSC05893.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1616" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-0kB-sBmUU8LBJvNilK9EgX46_baDQyrULTey4PzYd_7tzG5sAVSWe0BHRi1tD5j9pUyupSV5rGvRVxwfQDDZiWhpg5tbE4KBRvh4DbbR8dy6NXo0xFg1KuTHp2mwa-m61RV8blp8RsWN0fR8J2Zxidj40WNjhjNQHUI4KC6vv05ZzIQP06GCA8TIBA/w640-h306/DSC05893.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and easily found my place but it’s about a 25 minute walk from the water. I like it-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHkHrMNavreYtk-hixjXZtRgZv6EC7KoBETA7uFdgBpuMH75fjkob0szDxq87DNTciBr76cUIOT-0Uuu3BcyNDrIWBsvFCILs2ENBVv1ywMAUa28rL5fz1ljEHwyTGqvXqkDabU_6rZQuPFT1m2eOpyOU2zhh9NAwZI11Lh3g0KW0Y0mSSSzQnGyKkGM/s1616/DSC05894.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHkHrMNavreYtk-hixjXZtRgZv6EC7KoBETA7uFdgBpuMH75fjkob0szDxq87DNTciBr76cUIOT-0Uuu3BcyNDrIWBsvFCILs2ENBVv1ywMAUa28rL5fz1ljEHwyTGqvXqkDabU_6rZQuPFT1m2eOpyOU2zhh9NAwZI11Lh3g0KW0Y0mSSSzQnGyKkGM/w640-h428/DSC05894.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_14weTtskRA56F7J_C1aoSGjHzOwRcgYrjDIgQ7OEFoRzdwVgrODoflnFal56XzyshbeDEsxpo73O9hNyd9KX9zoydGzolQh1h7OYel6IdZkouNSkizhRRB8SJeKffULr36VTjOna-fdjjRvL6jpMuICTISAM4jb0DY9-67s0Myp9C7HuDO27KGewCjU/s1616/DSC05895.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_14weTtskRA56F7J_C1aoSGjHzOwRcgYrjDIgQ7OEFoRzdwVgrODoflnFal56XzyshbeDEsxpo73O9hNyd9KX9zoydGzolQh1h7OYel6IdZkouNSkizhRRB8SJeKffULr36VTjOna-fdjjRvL6jpMuICTISAM4jb0DY9-67s0Myp9C7HuDO27KGewCjU/w640-h428/DSC05895.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lupper was ceviche mixto which was shrimp, conch and octopus. It was delicious-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SIcGoCWZG61bmHIoHa6BjCZuqy3j_RKnlInb6XZl6QeVQP7HJY7cOvaGArxBMDO3j_3Ddh_qyYZ3jOC7ymRrXYQ1hdZPNs27YadU0-c8gzAEE-gR_wjw3__mxLwRwvjQ9li77FbFnZ7nEOEIv8K1v209ekSnx27Yvz_zYSHSjRhKomtVzGuykVpl6uc/s1616/DSC05897.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SIcGoCWZG61bmHIoHa6BjCZuqy3j_RKnlInb6XZl6QeVQP7HJY7cOvaGArxBMDO3j_3Ddh_qyYZ3jOC7ymRrXYQ1hdZPNs27YadU0-c8gzAEE-gR_wjw3__mxLwRwvjQ9li77FbFnZ7nEOEIv8K1v209ekSnx27Yvz_zYSHSjRhKomtVzGuykVpl6uc/w640-h428/DSC05897.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">After I ate I went to a large grocery store for breakfast supplies that was only a block away. Very convenient!</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I want to rent a bike to tour around the island and maybe I’ll do that tomorrow. I’m really needing a good sleep tonight. Hope Santa doesn’t wake me up! </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-21964989815593032812023-12-24T04:43:00.003-06:002023-12-24T04:46:03.064-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 23, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today was very slow, I went to El Fogon on the recommendation of the man from outside of Toronto whom I talked to last night in the bar. I got there right at 12 when it opened and in half an hour, it was packed. The waiter suggested I try a taco loco-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9WXwRSPR64XU_B0edHpmx0yR4ZFngMRssVPRNyfOUQ_qmDU6XKZCpQeanr9_yczio8KwyfcRDkfSfeVm55kS9owhborKkdmbHCSnlKTc0n-1HZgLcTZBxHpArHldN8W5cNvPT39W8VIZuyzbML3EASyxmNyg37Ekk_GOUgbII5nOdawWhrk4_ZZ5n-c/s1616/DSC05879.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9WXwRSPR64XU_B0edHpmx0yR4ZFngMRssVPRNyfOUQ_qmDU6XKZCpQeanr9_yczio8KwyfcRDkfSfeVm55kS9owhborKkdmbHCSnlKTc0n-1HZgLcTZBxHpArHldN8W5cNvPT39W8VIZuyzbML3EASyxmNyg37Ekk_GOUgbII5nOdawWhrk4_ZZ5n-c/w640-h428/DSC05879.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a very large burrito and so huge I had to eat it with a knife and fork. Needless to say I was stuffed when I finished it. There was a nice slab of fried bacon on top too!</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I wandered around, bought a Tres Leche cake, stopped at a few street stands selling souvenirs and came home to read Yellow Wife which I finished. It was excellent.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomorrow I catch the 35 minute Winjet Ferry to Cozumel at 10 a.m. I’ll spend 4 nights in an Air BnB..</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S.- Christmas dress up day at school!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFFygztRJmLLLad4ppkAHK6St54OHD8YsqL_T731ilDYw_op9EfRIDbpaTDVkLwFTsd9d0lq4e3ZQdneW4jHBMYYNahqa8vlANhqsDGrh6YM29dVLFxUhAsifEasUUXwHSHv1ENZYj5HZ1_w3GkCCcXLA7AG4ISkK4FZZreTRFm4vwTelogdAZWXShoQ/s1280/IMG_0627.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFFygztRJmLLLad4ppkAHK6St54OHD8YsqL_T731ilDYw_op9EfRIDbpaTDVkLwFTsd9d0lq4e3ZQdneW4jHBMYYNahqa8vlANhqsDGrh6YM29dVLFxUhAsifEasUUXwHSHv1ENZYj5HZ1_w3GkCCcXLA7AG4ISkK4FZZreTRFm4vwTelogdAZWXShoQ/w640-h640/IMG_0627.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-9976622400587110962023-12-22T19:05:00.007-06:002023-12-22T19:10:11.567-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 22, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a very lazy day. Last night I went to sleep shortly after 8 pm - that’s what happens when you’re up by 4. I woke up at 11, thinking it was morning. From then on, the night wasn’t so good. Hopefully tonight is better.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I read a book, wandered to Walmart and Soriana, then went to a bar called Alive to hear a live rock band-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMvPzakVHHJMm3jTRAceUxem20okqDvHYySQ2_1w2ZChBOvr6herK_9MYaZi3t80nlKXctgVLp6LCBxDOm0R-QI8MUG7dUg0JPbrNNhs63ULtMzw2GO0PrG04zeBTiGd_mwDwBkG4yTLaS6M3vb2kiQEkYSTAi3wpxmhmeS0Y-OS6fME5gWPe8zGmbmg/s1616/DSC05873.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMvPzakVHHJMm3jTRAceUxem20okqDvHYySQ2_1w2ZChBOvr6herK_9MYaZi3t80nlKXctgVLp6LCBxDOm0R-QI8MUG7dUg0JPbrNNhs63ULtMzw2GO0PrG04zeBTiGd_mwDwBkG4yTLaS6M3vb2kiQEkYSTAi3wpxmhmeS0Y-OS6fME5gWPe8zGmbmg/w640-h428/DSC05873.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After, I wandered down 5th to see it lit up and to be honest I was underwhelmed-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnwP8xsKjYyu7Ko9idSOnrilqugAhT7x_5QEPBWW7lGB3wO432ymxGN1z7AyscSTPgjP480nOybw2arNFC71LuxYkzkspHS88_dPbaI_ih2yXB0WIfljmzwUVgHqmrIVGWWD3EHByNljfcym5I7s2cmtvMfupUfneqhmpQUKICgtDwog_TpadSnTyxzw/s1616/DSC05874.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnwP8xsKjYyu7Ko9idSOnrilqugAhT7x_5QEPBWW7lGB3wO432ymxGN1z7AyscSTPgjP480nOybw2arNFC71LuxYkzkspHS88_dPbaI_ih2yXB0WIfljmzwUVgHqmrIVGWWD3EHByNljfcym5I7s2cmtvMfupUfneqhmpQUKICgtDwog_TpadSnTyxzw/w640-h428/DSC05874.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dBILH-Zq31GvqAIBC4MxOCAVqtxuc9xevTA7-hmpnH5A9-8nwG4kWnYlqXiSGASjDmK33FAYxFuYjFzrReCNB0wTMi0GZ7KmMKQcyPvorGPopfqMZzAFAo-HQwAm4iIXwcw_AIpGEzbTI1CHRoM_Jojw4dveCmIV95MCrxJRTDQBwGrGbtIAfDzhbCI/s1616/DSC05875.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dBILH-Zq31GvqAIBC4MxOCAVqtxuc9xevTA7-hmpnH5A9-8nwG4kWnYlqXiSGASjDmK33FAYxFuYjFzrReCNB0wTMi0GZ7KmMKQcyPvorGPopfqMZzAFAo-HQwAm4iIXwcw_AIpGEzbTI1CHRoM_Jojw4dveCmIV95MCrxJRTDQBwGrGbtIAfDzhbCI/w640-h428/DSC05875.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdiQK7oPOA07ELG0WuzX_UNjk40NBtViRj8vsSqoKQMaksGqDYg8pp5BSN6pQuezOsDqu0e-tj7AZ8vKUPvp3C-eYhTefXgtjAQoQqbT_xHPvieWB0IkoPyYNeUjDI15xAq32QSzIHAVsAXkAMlgjBfoKoszbisFrmTEv9vvI1k0woSH3I4un_1bwOLI/s1616/DSC05878.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdiQK7oPOA07ELG0WuzX_UNjk40NBtViRj8vsSqoKQMaksGqDYg8pp5BSN6pQuezOsDqu0e-tj7AZ8vKUPvp3C-eYhTefXgtjAQoQqbT_xHPvieWB0IkoPyYNeUjDI15xAq32QSzIHAVsAXkAMlgjBfoKoszbisFrmTEv9vvI1k0woSH3I4un_1bwOLI/w640-h428/DSC05878.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S. For the children -</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZQaT32pGvF16fcsEyN2MhKlqTL3Sn-LWPOnIUe3PkDhKRE_rB50GVxVJRwQAKAFS7Q_yqQWGpt6GJeXRAJpCzu_gsA3UkZNJUB3kWiDTy3HhJS84eBmcZX7wKPzcnLIkV65f8BsMO1KIP5AB0KdIil3ppyckt2byVjl4dRDyC9c78j1i8RiNAnEI28c/s1302/DSC05877.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1302" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZQaT32pGvF16fcsEyN2MhKlqTL3Sn-LWPOnIUe3PkDhKRE_rB50GVxVJRwQAKAFS7Q_yqQWGpt6GJeXRAJpCzu_gsA3UkZNJUB3kWiDTy3HhJS84eBmcZX7wKPzcnLIkV65f8BsMO1KIP5AB0KdIil3ppyckt2byVjl4dRDyC9c78j1i8RiNAnEI28c/w640-h426/DSC05877.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-65028747612359954612023-12-21T17:48:00.007-06:002023-12-21T18:00:00.581-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 21, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a lousy sleep which thankfully doesn’t happen too often. This meant I had a slow start so it wasn’t until about 11 that I left to do my errands. I bought another piece of 3 Leches cake from Chaudraui but it wasn’t as good as yesterday's, either because I knew what to expect or it was a day old. I’m not sure but I won’t be getting another one for a while. From Chedraui I went to a pescaderia and bought a huge fillet of Colorado which is some kind of white fleshy fish. It was delicious cooked in butter and garlic. I stopped at a nail shop I had scoped out yesterday and they had time to gelish my toes. It took almost an hour and only cost 200 pesos or $15.59. The woman did the best job I have ever had taking care to deep clean the edges of my toes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After, I dropped my purchases off at my fridge and walked to Playa car to visit Bill and Sue Crippin. Bill is Tammey Heinemann's brother. I don't think I’ve seen them since we stayed with them in Calgary when Nico played summer hockey so thats about 20 years ago! I had the right address but google maps messed with me a bit. If I wasn’t blind I would have spotted their place sooner but ended up having to call after knocking on a few doors. Eventually Bill came and found me and we ended up having a great visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Along the way home-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUP_rhBdbxBZaa1q9av6okWT9WWwv2KzCDTDm4q64jkrOJbO_Zb5lTOAmNl-qD2eDZo2vvZ-WKLJM0h_ROfe51zwLdfdzUvbiRfXbgYBEyxHKu0qPXIbqTOUts0M4tQlf9Fr3DQVGWk1Kh80klc4uztx_KA5pd6I2d_BrBiS35eX3FocHpX0hoHU-Iik/s1042/DSC05871.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1042" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUP_rhBdbxBZaa1q9av6okWT9WWwv2KzCDTDm4q64jkrOJbO_Zb5lTOAmNl-qD2eDZo2vvZ-WKLJM0h_ROfe51zwLdfdzUvbiRfXbgYBEyxHKu0qPXIbqTOUts0M4tQlf9Fr3DQVGWk1Kh80klc4uztx_KA5pd6I2d_BrBiS35eX3FocHpX0hoHU-Iik/w640-h462/DSC05871.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNxW-Dn9VhX0sq5cI68RUMPbu92oGwDnj4cTIQbZ48J18CTbPcY8lFdyYI9sJJBohQnJagzEJ1Iru6A5q6uj5RtWe4qmKhsYhQvlbBg4o4Qr3-kldhMD3j2_qUd0zZC1NHc00REk3suE0lFOhkfHHByDuGCqQwL1sf0aCC2-bsV4z8Tdy71W0a90rVjk/s1057/DSC05872.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1057" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNxW-Dn9VhX0sq5cI68RUMPbu92oGwDnj4cTIQbZ48J18CTbPcY8lFdyYI9sJJBohQnJagzEJ1Iru6A5q6uj5RtWe4qmKhsYhQvlbBg4o4Qr3-kldhMD3j2_qUd0zZC1NHc00REk3suE0lFOhkfHHByDuGCqQwL1sf0aCC2-bsV4z8Tdy71W0a90rVjk/w640-h524/DSC05872.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a late lupper and will spend the night reading. I had an excellent day and am looking forward to tomorrow!</span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-61830216544085148792023-12-20T21:14:00.018-06:002023-12-20T21:53:43.674-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 20, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a great sleep and a leisurely morning. I went to see Tracy and Wayne Schwartz, Tammey Heinemann’s sister. We had a nice visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After, I stopped at Chedraui which is a very nice supermarket and bought a piece of cake. I like doing that as a little treat! Well! How could I have forgotten about Tres Leches cake? I remember loving that cake last time I was in Mexico and I will definitely be making it when I get home! It’s dripping with milk and so good!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I went for lupper at a local place recommended by my hosts, and had lentejas soup which is obviously lentil soup but it had a chunk of plantain floating in it. It was good-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCUAfMebN7H-_418sK8azC9F3XxcITx21PG66Xn4jq006jFxxMaH7MWqqeYF8Z7xxjzAnbFNBdTIb3ldtnuX4KI9SwhX7Ub_MKvnnPvb2h8C3_xkJtuYFtmHpvfs8L7w22m0zm4ktzPntqA5cUNVX29FmLkaFAGleGY-MueBOCtLM1KUlxkwiIG9CRsE/s1616/DSC05860.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCUAfMebN7H-_418sK8azC9F3XxcITx21PG66Xn4jq006jFxxMaH7MWqqeYF8Z7xxjzAnbFNBdTIb3ldtnuX4KI9SwhX7Ub_MKvnnPvb2h8C3_xkJtuYFtmHpvfs8L7w22m0zm4ktzPntqA5cUNVX29FmLkaFAGleGY-MueBOCtLM1KUlxkwiIG9CRsE/w640-h428/DSC05860.jpeg" width="640" /></a>U</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">I also had mole pozole-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1yN6hl-ZRIUH6XD4hvllt3BefIlxEPlK1jQa-geLgFgsbN2yaUX1cvhP2iA7PpsclTSxgqMCmK0jZrrKaShK00-yvdGYB5vWpXXBIskiYS_cjyp27OUGs-5R1KneZ1Tpc7pvxopmqLkas2IoHSYq6rFxsc_Gc-09K-Q7wMXf9qJZRU4LNlegg3Ml30M/s1616/DSC05861.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1yN6hl-ZRIUH6XD4hvllt3BefIlxEPlK1jQa-geLgFgsbN2yaUX1cvhP2iA7PpsclTSxgqMCmK0jZrrKaShK00-yvdGYB5vWpXXBIskiYS_cjyp27OUGs-5R1KneZ1Tpc7pvxopmqLkas2IoHSYq6rFxsc_Gc-09K-Q7wMXf9qJZRU4LNlegg3Ml30M/w640-h428/DSC05861.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> which is roasted fall off the bone chicken in a chocolaty spicy sauce. Of course I had to have Horchata to drink and this all cost 95 pesos or $7.41. These local places are the best spots to eat for good value and tasty food. The big pots sit on the counter so people can see what is on offer. This place is very popular as all the tables were full and there was a lineup-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh68r7pvybTSlM9u3wCu3-_FVEQgHk32iZLSfpvMmi097GaMN7HN2EHZjnh3CkII8XG5AzwAV5tO6k8tvN6shOInKx-3ELRXYKZElCkUQPwsa6BX6w9bCfxCW3jGp9vhGvc-XqhCoOiBNwt3ev0AWHdTsCvLQhnzBlDxVDLFQ8mIogoSeGu7xVq5v848/s1616/DSC05859.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh68r7pvybTSlM9u3wCu3-_FVEQgHk32iZLSfpvMmi097GaMN7HN2EHZjnh3CkII8XG5AzwAV5tO6k8tvN6shOInKx-3ELRXYKZElCkUQPwsa6BX6w9bCfxCW3jGp9vhGvc-XqhCoOiBNwt3ev0AWHdTsCvLQhnzBlDxVDLFQ8mIogoSeGu7xVq5v848/w640-h428/DSC05859.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I walked away from the tourist area to find a talavera shop and bought a “Bienvenidos, mi casa es su casa” sign. It comes from Puebla. I should have taken a picture before it was wrapped but forgot. I’ll put it on the outside wall of my cabin. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">These stores are across from each other on 5th Avenue but there were no sex toys for sale. I laughed because the sign definitely got me into the shop!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-at5YrqdAwUIxXpCf1ntR-2yzATeugaLqixV63ta_zjhPetaD9rjYiQUZeSn0tw3UjrJufCSBj_8IRQnJ89Q5DWnmjALyqNmO6h4cRm5ApgdxtBmvhIKrQm3LSNYhgDDkeTVrOdTSN9fSQhe0WgYuigh-nGLilhK84ESRql2m62C06L0f-Q7zlUcTpBY/s1280/IMG_0590.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-at5YrqdAwUIxXpCf1ntR-2yzATeugaLqixV63ta_zjhPetaD9rjYiQUZeSn0tw3UjrJufCSBj_8IRQnJ89Q5DWnmjALyqNmO6h4cRm5ApgdxtBmvhIKrQm3LSNYhgDDkeTVrOdTSN9fSQhe0WgYuigh-nGLilhK84ESRql2m62C06L0f-Q7zlUcTpBY/w640-h640/IMG_0590.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">I like this sign too-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AgVjb-6N0XtAFHMeQvJEGUMcrFmiPDLnmIf-kVQtR9Nt5TfajTiaFh9ArtOF9iDS-cNKn6Shyphenhyphen27Fb7LT2B-CiWB21iQREz3ObaqtMwmqot0GIArDtMxHQIuS9QHi-iRqZMgQMRMhrbh61y8FIUndOw0NiwjfQ-fMDbCg7Sbm44ZIEVBYd9kyggMCxSE/s668/DSC05870.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="435" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AgVjb-6N0XtAFHMeQvJEGUMcrFmiPDLnmIf-kVQtR9Nt5TfajTiaFh9ArtOF9iDS-cNKn6Shyphenhyphen27Fb7LT2B-CiWB21iQREz3ObaqtMwmqot0GIArDtMxHQIuS9QHi-iRqZMgQMRMhrbh61y8FIUndOw0NiwjfQ-fMDbCg7Sbm44ZIEVBYd9kyggMCxSE/w416-h640/DSC05870.jpeg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I walked along 5th looking for the ferry that I will take to Cozumel on the 24th. Along the way-</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny-m9itbMhuyJ01SHMiEg3znVKvcz5Q5DZ7rV7RwSyPvbGIrD7OUN7qTusjMAs2ImFOMcAyKDNVafne6i4ZxsHlPbdrzv3w-6JPFjms4FqDD8BKssNDR2DzoL3X-7oZvbddFqFXP5p6FJvKbCdUFGEQXVpK1-x2QuowfoDiFkYKaIrUOkQYMi3fJ9Ikg/s1616/DSC05863.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny-m9itbMhuyJ01SHMiEg3znVKvcz5Q5DZ7rV7RwSyPvbGIrD7OUN7qTusjMAs2ImFOMcAyKDNVafne6i4ZxsHlPbdrzv3w-6JPFjms4FqDD8BKssNDR2DzoL3X-7oZvbddFqFXP5p6FJvKbCdUFGEQXVpK1-x2QuowfoDiFkYKaIrUOkQYMi3fJ9Ikg/w428-h640/DSC05863.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEldBhrdsoyCYXpaSxjH_ImmKzDzCE-W3zfZc3SIy6tuMVvK2AG0tGO6H0Rig9KkWNpFfTine4HFoMU5l30evws2l-SbysslgdVqcdMvrklsyBNLQFXtbgJsXpNWkNXd-nZeEhVMT-mbuMXhhqoc0isij1u2QZKgWvaTG5MFVvmCC3jOrPzghWkODwUI/s779/DSC05867.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="779" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEldBhrdsoyCYXpaSxjH_ImmKzDzCE-W3zfZc3SIy6tuMVvK2AG0tGO6H0Rig9KkWNpFfTine4HFoMU5l30evws2l-SbysslgdVqcdMvrklsyBNLQFXtbgJsXpNWkNXd-nZeEhVMT-mbuMXhhqoc0isij1u2QZKgWvaTG5MFVvmCC3jOrPzghWkODwUI/w640-h550/DSC05867.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WEErDuXTOlSDRcxEZl1hR0kn7SP7DTQsDNJ42_ta455RARtXtJl2RyreiCOXYBCFqaqmrnv4nCTJiPJgG8j4Ka0x98xhZkHIv9cFD8R4ehL6tisvFbt-aO-ye5dFXU0IcQhmEF6JHPpUBDK7C6aSu6UuDuLDzs8alOUIV0yrhGvBIMmG1MDRUf46WqI/s1616/DSC05869.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WEErDuXTOlSDRcxEZl1hR0kn7SP7DTQsDNJ42_ta455RARtXtJl2RyreiCOXYBCFqaqmrnv4nCTJiPJgG8j4Ka0x98xhZkHIv9cFD8R4ehL6tisvFbt-aO-ye5dFXU0IcQhmEF6JHPpUBDK7C6aSu6UuDuLDzs8alOUIV0yrhGvBIMmG1MDRUf46WqI/w640-h428/DSC05869.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">I</span><span style="text-align: left;"> came back to my place to relax and am looking </span><span style="text-align: left;">forward to tomorrow. </span></span></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-51987276592591763552023-12-19T18:00:00.014-06:002023-12-19T18:41:00.667-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Tulum to Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 19, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was awake at 5 but put off getting up until 6. Even then, I pretty much was sure to be alone in the kitchen except not today. The tall skinny black guy from my room showed up with a cup, asking me if I was making coffee. I was but not for him. Last night he went on a rant about liking really hot water when he showers and this was only mildly warm- it was very acceptable. I told him “Welcome to Mexico” and he said he has been living here for 25 years! Oh, I thought, you should be used to it by now! Anyway, I prepared my coffee pot and once the water had boiled, I filled his cup and asked him if he had some instant. No he said, do you have some to share? I said nothing, filled my pot and walked out of the room. He is so abrasive I couldn’t stand him. He showed up again when I was in the kitchen making my second pot and when I’m talking pot, I mean about 10 ounces. The only person twice and it had to be him but this time we talked a bit. He has lived all over Mexico and won’t go back to the U.S. because all they want to do is put him in jail “being a black man you know”. Frick I thought, here we go again. This man has the biggest chip on his shoulder and last I checked, you don’t get put in jail for being a good citizen. I was glad to leave him behind!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I didn’t think I could go to yoga at 9 for an hour and walk 20 minutes to the bus depot for my 10:20 departure. I considered the idea that the bus might be late but no, we backed out of our stall at 10:20 sharp!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The drive was about an hour and 15 minutes-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gBJtCxPzCjA61IGUlyyxxugSW7Tu2-Xd5O3oAy75DOel7Q4rO6dAVFRDx8Dh9zTuEe_AWreJG7FS01iq9vxzBEaO9OuLNQ4t6Uu8HCe1VqxLFKihjVlU36gMZssBVhk0SihrK4-ajfo6JRGpnb0HY92J2ttZYD3_Q9BscUspYIWjSygL9uyXXnFOR5I/s1530/IMG_0557.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="1218" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gBJtCxPzCjA61IGUlyyxxugSW7Tu2-Xd5O3oAy75DOel7Q4rO6dAVFRDx8Dh9zTuEe_AWreJG7FS01iq9vxzBEaO9OuLNQ4t6Uu8HCe1VqxLFKihjVlU36gMZssBVhk0SihrK4-ajfo6JRGpnb0HY92J2ttZYD3_Q9BscUspYIWjSygL9uyXXnFOR5I/w510-h640/IMG_0557.jpeg" width="510" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />on pretty decent highway but with a few topes of course.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As soon as we arrived in Playa and I left the bus depot, everything felt good! The sun was shining, the sky was blue, the sidewalks were wide and Playa just gave me a really good feeling. I found my Air BNB in no time-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktCwgK_RecIbqUG9WqqeewVb-81defns-fEYMKIDzYTVL6bwn6AUkBXmbip5CusH1rEwWi3bTLSoAhlwMvAmvodXcnGMBY12R_805g4wXlKDfKMHLM2PD7WmQwjldMDOX3Icxu_8BGg8h-mj_Sbbdxicv9NRWULxemv8RTp-VppgrPvQVjSrDmwfJzkY/s1674/IMG_0556.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1674" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktCwgK_RecIbqUG9WqqeewVb-81defns-fEYMKIDzYTVL6bwn6AUkBXmbip5CusH1rEwWi3bTLSoAhlwMvAmvodXcnGMBY12R_805g4wXlKDfKMHLM2PD7WmQwjldMDOX3Icxu_8BGg8h-mj_Sbbdxicv9NRWULxemv8RTp-VppgrPvQVjSrDmwfJzkY/w640-h472/IMG_0556.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was upgraded from a main floor room to one on the second floor with a lot more light. Because of the humidity they weren’t able to paint my original room and I think it may smell musty according to some reviews. I love my room-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TX_8FMRqGqztl8g-4mytGr_m4dFXpMLM-dLsuvi4aCgHWowHHdr2eUgVTHvhipz3US-d3olztFA_P8LEvOvan3P_McN_pgbAmd3WQWmEmTeQE4KzgKsXmN87BcUOqeTXQ1Jvqodi-zaSdd3TwucZZcOMR_1Rm1BPud2AD3dCib-XjTtDz8jxfX52qzc/s1616/DSC05851.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TX_8FMRqGqztl8g-4mytGr_m4dFXpMLM-dLsuvi4aCgHWowHHdr2eUgVTHvhipz3US-d3olztFA_P8LEvOvan3P_McN_pgbAmd3WQWmEmTeQE4KzgKsXmN87BcUOqeTXQ1Jvqodi-zaSdd3TwucZZcOMR_1Rm1BPud2AD3dCib-XjTtDz8jxfX52qzc/w640-h428/DSC05851.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDz8ExE19q34JfFUm5f53YRO6RYOhz926vEd_CkKUXyfmye04RFwcM3BMq-c2PcPYTQE-nOVKKg82x6byW4izOm23bXT5GIOfpk3mBVSi-MD2kU2_uH7ofhgTeoofBGNRJ0V9CewGx6Am_zU6SoMSAvaR1D57aSra_VGthFWvo45ptXGwmsb_QU65gRok/s1616/DSC05852.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDz8ExE19q34JfFUm5f53YRO6RYOhz926vEd_CkKUXyfmye04RFwcM3BMq-c2PcPYTQE-nOVKKg82x6byW4izOm23bXT5GIOfpk3mBVSi-MD2kU2_uH7ofhgTeoofBGNRJ0V9CewGx6Am_zU6SoMSAvaR1D57aSra_VGthFWvo45ptXGwmsb_QU65gRok/w640-h428/DSC05852.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">and the location is excellent. I’m a 10 minute walk to 3 big grocery stores and a 30 second walk to 10th Avenue which is a busy street filled with shops. The next street over is 5th which is all pedestrian friendly. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was starving so found a good burger place. My antojitos were-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-skdbyeJcTaCLDBmpexVbB-KHzLOqchyphenhyphendJal_OB6XY-hnmypvpNAi7r12zptnPQIsOuZ4ntgzTqfOLxmj5xwHef_sfKkfIMMSVaBOKDH3mMSSuIBH6lVX89J8Qwp3FKpwUtSMUSufzH4Dq26p8f-0AU-90KpbQzauGlk3Em4nxf30DXWeog6wDlQK0Y/s1616/DSC05853.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-skdbyeJcTaCLDBmpexVbB-KHzLOqchyphenhyphendJal_OB6XY-hnmypvpNAi7r12zptnPQIsOuZ4ntgzTqfOLxmj5xwHef_sfKkfIMMSVaBOKDH3mMSSuIBH6lVX89J8Qwp3FKpwUtSMUSufzH4Dq26p8f-0AU-90KpbQzauGlk3Em4nxf30DXWeog6wDlQK0Y/w640-h428/DSC05853.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">which were pretty tasteless but at the same time they brought 3 bottles of condiments. Yesterday they did the same thing so I started putting the stuff on the chips. It took me a few tries until I realized one of the bottles held ketchup and they were probably meant for my burger. I had a good laugh over that one and hoped the waiter hadn’t been watching this crazy woman putting flavoured mayo and ketchup on her chips! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After lupper I went exploring. I stopped at Tracey and Wayne Schwartz’s place - Tammey Heinemann’s sister but they weren’t home. I’ve made contact and I’ll go there tomorrow at 10.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">While walking along, a street just became very tree filled-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RWEAlnlLF6n-57bhFpWrrF4eOD_donO9gGmOyQoQMPIO_1DHidn41E7TUhXYZfA3NZ9bOq8rSyZ3mizl_rsEo-GNQXMspe_R7N30GozQPgd7-qj8FDVZ8BotWBhK7Opm59B-X8Q6RQOb8QwFNQWu3Tz_VV6x0qnHoaokceoDk35ve_61t1oPrpvj_Qk/s1616/DSC05857.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RWEAlnlLF6n-57bhFpWrrF4eOD_donO9gGmOyQoQMPIO_1DHidn41E7TUhXYZfA3NZ9bOq8rSyZ3mizl_rsEo-GNQXMspe_R7N30GozQPgd7-qj8FDVZ8BotWBhK7Opm59B-X8Q6RQOb8QwFNQWu3Tz_VV6x0qnHoaokceoDk35ve_61t1oPrpvj_Qk/w640-h428/DSC05857.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">and then it turned into the beach-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEIKe24DZo-8CcG8tAofdXLPGTxwQ_ne2X_oh9bZa9wh3ErrDQV2MsjgEBM3uXFbyj4k2xvVxUiyrFqOIGPYRtUc6Yyp7oul1VFjZWRInhyphenhyphenTeWEweAM_2nT1tb_udjo7G-1mhewZPQr95-rgC9hg7b5RBOVhc20HIpeoANqdtPYxWZRNaGUpT4-eDoBg/s1616/DSC05856.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEIKe24DZo-8CcG8tAofdXLPGTxwQ_ne2X_oh9bZa9wh3ErrDQV2MsjgEBM3uXFbyj4k2xvVxUiyrFqOIGPYRtUc6Yyp7oul1VFjZWRInhyphenhyphenTeWEweAM_2nT1tb_udjo7G-1mhewZPQr95-rgC9hg7b5RBOVhc20HIpeoANqdtPYxWZRNaGUpT4-eDoBg/w640-h428/DSC05856.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFmxGxb9-DoxkRukf1cMb-WxD3MOGGuYXvBEFiWJyZY-5j-EIGOMYrQnNV3l62z_0YxwFhHCk-Sw74uT7Ix13WV3MDa40YdieRXh5gJ1_eE7skuBsLHViMRwViGoAaSD9yrw1JnxKvrrgy89MxCADUl2s3kDW6QCWTA3T_hzlXdAhdJwOmu3dxqqiOtU/s1616/DSC05855.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFmxGxb9-DoxkRukf1cMb-WxD3MOGGuYXvBEFiWJyZY-5j-EIGOMYrQnNV3l62z_0YxwFhHCk-Sw74uT7Ix13WV3MDa40YdieRXh5gJ1_eE7skuBsLHViMRwViGoAaSD9yrw1JnxKvrrgy89MxCADUl2s3kDW6QCWTA3T_hzlXdAhdJwOmu3dxqqiOtU/w640-h428/DSC05855.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The waves were crashing in and it seemed like maybe the tide was coming in-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mAkssuAeoMKp0yzzAWMhPNuA5zCPZ0-9XUeguLffzmtj4gr0-aFiE8cGGV6ZjKprVU4jEafXHUt47xckiNqP-lATr9EIURQ39A2eooHzrKa4mut96in_2yYi6tzGXHRKSYK4fw4lAgzfqTf-9WwZyZ92EIWVtg7kRap8F5wOEPvxcgIXH-6UIhyBbyU/s1616/DSC05854.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mAkssuAeoMKp0yzzAWMhPNuA5zCPZ0-9XUeguLffzmtj4gr0-aFiE8cGGV6ZjKprVU4jEafXHUt47xckiNqP-lATr9EIURQ39A2eooHzrKa4mut96in_2yYi6tzGXHRKSYK4fw4lAgzfqTf-9WwZyZ92EIWVtg7kRap8F5wOEPvxcgIXH-6UIhyBbyU/w640-h428/DSC05854.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">People were laying in the bushes to be in the shade. It looks like it might be a place to hang out this week. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For awhile I’ve been looking for a macrame tree of life-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInq1uqS3areuKmtUhNqTSHLy4EkbvzQcdlqg1yAJzFBaJejcrBBM8ygzPL9rRdeR2Q762uPaE9UaA9Rlh7wyrW76-YQ10rItgbQLLqewnWv0d3L55d92FOGh8Vk3VcXsN1NEJjGrHL1cQEVweKCFCwktHPFmXYMA1XNo_41qmLzpHao6tiq-gSqa38ww/s3264/IMG_0568.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInq1uqS3areuKmtUhNqTSHLy4EkbvzQcdlqg1yAJzFBaJejcrBBM8ygzPL9rRdeR2Q762uPaE9UaA9Rlh7wyrW76-YQ10rItgbQLLqewnWv0d3L55d92FOGh8Vk3VcXsN1NEJjGrHL1cQEVweKCFCwktHPFmXYMA1XNo_41qmLzpHao6tiq-gSqa38ww/w342-h640/IMG_0568.jpeg" width="342" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I should have bought one in Valladolid because she wanted 250 pesos and in Tulum and along 5th Avenue they wanted 800 pesos! Quite a difference! Anyway I veered away from the tourist trap street and got one for 250. Good deal and lucky! It’s about 2 feet long and a foot wide. If it doesn’t fit somewhere at my condo it’ll look perfect at the lake. A vendor saw my necklace-</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLmE6rMxi_PaI8EdFFyYW8fhAwEC4y5CIPekq3em6Uk76Ce4hmPHyvjsTfKjBgarAX8any3YxSxZ9Sos578YCQMbmIklYqj0ZijGBPjPR41I8Yd7heMmzkz9GiHcjXgbwARPU_z1oxOW-KBAOtl9xkobmRYMOWfAp9wW786LTeDTko-7NpRSDAkotyO8/s960/IMG_0570.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="960" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLmE6rMxi_PaI8EdFFyYW8fhAwEC4y5CIPekq3em6Uk76Ce4hmPHyvjsTfKjBgarAX8any3YxSxZ9Sos578YCQMbmIklYqj0ZijGBPjPR41I8Yd7heMmzkz9GiHcjXgbwARPU_z1oxOW-KBAOtl9xkobmRYMOWfAp9wW786LTeDTko-7NpRSDAkotyO8/w640-h344/IMG_0570.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p>and said he sold the same ones. I told him I got it at Chichén Itzá and when I told him I paid 120 pesos, his eyes got big and he said I got a good deal. I think I did too considering it’s obsidian. We used to have contests on the truck about who could get the best exchange rate from the street vendors when we were changing money and I always won. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing but I do like to barter and get a good deal, but I know that no one will sell something without making at least a little bit. </p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking forward to tomorrow!</span></p><p><br /></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-54593564363114175672023-12-18T18:33:00.032-06:002023-12-18T20:11:15.980-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 18, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a great sleep- my roommates were super quiet, in fact the guy above me came in around 11 and I heard nothing. Tonight there are men from Iran, Argentina, France, me and a tall super skinny black fellow. He was sleeping all day and that’s when a hostel is annoying. It’s quiet time after 10 pm; I am grateful for that but it’s hard not to talk to your roommates if someone decides they want to sleep all day. The Iranian and I were visiting and the black guy just appeared out of his bed. We apologized and he left the room. Not sure about him. The Iranian, who is into software and lives in Toronto said I give him hope because maybe he too will be able to travel when he’s older. Frick.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">While having breakfast in the kitchen - they have the tricky how do you turn me on induction stove tops. The cleaner couldn’t do it so he called someone from the front desk to do it. Once I see it done again, I remember from last time but I guess I see them so seldom. Anyway, a woman walked in and she just happened to be the yoga instructor and said yoga is free for guests from 9-10 so I did that. It felt really good!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>After, I caught a collectivo to the Tulum Ruins-</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5Xp-T0UTqcFwItkqDuOqXh_OBncmqc8fFHLHbQk1JIEetYGrz5q93JgRCaku4bFMfy_tWteiLBOLFmnViHjoO5ulGiwoOpZ98wEoQzmjYfl0lR6ghlWN8ebbixgZj3oi6keChzcP2ZfoKAU0fFUwEDpPOgBv5aCvXkh7yCwRw6r8FPU7LdtXCuUyGms/s993/DSC05774.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="993" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5Xp-T0UTqcFwItkqDuOqXh_OBncmqc8fFHLHbQk1JIEetYGrz5q93JgRCaku4bFMfy_tWteiLBOLFmnViHjoO5ulGiwoOpZ98wEoQzmjYfl0lR6ghlWN8ebbixgZj3oi6keChzcP2ZfoKAU0fFUwEDpPOgBv5aCvXkh7yCwRw6r8FPU7LdtXCuUyGms/w640-h524/DSC05774.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br />which were about 2 km from my hostel. I knew there would be crowds and that the best time to go would have been at 8 but I didn’t care, and the </span><span>crowds weren’t too bad.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Same hoops, different rocks. First go here to pay some tax- stand in line, then walk a ways and pay some more. At least it wasn’t nearly as expensive as Chichen Itza - it cost about $10 today.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1qG5VkNihXVerWBRLnfNkDixLZ0SwkCdljRiutxIVxEa_zS2LCxCk-I5p9fY-AE4zI5ZFP6oUJFKKYiIXJRz4_8q1f1FIRsbgYg0_tccfl4UUgX46v41G9H-yxI0z7uRwRYNXKDE3CDR9eTan5szxhk9VwfRTRJWD_RJtIoiXS6LFxKawIMk6QtGIp4/s1440/DSC05768.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1440" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1qG5VkNihXVerWBRLnfNkDixLZ0SwkCdljRiutxIVxEa_zS2LCxCk-I5p9fY-AE4zI5ZFP6oUJFKKYiIXJRz4_8q1f1FIRsbgYg0_tccfl4UUgX46v41G9H-yxI0z7uRwRYNXKDE3CDR9eTan5szxhk9VwfRTRJWD_RJtIoiXS6LFxKawIMk6QtGIp4/w640-h338/DSC05768.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span>The interesting thing about this ruin is it was built on the coast. Pre Hispanic life and conquest was from 400-1200-1542, forced indigenous labor and piracy was 1542-1847, the Caste war was from 1847-1900 and since then it’s been about tourists and archaeolgy.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tulum was an important port. The government was administered by the batab who controlled society economically and with rules. Classes of society were the nobility, the specialists and the workers. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80ZICVN-zYW4lljqdIaFQHmdw6p9PzHacj75KwzwvSL9LyKDcv2blzwDRz08dyyo4kiLK9qTh8hXSI_3ORDFauUvcHaS_vRtKdPtEUMXN1abeu5rUBO_NBfoj666j2sFvWrXaSD9GhZMbbMRAPD4aX8682pQ0R1qrq1PnSyxzgmrQ4742_kXTACJmb0w/s1616/DSC05777.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1616" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80ZICVN-zYW4lljqdIaFQHmdw6p9PzHacj75KwzwvSL9LyKDcv2blzwDRz08dyyo4kiLK9qTh8hXSI_3ORDFauUvcHaS_vRtKdPtEUMXN1abeu5rUBO_NBfoj666j2sFvWrXaSD9GhZMbbMRAPD4aX8682pQ0R1qrq1PnSyxzgmrQ4742_kXTACJmb0w/w640-h308/DSC05777.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT_0U6F3KHMfpmzSv2R0eMgTfiCVceBrf5blzrj9Y88CdcnUin9S3xmwYo6zpRi-RNTbabCbjo4SOyG4m64C43aPKgsvxc-J-ch-2ROHOcmKOHpLspp1Rp-Fj_HPormSbDVSwjMcnUjho9m0TGP6fDkVZ9BKIP4K20eQ3g89ySNVa-KEhEcfKLmQuhuY/s1616/DSC05780.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT_0U6F3KHMfpmzSv2R0eMgTfiCVceBrf5blzrj9Y88CdcnUin9S3xmwYo6zpRi-RNTbabCbjo4SOyG4m64C43aPKgsvxc-J-ch-2ROHOcmKOHpLspp1Rp-Fj_HPormSbDVSwjMcnUjho9m0TGP6fDkVZ9BKIP4K20eQ3g89ySNVa-KEhEcfKLmQuhuY/w640-h428/DSC05780.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Maya thought the world was flat and immobile. They lived off the land so treated it with respect- how archaeologists know that I have no idea. They were mainly fishermen but did some hunting and planting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finding fresh water was a problem in the Yucatán however this building is built on top of a Cenote-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dv9T-OXHk5RnIT7Xi93Ujj8Mam3DUu2kKVeW9YGCSk3Sqcq-kQrZxkTsWJZNu_R-n2DEUpv2ylLya4ywHaCdk1AEV3qhhgnJQ3u5deV84UKG7ZQzKLdrp72Lr-KY4T2dW1RpB8WQgxr-Qbp8MH_LNaNjKRGL51lOBt6vL94ba5ttxAuXkCqTADJM_aY/s1616/DSC05783.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dv9T-OXHk5RnIT7Xi93Ujj8Mam3DUu2kKVeW9YGCSk3Sqcq-kQrZxkTsWJZNu_R-n2DEUpv2ylLya4ywHaCdk1AEV3qhhgnJQ3u5deV84UKG7ZQzKLdrp72Lr-KY4T2dW1RpB8WQgxr-Qbp8MH_LNaNjKRGL51lOBt6vL94ba5ttxAuXkCqTADJM_aY/w640-h428/DSC05783.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span>One of the features of east coast ruins are small replica temples built to scale. They were probably used as altars-</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTC8RFmlghS3SQ4PkdpJTTn9gBFvVYmzdZN2UU4Vp2J68_9FTmJy8-fRFXWDMhxRLiuhB66-m1JzvxnVP-J1iwDPh1q-ruRIXi1t7XHQYu_FSE4Jy93H_Eu9vhpU83NDDuPzJL5IRZFTA55S3IUeHZ60Jzlx7j0ZFXKCfHf3QwNIa_iQEC8QWIoqdek58/s1431/DSC05792.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1431" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTC8RFmlghS3SQ4PkdpJTTn9gBFvVYmzdZN2UU4Vp2J68_9FTmJy8-fRFXWDMhxRLiuhB66-m1JzvxnVP-J1iwDPh1q-ruRIXi1t7XHQYu_FSE4Jy93H_Eu9vhpU83NDDuPzJL5IRZFTA55S3IUeHZ60Jzlx7j0ZFXKCfHf3QwNIa_iQEC8QWIoqdek58/w640-h428/DSC05792.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span>The Temple of the Wind God Kukulkan has a hole facing north so when the wind whistled through the hole it warned people of impending storms-</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwUkl7FjvLOyfUpK80_72-IFyhdXqnrGA4YAzy9kU-gBDFK2kkH0GyMRrdq6BQ2vB7lGy-BrkT-wigq940AHLaQc8Rc2fiIzjM9hHDpDaKAMnAly3ARjVr0fu0EuXWLEIEIQCE4YvS9UPycOKA8-tTXHcp_EocnrjFtNIt9RngAyiSeDCU-2ejFiT5EI/s1616/DSC05796.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwUkl7FjvLOyfUpK80_72-IFyhdXqnrGA4YAzy9kU-gBDFK2kkH0GyMRrdq6BQ2vB7lGy-BrkT-wigq940AHLaQc8Rc2fiIzjM9hHDpDaKAMnAly3ARjVr0fu0EuXWLEIEIQCE4YvS9UPycOKA8-tTXHcp_EocnrjFtNIt9RngAyiSeDCU-2ejFiT5EI/w640-h428/DSC05796.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The most important inhabitants lived in this house which is why it’s called a palace. There are several rooms that would have had flat roofs supported by columns. A mixture of gravel, limestone powder and sand called calcrete held everything together-<br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5QstfjjPgo2tm7MyglE-d8EWQqba2mdt2iffqOMUYGmOx8jjA9rfcMhX-gue-jL_v7p6YWO63gGY4t6A9o49apnP9CvIcOnTmcSvH6d1OkO1qE9TTs8xhwgb7U-hZOmao9cSqJ7rRt5L7cxLkbWuqtOM7FixvV3Hkh14KXOA35f4F4RMUFnqEoVsHp0/s1616/DSC05798.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5QstfjjPgo2tm7MyglE-d8EWQqba2mdt2iffqOMUYGmOx8jjA9rfcMhX-gue-jL_v7p6YWO63gGY4t6A9o49apnP9CvIcOnTmcSvH6d1OkO1qE9TTs8xhwgb7U-hZOmao9cSqJ7rRt5L7cxLkbWuqtOM7FixvV3Hkh14KXOA35f4F4RMUFnqEoVsHp0/w640-h428/DSC05798.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Castle would have been brightly painted and there were many sculptures on the outside walls. Masks of Chaac are on the corners-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZTqHu29YvKihSPyhOh8n2rl-kE98G9n8-YuqN1CQSHXSUQAoulCBYFMA8dkkZXFA1SplkbHsy57mFB9F2IUjTIFMNvL3-XW_JnClTJrOF0Cd-ciPIcal9kiZYR4XYF2M4xnvG8fD21kko-wnny32MOQJ0-NROW_FFG2xDwenN_NRGK0yOunAl4O-qhs/s486/DSC05803.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="486" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZTqHu29YvKihSPyhOh8n2rl-kE98G9n8-YuqN1CQSHXSUQAoulCBYFMA8dkkZXFA1SplkbHsy57mFB9F2IUjTIFMNvL3-XW_JnClTJrOF0Cd-ciPIcal9kiZYR4XYF2M4xnvG8fD21kko-wnny32MOQJ0-NROW_FFG2xDwenN_NRGK0yOunAl4O-qhs/w640-h428/DSC05803.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Temple of the Descendants has a Maya arch inside the front arch still in good condition. It too would have been richly decorated-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggA0GDsAFPpTLEuJ0I3SjK8GDEK9FBViQdLLlaYLTO4VJZXY3wyoqMjnbA_X0Hb5D-i7bS5PbgVwF9CdAWud5KxBPoCDXp8bjvxZZGaJRRow983hTEzg1rNCxvonWLK8-NIaXO2b2r0HKX8UA_S-AIxcttfAOY8_rmRkhwk8WVm1v5iUuYUGBfkvD4Cds/s1616/DSC05809.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggA0GDsAFPpTLEuJ0I3SjK8GDEK9FBViQdLLlaYLTO4VJZXY3wyoqMjnbA_X0Hb5D-i7bS5PbgVwF9CdAWud5KxBPoCDXp8bjvxZZGaJRRow983hTEzg1rNCxvonWLK8-NIaXO2b2r0HKX8UA_S-AIxcttfAOY8_rmRkhwk8WVm1v5iUuYUGBfkvD4Cds/w640-h428/DSC05809.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The view of the sea-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>My route today-</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivB5wB7cY4pZPvc1ji2Y8Ug_cKAqeLmZRYJ_XM5X_vi5U4GdItPuImMTxYoatDWJHcucOmnd6uIVtB5TaU7Y2JytlDxoYeJmihQJ7uBLeohHKUg7x-J5zUeAMv_crER3vOXtYQ7szBC_SUhDfSE5EBceXq57MmB8utQUjQTWcmiBcyV8GMIq2BZdo27MQ/s1030/IMG_0554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1030" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivB5wB7cY4pZPvc1ji2Y8Ug_cKAqeLmZRYJ_XM5X_vi5U4GdItPuImMTxYoatDWJHcucOmnd6uIVtB5TaU7Y2JytlDxoYeJmihQJ7uBLeohHKUg7x-J5zUeAMv_crER3vOXtYQ7szBC_SUhDfSE5EBceXq57MmB8utQUjQTWcmiBcyV8GMIq2BZdo27MQ/w640-h610/IMG_0554.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="text-align: left;">I walked from numbers 2 to 6 and then hitchhiked from 6 to 9. A chauffeur for a hotel picked me up. I went to Chedraui which had some delicious products and cheap shot glasses, then had lupper - shrimp tacos-</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGNfxwVjXhcUnTpieA6CscH-H6c6fM8oUWlkgwI37o6cF0DMW9_dGTn_cMqacK2uobkxazftn-C7Cf4bGVbZXOj6P9pTczt-UxfmHXyHU4u2cdWL8w-RGpWvI0TUUIdAHIsWNwbeD7wyQ5GQj-HruTtSBRXam364KZh0fcnvXLRAf_7tKNRrF1o0br9I/s1616/DSC05848.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGNfxwVjXhcUnTpieA6CscH-H6c6fM8oUWlkgwI37o6cF0DMW9_dGTn_cMqacK2uobkxazftn-C7Cf4bGVbZXOj6P9pTczt-UxfmHXyHU4u2cdWL8w-RGpWvI0TUUIdAHIsWNwbeD7wyQ5GQj-HruTtSBRXam364KZh0fcnvXLRAf_7tKNRrF1o0br9I/w640-h428/DSC05848.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I wandered around the town-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmi6JXBgzLR9jh60XKOfYJ86nDvSxb2hKDB8dm-KarDceosidwG_8uw79rtvQIXOlFjPF0GAR0Cit8oQ84-9pD8uz4bXjKH_ab9ZpwUTAKpY7gz8GjqZNcqoutpOwB69LxYwQjeIKWZXBI_EbeRVfyXcZiIZVv4_EJyQ4gMwwU1DTf3bVtfxLg3UixrI/s1415/DSC05850.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1415" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmi6JXBgzLR9jh60XKOfYJ86nDvSxb2hKDB8dm-KarDceosidwG_8uw79rtvQIXOlFjPF0GAR0Cit8oQ84-9pD8uz4bXjKH_ab9ZpwUTAKpY7gz8GjqZNcqoutpOwB69LxYwQjeIKWZXBI_EbeRVfyXcZiIZVv4_EJyQ4gMwwU1DTf3bVtfxLg3UixrI/w640-h332/DSC05850.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />for an hour or so then came back to the hostel to enjoy my room and the air conditioning but luckily it hasn’t been unbearably hot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomorrow my bus leaves at 10:20 for Playa Del Carmen. Another time I would just have taken a collectivo for half the price and it stops outside my hostel but I didn’t know. </span><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-19654905445399058822023-12-17T19:53:00.007-06:002023-12-17T20:05:26.882-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Bacalar to Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 17, 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a leisurely morning- there’s always lots of time when you’re up around 4! I walked to the bus and made my way to Tulum, then walked from the bus depot to the hostel. In the Central Park there were Christmas scenes-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaAADLtbTsIsIh4rYfdtlVKVD06L94y5wt1Cl-7HV_a10By4st_XEnrTLRZrStNo4MPJKoq8h6Wn4CS4XYBaernggCTAaaSBTt_Ufj5la4ShfhGekk01RNYUVu0lwjIwR8cd7h7ZUK0G_ZBWyJm4zw3xzWCa9xXNCuqEfqUgTC49R6vQzTqPavOLhN8k/s1320/DSC05750.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaAADLtbTsIsIh4rYfdtlVKVD06L94y5wt1Cl-7HV_a10By4st_XEnrTLRZrStNo4MPJKoq8h6Wn4CS4XYBaernggCTAaaSBTt_Ufj5la4ShfhGekk01RNYUVu0lwjIwR8cd7h7ZUK0G_ZBWyJm4zw3xzWCa9xXNCuqEfqUgTC49R6vQzTqPavOLhN8k/w478-h640/DSC05750.jpeg" width="478" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXuNdLeHcWTXSUtLMnqMZobwvzYUvtpcWMh-26AG2X3157je8K7Wj0LyaZrHOfj16ia1ctsDE0MdS8UnL9v5aNbbmWDEpjZS3hn1uGE0QxtONU_OpL9USArvfIn5EPeFZlbucireRjfCyPIrDn8-r12rZK75dTvfUvuQz-4G7tmKqjwJcGFNCCuaYVDQ/w640-h640/IMG_0470.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There’s a nearby church-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEw-ueo4qNqsJAeM3QOlrY76CVEg2KePzP0Tur12UAOZdfz9nX1lqmaJoRFkLV32DOCt_BihLdkz8DTgwwAViFBFYWDQF_K64kLu3ilIQHgcaEDEiY6vAj_ecyQ8rK021GtX7COMMl1vnyNoVuxAFkDyK_31UCKOF00yW7bqTKqzzir9hl96zXwVngsQ/s1616/DSC05756.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">with a huge advent wreath-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PIx7pQroVZhWHselCx3vEnXSm95OrYtDSV8zW-pHW-6rZCaStjDgAbVNo_BRaHxafsR5jbqyeLK-bfSKTLXnbkUNuA1qIlkn1SQB4LTav85ADbDqOZYhmTkUHsEaLPnk0aLu1Owo3EqW4_M4ufJ01tMLWApNUBtXW1JwMRgWwP4ZF9Xc03hhfkYqzXc/s1616/DSC05758.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PIx7pQroVZhWHselCx3vEnXSm95OrYtDSV8zW-pHW-6rZCaStjDgAbVNo_BRaHxafsR5jbqyeLK-bfSKTLXnbkUNuA1qIlkn1SQB4LTav85ADbDqOZYhmTkUHsEaLPnk0aLu1Owo3EqW4_M4ufJ01tMLWApNUBtXW1JwMRgWwP4ZF9Xc03hhfkYqzXc/w640-h428/DSC05758.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Outside were their Guadeloupe offerings-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsm55YFKcuSOGVromEj0L8YHrw5emsdYKVj4pyiOYk3Ciw-NcAnu7qZubsIQ6AcS8I2UhUJ8M-kwkFF_1G2zohqzKLm-QCDxNBzmElhLOoerUl1Dg5-HeTELSl_GwWxee9oi9ArY27P_zqaS89xVo3VyUE4oDRyONh5_OcWHIwWvJ61r-MswEDb1OEG0/s1616/DSC05759.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsm55YFKcuSOGVromEj0L8YHrw5emsdYKVj4pyiOYk3Ciw-NcAnu7qZubsIQ6AcS8I2UhUJ8M-kwkFF_1G2zohqzKLm-QCDxNBzmElhLOoerUl1Dg5-HeTELSl_GwWxee9oi9ArY27P_zqaS89xVo3VyUE4oDRyONh5_OcWHIwWvJ61r-MswEDb1OEG0/w640-h428/DSC05759.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The hostel/hotel has only been open 2 months and is pretty fancy. My bed-</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcjX7Rk5UwxlyC0faY-GbxBgZ-cWPYtz_EPPtpirudRrAkxxfwu664J0jWn6f5awZ02YiUgAh67mgl44pA7YMijZaDZSRckgUzKVCrJadnPK3TSmZKMpPZ4yOJfcS7NQNvaJBcsr9ThRDqpN0P2zDMLHsYH2IJymZMjHetf8EOYDmDKAYtMKLjVY7ltk/s1616/DSC05761.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcjX7Rk5UwxlyC0faY-GbxBgZ-cWPYtz_EPPtpirudRrAkxxfwu664J0jWn6f5awZ02YiUgAh67mgl44pA7YMijZaDZSRckgUzKVCrJadnPK3TSmZKMpPZ4yOJfcS7NQNvaJBcsr9ThRDqpN0P2zDMLHsYH2IJymZMjHetf8EOYDmDKAYtMKLjVY7ltk/w640-h428/DSC05761.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">There are 8 beds in my room but only 5 are taken. There are 2 swimming pools - one on the ground level-</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoW1fZOQ9wRYXoUw6UiRR4OekldcBPlzbCfSYzxf87iWtJdtWUTfD_qlVeVfiC9P03pMDIWTjOBWvvwXCIMNgeptUdKaXDAu9iBFXAhnwhs_0FxRjbTxaO3h9wh4e-ekRCd_42FzdUb1fHJYuUjlyQjSF3GvA1hVRdj5Dy4XAlnkW8v2fOO6Peu_SQ1A/s1616/DSC05760.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoW1fZOQ9wRYXoUw6UiRR4OekldcBPlzbCfSYzxf87iWtJdtWUTfD_qlVeVfiC9P03pMDIWTjOBWvvwXCIMNgeptUdKaXDAu9iBFXAhnwhs_0FxRjbTxaO3h9wh4e-ekRCd_42FzdUb1fHJYuUjlyQjSF3GvA1hVRdj5Dy4XAlnkW8v2fOO6Peu_SQ1A/w640-h428/DSC05760.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi584xn_044RvQ7zqUOpN9e3kZ2Goh3VvfjUUK4vLUdZj1p4xwjH31W7YEbkOe2JijHkaVgnrsXIdnCoipScCDW5CV1m_0lZsSjU4_UbIpiEhUATXX51MCHR3FieDoMre_ilqG9WU-S6uXFGHHHTK6bPUWCG5ckJSCeLh5Vnh7OQri1aN-4yu-zYXJvFes/s1616/DSC05766.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi584xn_044RvQ7zqUOpN9e3kZ2Goh3VvfjUUK4vLUdZj1p4xwjH31W7YEbkOe2JijHkaVgnrsXIdnCoipScCDW5CV1m_0lZsSjU4_UbIpiEhUATXX51MCHR3FieDoMre_ilqG9WU-S6uXFGHHHTK6bPUWCG5ckJSCeLh5Vnh7OQri1aN-4yu-zYXJvFes/w640-h428/DSC05766.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">and one on the roof-</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6QFRSojHM5i3ivAFLCYjB0q1I5EETjO-dLorlzKqq4iluxsWLX4AOeFLYZMoMgzvF51HYGHtbo6QiZDlJ8bt1nFblpnjxhoeCg7U9MsE1n-VidlhRzs3vRzVOaxy16lyfi25xJmG-PlrlrGtQhzPjmgvgenw6UhM9L21-VV5BirDKKm1mzLBUk5PuTE/s1616/DSC05762.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6QFRSojHM5i3ivAFLCYjB0q1I5EETjO-dLorlzKqq4iluxsWLX4AOeFLYZMoMgzvF51HYGHtbo6QiZDlJ8bt1nFblpnjxhoeCg7U9MsE1n-VidlhRzs3vRzVOaxy16lyfi25xJmG-PlrlrGtQhzPjmgvgenw6UhM9L21-VV5BirDKKm1mzLBUk5PuTE/w640-h428/DSC05762.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s a library-</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv4-_tpeDzAqHhrFDw3YmmMW4iUefn6l_y1fHwQtVwpLS-RcstIJ51kIFrfn5xVSRSSvLvr7_sluK-MC9HmQm9hhIPBHBmz9zG42P2hka2R3uWIcT9NnmzMSKwcn0DjEdwR5A4tDX-Vb9X6cawXg9s89WzAg53IPsuKDVTZ31XgpmoAhawkBkX_i1n7Y/s1616/DSC05767.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv4-_tpeDzAqHhrFDw3YmmMW4iUefn6l_y1fHwQtVwpLS-RcstIJ51kIFrfn5xVSRSSvLvr7_sluK-MC9HmQm9hhIPBHBmz9zG42P2hka2R3uWIcT9NnmzMSKwcn0DjEdwR5A4tDX-Vb9X6cawXg9s89WzAg53IPsuKDVTZ31XgpmoAhawkBkX_i1n7Y/w640-h428/DSC05767.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">and a cinema-</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFPLxgP5WEjRMLJiJKkfjW4vK1eNbZrBskIeXwbBYTNWl-sT5mL-o-gxWbIllr3MwH4nx2JlGxd2tQo6D7uKuLhfkMmact9Z-I3WorW1AmwN0EcRhP2vpiyi4WCE7-GxRLHg_LRZi8dhi_3T41E3NIeYgv6SjZVGcsJDXJQskFC7QucANUPI2kiDvPOI/s1616/DSC05765.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFPLxgP5WEjRMLJiJKkfjW4vK1eNbZrBskIeXwbBYTNWl-sT5mL-o-gxWbIllr3MwH4nx2JlGxd2tQo6D7uKuLhfkMmact9Z-I3WorW1AmwN0EcRhP2vpiyi4WCE7-GxRLHg_LRZi8dhi_3T41E3NIeYgv6SjZVGcsJDXJQskFC7QucANUPI2kiDvPOI/w640-h428/DSC05765.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After checking in I started walking to the beach, 3.8 km away. Halfway there I decided to either rent a bike in the morning or take a collectivo so I turned around and came home. I went to 2 large grocery stores, both close to my hostel and bought groceries for breakfast. What crazy lineups for the tills! </span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I spent the evening upstairs on the roof-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-NvfVSrfA235Vlri4CVijHiRzRCH8hvKSxMNbkhElMqTZaLhwuD-juHE_yx8_a3GCELC_TWavI5c6EvFEsyPhrsrCFgTnYpCf9kmBWmjykRDiCgXiakRn8OXJcXuVyMJ_sSvFOoK-AgAksQRfj1wKYrvYd9EZ6dTSf6q_LFV-iGaFapWErKRm4dusVs/s1616/DSC05764.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-NvfVSrfA235Vlri4CVijHiRzRCH8hvKSxMNbkhElMqTZaLhwuD-juHE_yx8_a3GCELC_TWavI5c6EvFEsyPhrsrCFgTnYpCf9kmBWmjykRDiCgXiakRn8OXJcXuVyMJ_sSvFOoK-AgAksQRfj1wKYrvYd9EZ6dTSf6q_LFV-iGaFapWErKRm4dusVs/w640-h428/DSC05764.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />at thc bar for my free welcome margarita then on the balcony of our room. Tomorrow I’m going to check out the ruins and the beach. Tulum is the most expensive city in Mexico. Bikes cost 200 pesos/24 hours ($15.52). A fairly small dish of ice cream is over $9! Thinking of that, my bed is a bargain at $24/night. One guy renting bikes says he pays $1500 for a studio! What I saw is a nice modern place with wide walking paths on the Main Street. I appreciate that! </span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-30925114599362079352023-12-16T16:40:00.014-06:002023-12-16T19:47:08.345-06:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"> The Lagoon of Seven Colors, Bacalar, Mexico December 16, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a relaxing morning until 9:30 when I left on a different bike to go to the departure point for my 3 hour tour around the Lagoon of Seven Colors. Yesterday’s one speed was slow and very hard to pedal, in fact there’s a hill to climb as soon as one leaves the hotel and I had to walk it. But not today as my new bike just slid up that hill! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Along the way-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4-Pto7NA_wqcLw7lOcVtrLEymqJXMGVU4nK029aUgHixBs4Jb9lcBg0B78bfiEnNS7U8PDOXB7kv-z3syWGN8Ip7rz1AaOowwZQw8YPzBaMeTLfeD-1OzulCQAcHTOZPPydL4niJA-KHZagI7qQDD1Y_UVhAcaczDfUZKDg7MLPXyHl3FcgCl_GQfdY/s1300/DSC05682.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1300" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4-Pto7NA_wqcLw7lOcVtrLEymqJXMGVU4nK029aUgHixBs4Jb9lcBg0B78bfiEnNS7U8PDOXB7kv-z3syWGN8Ip7rz1AaOowwZQw8YPzBaMeTLfeD-1OzulCQAcHTOZPPydL4niJA-KHZagI7qQDD1Y_UVhAcaczDfUZKDg7MLPXyHl3FcgCl_GQfdY/w640-h394/DSC05682.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I bought a doll like this in Queratero-</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PLPBeXo-UmP7HcDBjk2Iw99ammpbviGJarzwtXVEHOo8tz0aE32F2AzfV103ZhKz4O-ARb_Z3b_8fv3Dp0nBljONT7vXvRVvlOtZgxIMvdVL_FCrCAL1FHJedA6RXOslwWUL6DOBS0t6oqdXlUCeEYI6Jgl1wZ__HTwAFdl5kqKP6EVDwgLfvywwEZA/s1392/DSC05683.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1392" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PLPBeXo-UmP7HcDBjk2Iw99ammpbviGJarzwtXVEHOo8tz0aE32F2AzfV103ZhKz4O-ARb_Z3b_8fv3Dp0nBljONT7vXvRVvlOtZgxIMvdVL_FCrCAL1FHJedA6RXOslwWUL6DOBS0t6oqdXlUCeEYI6Jgl1wZ__HTwAFdl5kqKP6EVDwgLfvywwEZA/w640-h454/DSC05683.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I visited with a bartender who said his sister lives in Saskatoon and her daughter is studying to be a nurse. Small world.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">10 of us boarded the boat-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhJlgAuGpYFuWonsmm2yr0psKoJwJJojK33Mjp13Ksjgfn0rj3QQ1T5Fm7A9JFE9HVw1jD3XIitvFJIeqx_V-6P0sfVdl_Fe3Z6TJCEMO26iOWasW0ZDAT2H7m-GWa2a58-AzdSFlWBpvgGOgYQ6KOVta3jZ2gbYYeAPcWR5cInFccTcEJKIl2Lg_pvs/s1616/DSC05687.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhJlgAuGpYFuWonsmm2yr0psKoJwJJojK33Mjp13Ksjgfn0rj3QQ1T5Fm7A9JFE9HVw1jD3XIitvFJIeqx_V-6P0sfVdl_Fe3Z6TJCEMO26iOWasW0ZDAT2H7m-GWa2a58-AzdSFlWBpvgGOgYQ6KOVta3jZ2gbYYeAPcWR5cInFccTcEJKIl2Lg_pvs/w640-h428/DSC05687.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />pretty much at 11. I could have gone on a sail boat but there was no shade and I got burned as it was so I was glad to have made the choice I did-</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjQowXM2GrScHAWT7UYgm7StRaNZVcopSl43Wc3zrOfbQa2DfNBHb-7mWjHaDZLf6ryhiGmpc22TIdbwucJkYYdg9drKUBkCPqnW62Y5kjQKqk0E-xMIB4oP5DdSVXHRhXk5wxyit4BqcGFlgNMJ3JzvWF6OPq5-aYxqDs5PP7lUjNag8uqKW3-h_RaI/s1616/DSC05688.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjQowXM2GrScHAWT7UYgm7StRaNZVcopSl43Wc3zrOfbQa2DfNBHb-7mWjHaDZLf6ryhiGmpc22TIdbwucJkYYdg9drKUBkCPqnW62Y5kjQKqk0E-xMIB4oP5DdSVXHRhXk5wxyit4BqcGFlgNMJ3JzvWF6OPq5-aYxqDs5PP7lUjNag8uqKW3-h_RaI/w428-h640/DSC05688.jpeg" width="428" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our route-</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPe3lYjeHeAWzvohqqz0erB_8jtRyNR3l2rBLdvYbEvOaBLgqso8llDI7oaf-4aUcqTRmzBUcjC8nKMmwRln_zvEifHPw1XwlK_cfgLPVSK3FzHqSIJwXugRsvapXKUePtyrcorjWqV8k0v45SB_ypSFN8i6aiQkth7h6UTyzOpsv9S0uN1spRxxeIec/s1004/DSC05742.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPe3lYjeHeAWzvohqqz0erB_8jtRyNR3l2rBLdvYbEvOaBLgqso8llDI7oaf-4aUcqTRmzBUcjC8nKMmwRln_zvEifHPw1XwlK_cfgLPVSK3FzHqSIJwXugRsvapXKUePtyrcorjWqV8k0v45SB_ypSFN8i6aiQkth7h6UTyzOpsv9S0uN1spRxxeIec/w612-h640/DSC05742.jpeg" width="612" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The lake is very beautiful and according to Carlos, our driver and guide, it’s the only lake in the world with white sand. I wasn’t too happy with him because I asked him to speak Spanish slowly but most don’t know that word and then he didn’t repeat in English. I had to ask him every time to tell me in English and I know enough Spanish to know he left a lot out of his English blurb.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking back at the marina I left from at the beautiful colors-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvAfyU3rDb4lk0bZ14szgu72PdRtL7UBMUsGLE2zH1Gw-GjUDIsJPbkEePisUVOSn_ejvSNnZud6_kr9xOlJOU4jKb1QzERmpZFpaDvjsD_7R1QBi_urS0Nx7FqtAhr0FhKTbq2BVyjIZSesX20fYzYQMe35Kumg6GSOTiP5ZASgnOa_n26Wu2WkjyiU/s1549/DSC05737.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1549" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvAfyU3rDb4lk0bZ14szgu72PdRtL7UBMUsGLE2zH1Gw-GjUDIsJPbkEePisUVOSn_ejvSNnZud6_kr9xOlJOU4jKb1QzERmpZFpaDvjsD_7R1QBi_urS0Nx7FqtAhr0FhKTbq2BVyjIZSesX20fYzYQMe35Kumg6GSOTiP5ZASgnOa_n26Wu2WkjyiU/w640-h418/DSC05737.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Esmeralda Cenote-</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuEhnqR6elD4r1UEZ3OcaXVfqhr7m2qVv9cP753MHwhpCeGeUK2jZkte_CLLL2cxh75y-t2htYpV1AHWhyphenhyphenCG_vAjKTYGu7XXDJNsLtOYNze90gwGdxWcKbitY3bGlAZ0LJ87tyz6AoFmxxI8Mj5kIpmjNjKooliNlMAlWOCV2I_ODeenNCelAiY5e4o0/s1616/DSC05739.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuEhnqR6elD4r1UEZ3OcaXVfqhr7m2qVv9cP753MHwhpCeGeUK2jZkte_CLLL2cxh75y-t2htYpV1AHWhyphenhyphenCG_vAjKTYGu7XXDJNsLtOYNze90gwGdxWcKbitY3bGlAZ0LJ87tyz6AoFmxxI8Mj5kIpmjNjKooliNlMAlWOCV2I_ODeenNCelAiY5e4o0/w640-h428/DSC05739.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The Black Cenote or Witch’s Cenote is over 100 meters deep. There are caves all around it and Carlos said many people have disappeared-</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJ9bpsEqlj1iD5PGzmOmq6ZW3rA0uVFk1eyE0FfYPfa-Z2Zxp449-qxqjRRRdNy7N7z5o8TYYl7UcPCC5GPMiGSD1_uAh4KlZrdlbvBy6aaRLqpBAQgEcJ1tS39OMHcy9O-fWe3PRlzq8zBcSxX0LGibjfu-cUn34KSo9omtaKCSWfXTk8qDEnP7rFlA/s1616/DSC05702.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJ9bpsEqlj1iD5PGzmOmq6ZW3rA0uVFk1eyE0FfYPfa-Z2Zxp449-qxqjRRRdNy7N7z5o8TYYl7UcPCC5GPMiGSD1_uAh4KlZrdlbvBy6aaRLqpBAQgEcJ1tS39OMHcy9O-fWe3PRlzq8zBcSxX0LGibjfu-cUn34KSo9omtaKCSWfXTk8qDEnP7rFlA/w640-h428/DSC05702.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see the black-</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2aengR7c6wM719Tuos9vZA2HR8xNdDb5B4NSMo6L2y9S4zxS3L5kPADfI_h91kBbotGnBeazPzHRwk_ofTCiIFTFT7pPq51Y2uQC2FepVDHXUqGyzltVE-jzrgkmL5CJ9wHuPJoFD5IXa3aq57B2_SgJnXAIAPKlyUv7IftLivxjUPQUrwT-BLYSP2Q/s1452/DSC05714.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1452" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2aengR7c6wM719Tuos9vZA2HR8xNdDb5B4NSMo6L2y9S4zxS3L5kPADfI_h91kBbotGnBeazPzHRwk_ofTCiIFTFT7pPq51Y2uQC2FepVDHXUqGyzltVE-jzrgkmL5CJ9wHuPJoFD5IXa3aq57B2_SgJnXAIAPKlyUv7IftLivxjUPQUrwT-BLYSP2Q/w640-h428/DSC05714.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Nearby was a huge orange iguana in a tree but my pictures are not very clear-</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ3Bj6_kLJjo_LvgyXQmlVfNWdT4RVBGJiyYuIq3ghkkMUXkYYpmOZkEhyC_E2Wgp6qn-PfKRF0PMFFH4MLuxeFTEENni6Ce2D8FqSb7sSz9lsKK6F1WyZpTaVmiJ5pDhMkZjLmgfZFddfvdNzoGtzkv3SwEkUFdU654t3sUK5kekXrC3QpAfiGMXBoc/s1280/IMG_0447.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ3Bj6_kLJjo_LvgyXQmlVfNWdT4RVBGJiyYuIq3ghkkMUXkYYpmOZkEhyC_E2Wgp6qn-PfKRF0PMFFH4MLuxeFTEENni6Ce2D8FqSb7sSz9lsKK6F1WyZpTaVmiJ5pDhMkZjLmgfZFddfvdNzoGtzkv3SwEkUFdU654t3sUK5kekXrC3QpAfiGMXBoc/w640-h640/IMG_0447.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">There are stromatolites which are groupings of cells that create sedimentary rocks that first appeared 2500 to 1000 million years ago. They produce oxygen and their presence caused the atmosphere to change to the conditions we know today. Thanks to them, life on the planet was possible. They are rocks made of calcium carbonate and are the first reefs. They are very important to the ecosystem, releasing oxygen and keeping the lagoon healthy. They’re roped off to protect them-</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdgkWGfdGNNUOSbu3kBDxheMxoMK9r4FtRikXWDtMgqO8pkSJ02kv8-UYMj8LWudPI_NyOz1y8l5PBM1qF8LOqA_qESZUihXY2Bpr9nBOJGklanasbctX8CcV0mMZI7JijxQrhcgXcZn2kWf40qzf-CBkbeYVQchH2jEfTqJoruP9nhDnLx3wTKlY490/s1616/DSC05696.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdgkWGfdGNNUOSbu3kBDxheMxoMK9r4FtRikXWDtMgqO8pkSJ02kv8-UYMj8LWudPI_NyOz1y8l5PBM1qF8LOqA_qESZUihXY2Bpr9nBOJGklanasbctX8CcV0mMZI7JijxQrhcgXcZn2kWf40qzf-CBkbeYVQchH2jEfTqJoruP9nhDnLx3wTKlY490/w640-h428/DSC05696.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOvSfAGw21Kd6Tmz5MtLU9LhOgmn6QeLMXEW_TkQ_fVTNfMcPCmzvCtY4F2yaSwvzQS3jbASzbNudbeck4njWPpsWDWar0IS_zq38cl-Mxin4fGXh1_5WiuuolrHZbJkYKQVayHOa8MJ2rXI6GGCakF1I-0vM9flgsSOTHUipXOghNSlHUAQQcdP3Yl4/s1616/DSC05697.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOvSfAGw21Kd6Tmz5MtLU9LhOgmn6QeLMXEW_TkQ_fVTNfMcPCmzvCtY4F2yaSwvzQS3jbASzbNudbeck4njWPpsWDWar0IS_zq38cl-Mxin4fGXh1_5WiuuolrHZbJkYKQVayHOa8MJ2rXI6GGCakF1I-0vM9flgsSOTHUipXOghNSlHUAQQcdP3Yl4/w640-h428/DSC05697.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">but there are a lot in front of my hotel-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrEesZyBe-EkemCKGD_T6hdf6xsitBqTo9fTbB0AdazI3Q26KVqWs_cvaLPlDCnGQ6CBSZstTlV2CXrPpw_trLHFWku2Hv0ccJKJopBE5NC11jfANuHNBVjlkDoJaEGdNQgmrXp4Toztt0ipvdNm8x7EmiPS6soO9FW8OiX0sEA09Fqzz14MzZ0DGnII/s1616/DSC05744.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrEesZyBe-EkemCKGD_T6hdf6xsitBqTo9fTbB0AdazI3Q26KVqWs_cvaLPlDCnGQ6CBSZstTlV2CXrPpw_trLHFWku2Hv0ccJKJopBE5NC11jfANuHNBVjlkDoJaEGdNQgmrXp4Toztt0ipvdNm8x7EmiPS6soO9FW8OiX0sEA09Fqzz14MzZ0DGnII/w640-h428/DSC05744.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4RNfSrJJBr7nG2bAlmyAM3mNXZtui-hB3ZTA_SAJjkYn9CEoxAJ5LbAZ3bm5_cL5jFO1xTZlrDM9otMeLDCpMbyG9525IktQ8QiDboBtljhaUbx95jnr9u1fzhlAvCLSXpvc7FBA15pYLWyjHWKuc2kbZvPb_9meGj-TZ51AsXA9AACuqks3Q2i00_s/s1616/DSC05745.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4RNfSrJJBr7nG2bAlmyAM3mNXZtui-hB3ZTA_SAJjkYn9CEoxAJ5LbAZ3bm5_cL5jFO1xTZlrDM9otMeLDCpMbyG9525IktQ8QiDboBtljhaUbx95jnr9u1fzhlAvCLSXpvc7FBA15pYLWyjHWKuc2kbZvPb_9meGj-TZ51AsXA9AACuqks3Q2i00_s/w640-h428/DSC05745.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The lagoon also has a Pee Bay! 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Only 2 out of 10 people got off the boat. I kept asking myself what I was doing on this boat, I mean I live at the lake and can go out on a pontoon boat whenever I want but I was happy to see the beautiful colors.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After, I had a pizza with ham, mushrooms, olives and artichokes. It was very good-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNYkAos02P8OIc_aSXrVLK4o86jZwHWLWDqjWGaFRl4GbJyxEk6XEJQuXpcTa0nIx8iBpEEJCc7-yCz16BtVuGM9tax47kmC1Wiyw131bcEe2gy-gyJ2OV1Nddr-dTl1dT1KNg_muYVcsH1xJdjZCy2BP97erqS79Zjf2wXcV6_YAit_fbo15DHcOScE/s1616/DSC05743.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNYkAos02P8OIc_aSXrVLK4o86jZwHWLWDqjWGaFRl4GbJyxEk6XEJQuXpcTa0nIx8iBpEEJCc7-yCz16BtVuGM9tax47kmC1Wiyw131bcEe2gy-gyJ2OV1Nddr-dTl1dT1KNg_muYVcsH1xJdjZCy2BP97erqS79Zjf2wXcV6_YAit_fbo15DHcOScE/w640-h428/DSC05743.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I came back to the hotel, did laundry in a machine which is the first time this trip and visited with Blue and Tian, two women from Ontario who lived off the grid for a month before coming here yesterday and are flying to La Isla near Mazatlán on Monday where they’ll spend the rest of the winter.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomorrow my bus for Tulum leaves at 10:10. Moving on!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-44460416666621337422023-12-15T14:31:00.010-06:002023-12-15T16:51:35.334-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bacalar. Quintana Roo, Mexico December 15, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My room is good and I had a great sleep. I was up as early as usual but it was still dark. Oh ya - time change!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After my usual morning routine, I hopped on my bicycle and headed out, looking for the hotel from where I will leave tomorrow for my 3 hour boat tour of the Lagoon. I weaved my way through the town, only almost getting wiped out once. Eventually I found the place but the woman with whom I talked was Argentinian and I know it’s a stereotype but they are snobs. I told her I could understand Spanish if she talked slowly but that just seemed to make her talk faster. She didn’t enunciate any words either or open her mouth. Numerous times I told her I didn’t understand what she was saying but did she change? N.O. So I left and went next door where I had been greeted and courted when I went by originally. They are running a tour tomorrow for sure and they supply 3 beer for each person - what’s not to love about that company? My biggest issue will be leaving with enough time to spare to get there by 11.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The view from the lake front hotels-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3II6DK9zfm4AhRea1nPfw3sq-X27f3EXmggZVHR2kjNbgh4L34UBfTaUPScZx0OB1L2Ify9kzRwmJUM7vupc4CWtXYRZYzsDm0FftyHlb_8EuvMyPk1VZmDlC5g3tFoBhUWOThyphenhyphen2VcyZJ6Y01G7cqE8B_LCCLmcvk06FkNfAb9MSwBhe5M2bmKUgjSA/s1616/DSC05675.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3II6DK9zfm4AhRea1nPfw3sq-X27f3EXmggZVHR2kjNbgh4L34UBfTaUPScZx0OB1L2Ify9kzRwmJUM7vupc4CWtXYRZYzsDm0FftyHlb_8EuvMyPk1VZmDlC5g3tFoBhUWOThyphenhyphen2VcyZJ6Y01G7cqE8B_LCCLmcvk06FkNfAb9MSwBhe5M2bmKUgjSA/w640-h428/DSC05675.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7hZWD1fEiXddfl2LyZmlnycOWw4OD_Qw4K2_pshsHOqpsEuAQNdAIIWRuGctqU_1hs9SL13L-T41LtliYZEIMIwoWyBaeBO7FeEcDPgo_263M0EPEVyEtMJncd2ZVXRFrjeGZ96OBVfdyX5NykfHMAIxBXtTKbzZUAjyhw1gRV1cXpdxcpbIYOePWKs/s1616/DSC05676.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7hZWD1fEiXddfl2LyZmlnycOWw4OD_Qw4K2_pshsHOqpsEuAQNdAIIWRuGctqU_1hs9SL13L-T41LtliYZEIMIwoWyBaeBO7FeEcDPgo_263M0EPEVyEtMJncd2ZVXRFrjeGZ96OBVfdyX5NykfHMAIxBXtTKbzZUAjyhw1gRV1cXpdxcpbIYOePWKs/w640-h428/DSC05676.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Heading home I rode along the coastal street but it was very up and down and my bike is a one speed, sometimes it feels like a none speed so I headed into the town again. I was looking for a pescaderia for lupper but first came across the sign-</span></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtyukd9Rjhky8thPGVdzYY8K2aMrVWFMCWn2YC5RECPDgIRRiCzaGVahW7KELlJdGc3VwPmv5sq729aZGqEpAREBT9ZbqSWUeBbRILR1u3xTBQvZFvzTGNfR8EyvyRwyOxRGJjBNUFUshgkVvVq8j-GHJmz1g5EyjIbWVMrQOq_JzrBN5mBCDLVvy3zM/s1350/DSC05677.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="1350" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtyukd9Rjhky8thPGVdzYY8K2aMrVWFMCWn2YC5RECPDgIRRiCzaGVahW7KELlJdGc3VwPmv5sq729aZGqEpAREBT9ZbqSWUeBbRILR1u3xTBQvZFvzTGNfR8EyvyRwyOxRGJjBNUFUshgkVvVq8j-GHJmz1g5EyjIbWVMrQOq_JzrBN5mBCDLVvy3zM/w640-h196/DSC05677.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">and then Fort Felipe-</span><p style="font-size: x-large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinB4IAaMQwZ5NJqeEeqknm1VqiBmHnMPSQKs-zG2i_0GWe7uZE2JgjbU5Fn1o6WLWrjPs68IMI9R7q1Wz1Bu_m3c9N57YHOq0Tll2slR45-VIZ8nVBIYLeLIJAXAv6JHRElT877gPascT7v79u7LNzvt2PG7JbWxKqw7K7S0v94McNTlZLkERqho8-Mc0/s1616/DSC05679.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinB4IAaMQwZ5NJqeEeqknm1VqiBmHnMPSQKs-zG2i_0GWe7uZE2JgjbU5Fn1o6WLWrjPs68IMI9R7q1Wz1Bu_m3c9N57YHOq0Tll2slR45-VIZ8nVBIYLeLIJAXAv6JHRElT877gPascT7v79u7LNzvt2PG7JbWxKqw7K7S0v94McNTlZLkERqho8-Mc0/w640-h428/DSC05679.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR545i36ZGxSVY16YhdSYBiwBKy_lEuUxek5S9DgU0nVvgBCMx_rU1Edh31geOOkbgX_nBqe_49e1TL6hMdkXBoLJz9t_DMqzvLwPaPRXlrNxiqdnyq0hUKf4VoOysm14vyFuFO4gG19MpaxV8cfjjAp4fHT86B71zh_gvl2Lrj5DyOR2B1J1MZkOGa-I/s1616/DSC05680.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR545i36ZGxSVY16YhdSYBiwBKy_lEuUxek5S9DgU0nVvgBCMx_rU1Edh31geOOkbgX_nBqe_49e1TL6hMdkXBoLJz9t_DMqzvLwPaPRXlrNxiqdnyq0hUKf4VoOysm14vyFuFO4gG19MpaxV8cfjjAp4fHT86B71zh_gvl2Lrj5DyOR2B1J1MZkOGa-I/w640-h428/DSC05680.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzMD-ErQ2Nn2ju9eXuHrNVtx_pMviuzZQeqSAwr14DjmVwdF46AV_Pu99DbVA7ulUDZNKCfyKX8A_Uh7HhILnNszSS9KOnGSBBfn73t8wRVKH4EIKj0QaYSDFn68UE-2lg2h0salFl6fBemMEvQKwAptWdyg-fLBs3q-ndHZE0RUYJtFkHWkf4CpZ5Cw/s1616/DSC05681.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzMD-ErQ2Nn2ju9eXuHrNVtx_pMviuzZQeqSAwr14DjmVwdF46AV_Pu99DbVA7ulUDZNKCfyKX8A_Uh7HhILnNszSS9KOnGSBBfn73t8wRVKH4EIKj0QaYSDFn68UE-2lg2h0salFl6fBemMEvQKwAptWdyg-fLBs3q-ndHZE0RUYJtFkHWkf4CpZ5Cw/w640-h428/DSC05681.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">which I did not enter. I bought camarones and pescado, found my beer store and headed home.</span></p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The kitchen was full with a family from Switzerland. The man was friendly but no one else in his family spoke even though they can all speak French/English. The man sitting with them is a French snob and his wife is 2 people made into one if you know what I mean. They are in RVs that they shipped from Europe, have no timelines and want to end up in Victoria before they’re done.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Later, Harry Potter showed up </span><span>to do some drawing and other magical stunts, and finally 2 women from Canada arrived. Thank goodness! They had just come from a little north of here, living rustic for a month with little power, no wifi and no hot water! Holy hell!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I spent the afternoon reading and visiting with them as well as the Swiss daughter who is 15 and misses her friends terribly. She said when she turns 16 she will have her own apartment in Switzerland and live there alone. </span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m looking forward to my pontoon ride tomorrow!</span><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-42063552746700754582023-12-14T21:10:00.007-06:002023-12-14T21:28:47.484-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Valladolid to Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico December 14, 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I took an ADO bus at 10:30 to Bacalar which is 263 km south. It’s pretty close to Belize-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoxZ6fxIvP_VJKMAlvhbT4NEzbxcmoQnnpNcIFC6H_XcEdciYgWIjUqEM-jpj9Ek5EUEuC_whOwRGr8tBpjGy0jK6x8Lg5HDPT38S5-Rz56EvNjrr_h66YAX9EEPw2D7sFY4G0fZmTE6yo6Sk3md8ScEOIZ7R6vfz3s6NYo9NKHbAmJm_8zhh-_-I1gA/s2048/IMG_0357.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoxZ6fxIvP_VJKMAlvhbT4NEzbxcmoQnnpNcIFC6H_XcEdciYgWIjUqEM-jpj9Ek5EUEuC_whOwRGr8tBpjGy0jK6x8Lg5HDPT38S5-Rz56EvNjrr_h66YAX9EEPw2D7sFY4G0fZmTE6yo6Sk3md8ScEOIZ7R6vfz3s6NYo9NKHbAmJm_8zhh-_-I1gA/w640-h480/IMG_0357.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I asked the bus driver if he’d drop me off along the road because I had to backtrack to get to my place but he said no. That turned out to be okay because I was able to have pollo asado for lupper. Chicken doesn’t get any better than that. One thing I love about a lot of places besides Canada is if a restaurant doesn’t serve beer, they just tell you to go down the street to the shop, buy your own and bring it back to drink with your meal. I knew I was in a good chicken place because it was pretty busy at 4 pm.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Along the way, a basket shop. First time I’ve seen that this trip-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkos26U7IMzUBwaQqCImebFtDWkcM-fPugt40FakHa5Yn6OfyqAdm9UqaNJUmTVflv36U4pF7FBKz_YlijZHHIIHZ34CQCn0bbT5c7UnqxYa4Hr_6pAQ9lGGuJ2Gs1o48gkuggNm6YB21JYOeUAxA1JqqBvYaJdJgSCmUrZFvkcqhvq42TXF5ty8Oc5w/s1616/DSC05672.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkos26U7IMzUBwaQqCImebFtDWkcM-fPugt40FakHa5Yn6OfyqAdm9UqaNJUmTVflv36U4pF7FBKz_YlijZHHIIHZ34CQCn0bbT5c7UnqxYa4Hr_6pAQ9lGGuJ2Gs1o48gkuggNm6YB21JYOeUAxA1JqqBvYaJdJgSCmUrZFvkcqhvq42TXF5ty8Oc5w/w640-h428/DSC05672.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My place is nice. I wanted to be on the lagoon-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdPm-K96fghhnnCIR9XH-9KfowjlFHMLfA9cSu6ZglUCLgmvzkCHiARcW0Ci6xtPjEwKBzkL6gbRStFYROA3HxRU3heMsHvqAAMF7poSkd9AWI306NDw9UZR1ZVoxTbwBG-XcTxS-mbpAVinumZut12L84NkvE_dXAsD-isbwU-Isi4dJxIcJz4Q8qpQ/s2048/IMG_0353.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdPm-K96fghhnnCIR9XH-9KfowjlFHMLfA9cSu6ZglUCLgmvzkCHiARcW0Ci6xtPjEwKBzkL6gbRStFYROA3HxRU3heMsHvqAAMF7poSkd9AWI306NDw9UZR1ZVoxTbwBG-XcTxS-mbpAVinumZut12L84NkvE_dXAsD-isbwU-Isi4dJxIcJz4Q8qpQ/w640-h480/IMG_0353.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">rather than have to look for access. I was almost going to book a hostel but wasn’t looking forward to it because the reviews said the music blasts until midnight even if no one is at the bar and the dorm windows all face the bar so I was glad to find this place last minute.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My room is good, even though I don’t have AC but the fan works fine-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHdRvGbvopo2wUTvxVtaPQNl4eOUTzBXlAh-XgNtbkVWeQfs7NLkrF24maB3vhQiDgGS5kLFozmFR3MflOjEPOJbh-PmKFUsewrQN3cN96LioE8AsrRTMN7NZpZTIbLZYZ3edjJuoQxFiaxwoy6qsDRTqEjgfw5gEAoKyI3hYyWoGfxdQGNinIiIRD5Y/s1657/IMG_0358.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1657" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHdRvGbvopo2wUTvxVtaPQNl4eOUTzBXlAh-XgNtbkVWeQfs7NLkrF24maB3vhQiDgGS5kLFozmFR3MflOjEPOJbh-PmKFUsewrQN3cN96LioE8AsrRTMN7NZpZTIbLZYZ3edjJuoQxFiaxwoy6qsDRTqEjgfw5gEAoKyI3hYyWoGfxdQGNinIiIRD5Y/w640-h540/IMG_0358.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My room connects to the kitchen-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMz9v6l7E2oVedP_Ip8hv6k4tMdo1cnGQbgnxDK6Pc09sCU2oCB-5scInCOhb0qfgXaHCdwu9Mkh71CAtmEGalsdN6u7qf4jAhJ1rgu9lyAv0ISnPviiZvPr4gIyQ9YiCZkDkJRQ04en3FE9VFLQYR7xmONoxLPK8PCPdguCe3Xx7KmnBInIzudMvpnIM/s1466/IMG_0352.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1466" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMz9v6l7E2oVedP_Ip8hv6k4tMdo1cnGQbgnxDK6Pc09sCU2oCB-5scInCOhb0qfgXaHCdwu9Mkh71CAtmEGalsdN6u7qf4jAhJ1rgu9lyAv0ISnPviiZvPr4gIyQ9YiCZkDkJRQ04en3FE9VFLQYR7xmONoxLPK8PCPdguCe3Xx7KmnBInIzudMvpnIM/w640-h632/IMG_0352.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and the bathroom is around the side of the building but it’s for 2 rooms and the other room is vacant. There’s a small campground where there are five small campers belonging to Europeans who have shipped them over. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I will do a boat trip either tomorrow or the next day to see the seven colors of the lagoon. Rain is forecast for tomorrow and even though I’ve been tricked more than once by a wrong weather forecast I don’t want to be on a boat on a cloudy day. The colors will be too muted so will have to see. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-25329402413080250892023-12-13T13:47:00.045-06:002023-12-14T05:18:50.294-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico December 13, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was awakened at 5 when traffic picked up. It was none too early as I had to leave at 6:30 to catch a 7 a.m. collectivo. How lucky am I? I got the last spot!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In no time we were on our way and I visited with a man from the U.K. whom I later learned is named Julian. We got to Chichén Itzá at 7:20 and it doesn’t open until 8. Julian and I were second in line and soon we were in.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The first thing you see is the Kukulkan Temple, also known as El Castillo (the castle). It’s dedicated to Kukulkan the feathered serpent god-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LficwaV7fFIyw0HuZkuXO4y3OUlaueLhwuFWJzN5BR_029GJhKAigatZiBvW6gNMEe9fBasv02P04Y31Isn4YwflwRZm1T6K3CWcbLAlbiAUp7ISKZBIzeb6DL5sVVRNUsDuvr9oloWw6oWU-wNDKLz_Dxv5nuH_lPV7Z0mcDp00AcXeFy6W9SIxU-w/s1616/DSC05594.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LficwaV7fFIyw0HuZkuXO4y3OUlaueLhwuFWJzN5BR_029GJhKAigatZiBvW6gNMEe9fBasv02P04Y31Isn4YwflwRZm1T6K3CWcbLAlbiAUp7ISKZBIzeb6DL5sVVRNUsDuvr9oloWw6oWU-wNDKLz_Dxv5nuH_lPV7Z0mcDp00AcXeFy6W9SIxU-w/w640-h428/DSC05594.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWF4moDbYaXCDbubWaIl37nNGmCxhnV4cfjlLvT35XiTH-nlbem0WqJXTLjUJ9N8qtqK45-AshDmAszHWIN2GV0tAv4yaTqC7PUUO_l5ZD0S4HtmrOFrSDueNqd_s3MVFdJXXrXxnHRAK_FoWnbc09Afocq1m3k9fd3A2onW5AulcP9-eEa5D2zrh0zB4/s1616/DSC05600.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWF4moDbYaXCDbubWaIl37nNGmCxhnV4cfjlLvT35XiTH-nlbem0WqJXTLjUJ9N8qtqK45-AshDmAszHWIN2GV0tAv4yaTqC7PUUO_l5ZD0S4HtmrOFrSDueNqd_s3MVFdJXXrXxnHRAK_FoWnbc09Afocq1m3k9fd3A2onW5AulcP9-eEa5D2zrh0zB4/w640-h428/DSC05600.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOtHhNPmOuCfffri6Bip9QcmDMPa6P7XvypmwwXcMM63knYCKX9crU1yyg244XvEwXEhpp0opuypn3PE30wNzjSWFXQxSaKdUE1gVgeGaNoKC1WSNenaYgXUXriQgemTSd4O_YyziX2t47yWFdxydRQB_iw9bOGzSdGARZJmlGTAlT-pXLaMQ0YToVBA/s1616/DSC05602.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOtHhNPmOuCfffri6Bip9QcmDMPa6P7XvypmwwXcMM63knYCKX9crU1yyg244XvEwXEhpp0opuypn3PE30wNzjSWFXQxSaKdUE1gVgeGaNoKC1WSNenaYgXUXriQgemTSd4O_YyziX2t47yWFdxydRQB_iw9bOGzSdGARZJmlGTAlT-pXLaMQ0YToVBA/w640-h428/DSC05602.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">It’s 100 feet tall and each of the four sides has 91 steps which equals 364 and with the top platform, that’s 365 steps which is how many days there are in a year. Each side aligns perfectly with a cardinal point. It’s built on 2 former temples and that’s probably the most interesting thing for me- what else is hidden here? We will never know!</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Great Ball Court is where Pok Ta Pok was played. It measures 229 feet wide and 551 feet long which makes it the longest playing field in Mesoamerica-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxqFwyJCxSxh_L1iB4U-5_BMPEG275n_fsE1ouct7ZhQM9A9kbrjzxpdIBUXKoKvcp_p1M1Ze97SaCf5LjI3QLZk7DVcgXZaNFec6HJN333hMPd80nSpzgmuh3pQKGHR2qFY0Op5RGwmkNjWR8i7k_nep7s6YyIg84T5YAqjNNJtThuqWhDIxSjvmmXo/s1616/DSC05635.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxqFwyJCxSxh_L1iB4U-5_BMPEG275n_fsE1ouct7ZhQM9A9kbrjzxpdIBUXKoKvcp_p1M1Ze97SaCf5LjI3QLZk7DVcgXZaNFec6HJN333hMPd80nSpzgmuh3pQKGHR2qFY0Op5RGwmkNjWR8i7k_nep7s6YyIg84T5YAqjNNJtThuqWhDIxSjvmmXo/w640-h428/DSC05635.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The side walls are 39 feet high and the hoops are 26 feet off the ground-</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYfd98hUY9kpX2MFwRlneE6qzgSnChtm8m77QwwLcXI_AKj57AlJ2YBxsNfhncipTQt6KN6sEbq2y7IZnj6ZF296keV9ZVXZoqTZgfr8CBVmKgKvyj7S8hz_ua__TS9M2H-a5MEx-dGWO4WpaRWAwJRQMxgVmW6nA2qdgUelCtSl3Ammiswlukyt4Vxg/s1616/DSC05624.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYfd98hUY9kpX2MFwRlneE6qzgSnChtm8m77QwwLcXI_AKj57AlJ2YBxsNfhncipTQt6KN6sEbq2y7IZnj6ZF296keV9ZVXZoqTZgfr8CBVmKgKvyj7S8hz_ua__TS9M2H-a5MEx-dGWO4WpaRWAwJRQMxgVmW6nA2qdgUelCtSl3Ammiswlukyt4Vxg/w428-h640/DSC05624.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1scU4GNkfMyZyFMMdiqzEdT4tRpa9eYjimENaaHR4YwgcdrMfnPA8h1PjuzKtcAEOBU5RWZggJoQUjkXuGLC9BeE2zwvjbTWBHoNaRZHWbtPgI_aDNgsl5kqbRw9apQZS3g2H4FI3yCVITWJVxbi9r3PODTe7tCT5DXp1yspBrPNUShsh23xYEt8c14/s1616/DSC05625.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1scU4GNkfMyZyFMMdiqzEdT4tRpa9eYjimENaaHR4YwgcdrMfnPA8h1PjuzKtcAEOBU5RWZggJoQUjkXuGLC9BeE2zwvjbTWBHoNaRZHWbtPgI_aDNgsl5kqbRw9apQZS3g2H4FI3yCVITWJVxbi9r3PODTe7tCT5DXp1yspBrPNUShsh23xYEt8c14/w640-h428/DSC05625.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSqGNv38m3SSkUU500LnwoKAf5o57F5s51dYluAjFzbat_6nPF2CDY_Tw1KKy_Z5W-UkjN3HLcD-0Y_kM2K0WBjDIYykwdfAnUI1zxvSF-tUPulXHCsvxKDQQ2LNuEL2Z0da_Y3UPXP5AfNt1MkkB0JhRERr1F_CoZY3DA_apmUKBjz3BkEesQsLUEuo/s368/DSC05622.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="368" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSqGNv38m3SSkUU500LnwoKAf5o57F5s51dYluAjFzbat_6nPF2CDY_Tw1KKy_Z5W-UkjN3HLcD-0Y_kM2K0WBjDIYykwdfAnUI1zxvSF-tUPulXHCsvxKDQQ2LNuEL2Z0da_Y3UPXP5AfNt1MkkB0JhRERr1F_CoZY3DA_apmUKBjz3BkEesQsLUEuo/w640-h428/DSC05622.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-size: large;">They played with a rubber ball that could have weighed up to 4 kg. To score, the ball couldn’t touch the ground, nor could players use their hands or feet. Sounds pretty much impossible to me which is maybe why the stands are decorated with beheaded players as well as other things-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_i3Q7CpHqbkgag4m__fpeFsh6NpjmcFQ5jNRckponFZyOKVV8tgHTsPVDGD-LGN-AcVTAtzmLXI1oI6jYu038prPqaOmU6kVUtBTxDd9iRQSKA-EfZzZaYjPtaAVou0-0Vkjqr-v3AxoRIC4tAXCtfwNZcQB2xzFnbZRbAKJuDyTGdqvrYIyUbJXd-9w/s1280/IMG_0339.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_i3Q7CpHqbkgag4m__fpeFsh6NpjmcFQ5jNRckponFZyOKVV8tgHTsPVDGD-LGN-AcVTAtzmLXI1oI6jYu038prPqaOmU6kVUtBTxDd9iRQSKA-EfZzZaYjPtaAVou0-0Vkjqr-v3AxoRIC4tAXCtfwNZcQB2xzFnbZRbAKJuDyTGdqvrYIyUbJXd-9w/w640-h640/IMG_0339.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipU8JI1QYkEAyh-3DMe5A9R70RZKjSnmjXF2RDN6TiDVTIihBkHzU9UQvvN6iLGiPme7iicjnvMwhbAEL7nxKjK_x7Wo1HmNEgS2Mvc9z9-rWwX46UspD3r9rjhMMfNEkx9bNhoXXbNHrNMjGDa8leYZSNrc08swvwoLC_B2elDMCq9QW3kFy2b1ghufY/s1280/IMG_0340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It emphasized the power of the city. There are a lot of easy to see carvings-</span></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhPzup7FliHvs8ksfgIS4Bxi4n9LbvbMtcWmt4yom8kEeSaUU7GjYnbjj0UMWGulMj_sChQEphB9Gh6dY92dkVCrIIu1R859c5WN131-3-V0XHHA_hFRfVkGjXR7K4ByLWctF5_rSeUrVT8Wfw2ifl8W0omoSIjXEWkbtNEGqZKjRD8IBEEKbSS8T0S4/s1616/DSC05613.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhPzup7FliHvs8ksfgIS4Bxi4n9LbvbMtcWmt4yom8kEeSaUU7GjYnbjj0UMWGulMj_sChQEphB9Gh6dY92dkVCrIIu1R859c5WN131-3-V0XHHA_hFRfVkGjXR7K4ByLWctF5_rSeUrVT8Wfw2ifl8W0omoSIjXEWkbtNEGqZKjRD8IBEEKbSS8T0S4/w640-h428/DSC05613.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They are carved and were once colourful-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonVGXeHmB4x2ci7Rpqgsgw5xSNZ5fEY1G2wttBGC_iO6EQHMRRLZepELRz36OYoBneiYiUI_TqF0zYXe-X_8-bqsGNzezZU_2pZZl3cW7kCSvy907Cbq-Zy2VxGecb3dVsUXvo43iOJqytBIteSb2uG_6vBEQOnTIfuoabVlVe0NazqHSI_iBp1BkHQA/s1616/DSC05644.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonVGXeHmB4x2ci7Rpqgsgw5xSNZ5fEY1G2wttBGC_iO6EQHMRRLZepELRz36OYoBneiYiUI_TqF0zYXe-X_8-bqsGNzezZU_2pZZl3cW7kCSvy907Cbq-Zy2VxGecb3dVsUXvo43iOJqytBIteSb2uG_6vBEQOnTIfuoabVlVe0NazqHSI_iBp1BkHQA/w640-h428/DSC05644.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYL1sL1GPbMcdPwmZKhJtHw7KsBOYKk28OT3RYCy0MoNJQVdU-kFPQO-fupbMmqsZgGEGiG0WjJoRgbb6S-WdI2GCT_vZqjmw01pOHfkhOe4qd4vdLb7MSO6mWOUsHVZAdOZErSRlq-Taq9j9Z1iR4AwJm8xHz_BhPcCgPR5z0arXwZUsrUJyQnwJvxA/s1616/DSC05646.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYL1sL1GPbMcdPwmZKhJtHw7KsBOYKk28OT3RYCy0MoNJQVdU-kFPQO-fupbMmqsZgGEGiG0WjJoRgbb6S-WdI2GCT_vZqjmw01pOHfkhOe4qd4vdLb7MSO6mWOUsHVZAdOZErSRlq-Taq9j9Z1iR4AwJm8xHz_BhPcCgPR5z0arXwZUsrUJyQnwJvxA/w640-h428/DSC05646.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYzMTQlna0hHmC6DL0aWmY7rk2ACRYf61-ZRKOehC3rLO62pLLUF9kRU9n7MSPWaIqC4ZIT86QSIDPJJYoSXjTv9G2ststzhyphenhyphen-xOPwRBo4LYiv5VaucwwWxsdWmNUyTTIOPPfEvqH8hWU_BMWzOd3Ms7iy5CfP_TWeeBta9hPdaFA3kitsJkKsw04YTI/s1616/DSC05647.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYzMTQlna0hHmC6DL0aWmY7rk2ACRYf61-ZRKOehC3rLO62pLLUF9kRU9n7MSPWaIqC4ZIT86QSIDPJJYoSXjTv9G2ststzhyphenhyphen-xOPwRBo4LYiv5VaucwwWxsdWmNUyTTIOPPfEvqH8hWU_BMWzOd3Ms7iy5CfP_TWeeBta9hPdaFA3kitsJkKsw04YTI/w640-h428/DSC05647.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>The Observatory or El Caracol (the snail) is an odd building. There’s a dome that has a staircase decorated with snails and there are holes in the roof which would have allowed the people to track the stars and planets, especially Venus. These people were not dummies-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T1LiUtdILKvemr07eD_F-Nd9I_8dkZIe5nbY-4Kg6dxSa9-Y_r8aYtXLczgM9OHyO9e-4j5DQiso9noDEvl1S1BlxJIJRZphPQty146B067vp6bXcpdiixDq7ve8SWwgjNsOk-7T_R1dH3arXjVH-4jh2mLeC3jcY-xhob5WtlR4NfEvcB9PMQ8lqnY/s1616/DSC05652.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T1LiUtdILKvemr07eD_F-Nd9I_8dkZIe5nbY-4Kg6dxSa9-Y_r8aYtXLczgM9OHyO9e-4j5DQiso9noDEvl1S1BlxJIJRZphPQty146B067vp6bXcpdiixDq7ve8SWwgjNsOk-7T_R1dH3arXjVH-4jh2mLeC3jcY-xhob5WtlR4NfEvcB9PMQ8lqnY/w640-h428/DSC05652.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuWJXi0MT3wdRwS7-2ajNb454KstxW-cUwMrCSK9Jo949zPIA8jgcbsIYur2WJenCLvxz0XR0572XtTYmD1ZDfL7VgxMWKEjUCg5htvP3ezCDeVKB1magpTsFtPbKVa8BbgpvE5DFq-KXoHjm0O7LY-WMuYL5seR2XULjfOsbf5pUZxOLcAEA4Op0sXI/s1616/DSC05665.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuWJXi0MT3wdRwS7-2ajNb454KstxW-cUwMrCSK9Jo949zPIA8jgcbsIYur2WJenCLvxz0XR0572XtTYmD1ZDfL7VgxMWKEjUCg5htvP3ezCDeVKB1magpTsFtPbKVa8BbgpvE5DFq-KXoHjm0O7LY-WMuYL5seR2XULjfOsbf5pUZxOLcAEA4Op0sXI/w640-h428/DSC05665.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>The Nunnery is so called because it reminded the Spaniards of convents. No one truly has a clue what any of these places were actually called-</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZwqShpibClUXRB7LBrFxR3tLYEI6Yy1K90coiPaiSunf3bVH00Lep_YeJZAR_l6swe0YMsfagZj7V3nHfxCvD_un4_Wfv8inaMfORem5gpYpPOUw8Eyu8HOP7I_MaExmj2OfC8F13cLkYT-vp-9cB-LETNyNZC5GZimvvT73N223M_oI578k4sNZj2g/s1508/DSC05653.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1508" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZwqShpibClUXRB7LBrFxR3tLYEI6Yy1K90coiPaiSunf3bVH00Lep_YeJZAR_l6swe0YMsfagZj7V3nHfxCvD_un4_Wfv8inaMfORem5gpYpPOUw8Eyu8HOP7I_MaExmj2OfC8F13cLkYT-vp-9cB-LETNyNZC5GZimvvT73N223M_oI578k4sNZj2g/w640-h364/DSC05653.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We pointed a lot of things out to each other and being with him made me slow down and enjoy the site which was good because it cost $51 to enter!</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After seeing all there was to see we split up and I wandered the markets, eventually buying an obsidian necklace. Soon I exited and caught a collectivo back to Valladolid. Also waiting for the ADO bus was the poor American couple with enough luggage for a family of 6. I visited with a young Moroccan couple who are both doctors currently studying in France. I suggested they come to Saskatchewan once finished their studies. They each speak 3 languages and enough Spanish to get by. So lucky! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">About 30 coaches show up each day but luckily in the afternoon. When we arrived this morning the parking lot was empty-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DNUIQ0XvUlk9L0nHKm0kRmMEDkGLCKHtdoIKJK8SDWnWuP0-E_anldg7_T7Ar6Y0dMfxshesaLPPdTP6OdpUVCYlXVWaYni-FfYak5fcO0pqVsmRszp0Xwt8XXthLRO0boZ9Y7JuVXIhi0jx_ARVkzN8Dr2NC-U8MtH5GKQ6101m9AkvQ0UruBjfcQA/s1616/DSC05670.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DNUIQ0XvUlk9L0nHKm0kRmMEDkGLCKHtdoIKJK8SDWnWuP0-E_anldg7_T7Ar6Y0dMfxshesaLPPdTP6OdpUVCYlXVWaYni-FfYak5fcO0pqVsmRszp0Xwt8XXthLRO0boZ9Y7JuVXIhi0jx_ARVkzN8Dr2NC-U8MtH5GKQ6101m9AkvQ0UruBjfcQA/w640-h428/DSC05670.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">so practically was the site but not by noon-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kD18ICZFC_chraUvwKp6DxYCjHbyNHZIkXHf-ZzQHcx_KkbeR1hpqnbqZT39oXsXVirVb0EDNORMlSWZHBRVWKMXZZj-FuDCxBycEALV-W72yYsx9wh0rZo-oWCnh5MTNmjbQ_7OXoEaenJR8A9frCAcRn8uJgekM5lOAsHMJmSSOUwMuBPRLRl7Iyc/s1920/DSC05668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kD18ICZFC_chraUvwKp6DxYCjHbyNHZIkXHf-ZzQHcx_KkbeR1hpqnbqZT39oXsXVirVb0EDNORMlSWZHBRVWKMXZZj-FuDCxBycEALV-W72yYsx9wh0rZo-oWCnh5MTNmjbQ_7OXoEaenJR8A9frCAcRn8uJgekM5lOAsHMJmSSOUwMuBPRLRl7Iyc/w640-h144/DSC05668.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I <span>spent the afternoon enjoying my balcony, then joined Julian for supper-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54sxmusJwNIpmdAJ7GB2liM7W1cciD_TDvpeKMffVghfrkHNi2ajLK8VmLbo7SuZxm5PFA2yhfblJi6wP5dEdTGVbXUTzznnwYGKutqWc4uV0BrytnBaVbjwyc4ZtdBXF0R4U5-3SkBtJzOvuvNQ4KByiyNJY1xTt0D-sTrBBBPNDRFioHc1mvYkjJDA/s1616/DSC05671.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54sxmusJwNIpmdAJ7GB2liM7W1cciD_TDvpeKMffVghfrkHNi2ajLK8VmLbo7SuZxm5PFA2yhfblJi6wP5dEdTGVbXUTzznnwYGKutqWc4uV0BrytnBaVbjwyc4ZtdBXF0R4U5-3SkBtJzOvuvNQ4KByiyNJY1xTt0D-sTrBBBPNDRFioHc1mvYkjJDA/w640-h428/DSC05671.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>I had a great day and am glad I spent the morning at one of the 7 wonders of the world. Tomorrow my bus leaves at 10:10 for Bacalar! </span></div></span></div><p><br /></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-56676794311720635422023-12-12T22:04:00.016-06:002023-12-12T22:46:10.388-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico December 12, 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a relaxing day researching but still managed to see a lot. It takes so much time finding accommodation and figuring out what to do in each place. I do enjoy that, I can’t imagine what it would be like if I didn’t.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because it’s Virgen de Guadalupe day, the “parades” went on all day. I have a balcony that looks down on the street-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbgKPFm4ew6dmSZxk6uv5bI9n1HGV4uUnQcldTXmQxy34oO48V_JiH9S2BQlmpHpBOCAOTWUL56gEFrmpPE9a79UwTw0hU7RQUH-b0_RL4u-otZ-ZhS9tFm6Oasf3sGOc6UCeWlaVIaZhPsv9l0OiLrmK6166WW4fggndRxJV8Gb-icJEHJP6UhTUFN0/s705/DSC05515.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="687" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbgKPFm4ew6dmSZxk6uv5bI9n1HGV4uUnQcldTXmQxy34oO48V_JiH9S2BQlmpHpBOCAOTWUL56gEFrmpPE9a79UwTw0hU7RQUH-b0_RL4u-otZ-ZhS9tFm6Oasf3sGOc6UCeWlaVIaZhPsv9l0OiLrmK6166WW4fggndRxJV8Gb-icJEHJP6UhTUFN0/w624-h640/DSC05515.jpeg" width="624" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6mpVYvNtcT8ZhgrcCyrSc18VU8BsxAcEDH-GDvs3davy4iDHZjaokV0iMXTAHeaBK7Zt4-Dbfrx54JIvAU5lUY9x0IpKkn51X7pWl5TAnXEmCx5V9Mn_QEuospyK74GB9Uw-zkb980wfDjFdxyz715Q_EbO7tvDkPUDx3sAwA3jbaD-m3aLWIxXCxos/s1616/DSC05517.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The zocalo-</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbJf6JoLXHod2DENXpGNP4FsRsbNUw1kPyvulLHSDJZcd6OK_Un0rKZG6h93FuC7zy-Eah7PpUGZXUpPqNLW_mxgIelWZCd-fBLjQrNM5YAlzFRlIuFIzq_MJbQIVRNChRdMfStnMCwPg4avqk_wO64zA_gMThs62wvG0H2nUv7FuhSavvvE3RyVm9BI/s1467/DSC05521.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1467" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbJf6JoLXHod2DENXpGNP4FsRsbNUw1kPyvulLHSDJZcd6OK_Un0rKZG6h93FuC7zy-Eah7PpUGZXUpPqNLW_mxgIelWZCd-fBLjQrNM5YAlzFRlIuFIzq_MJbQIVRNChRdMfStnMCwPg4avqk_wO64zA_gMThs62wvG0H2nUv7FuhSavvvE3RyVm9BI/w640-h428/DSC05521.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span>is beautiful like everywhere. The Templo de San Servacio was founded in 1545 and rebuilt in the 1700s-</span></span><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aG7QT5aNDoyNTTjefYIIFbVyDtwTqGdehpmDKfd2w85aettH1g1wtU99j2Win8xzlhBYZsTsU1UOU5BD5Lb4dNd4wep05tDjmpaOpck0D4QON6T7Q3vuz64SZqVSMzVTwn9d3Obuuji4iYMPoKSabIa0ebQJgkvewkXg9exv0pm4GZ62uOIXfsrQE0A/s1616/DSC05522.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aG7QT5aNDoyNTTjefYIIFbVyDtwTqGdehpmDKfd2w85aettH1g1wtU99j2Win8xzlhBYZsTsU1UOU5BD5Lb4dNd4wep05tDjmpaOpck0D4QON6T7Q3vuz64SZqVSMzVTwn9d3Obuuji4iYMPoKSabIa0ebQJgkvewkXg9exv0pm4GZ62uOIXfsrQE0A/w428-h640/DSC05522.jpeg" width="428" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It has nice carvings around the door-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXGpHaG7gnPe7hAN9rfYDYyKgM3gdYMb9qKwSg6nNQuAiZu7VKvemrtU_LhmJdTpOtUhVgUPEhR3d8389jFaNZ8Uwpf6SxoxxTsPGLCMs6fgE2U0EhaD-znV304_Opj5ti_WfOqy0IERfjY9QHrxXNlXbzHswmH-Dx6Lv5Qvp-DBfxeze1rSzEqSsecI/w428-h640/DSC05524.jpeg" width="428" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s a side altar for candles-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBn_KP_D5nwVoP3o1VRbkW2wwYdbogzRC3ygOOUpLl1oKF8UZGDb1lu41ZL2Wgg-lxvTGjABCvbJzgPGv0bMVAh_u1OSNIMLW0PLUOBphErksdbKe7XW4uD46sZNRmOJoCHQks0kCEJHfKhukAmqD_VOaW8mTPmqDpS9Q4ZX6NANtZqBe4yReEWA0igM/s1616/DSC05525.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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What a great way to spend a hot day. Today was cooler and it’s the first time I haven’t worn a tank top since I got here-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uv6YkM4UgnNDEJTP-5ttt8UyKB4eyZLDDNkhFInIbnuQhfVlFgR9JY74x_A_UZ7XjoGS_BtAqXPL3j9Ywtsb7zrJDSCCyz-SM_U_CMcZPpd-9BiY5ZDsMYs6Z0wEskN1TOry8yeLbGMA3ZNVnM2s1HIQ5pkb0YbateCHsEzOODHXFSzXpJFNlGJq-NA/s1616/DSC05531.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uv6YkM4UgnNDEJTP-5ttt8UyKB4eyZLDDNkhFInIbnuQhfVlFgR9JY74x_A_UZ7XjoGS_BtAqXPL3j9Ywtsb7zrJDSCCyz-SM_U_CMcZPpd-9BiY5ZDsMYs6Z0wEskN1TOry8yeLbGMA3ZNVnM2s1HIQ5pkb0YbateCHsEzOODHXFSzXpJFNlGJq-NA/w640-h428/DSC05531.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LjoFXfkQ1mfC3UHt8J6geYnkF2G8W-OmPO97KmpzTqH0zEWLfX9N9bHsI9j1rmnofutYMryLAZCqQIS__wgyxBZZv2RBNtzRdnpek_dNdN75iXw_Vhx5OWy6q_tUJMARWHKHHD8O1VWinc0WtPuNnDEjBFoS_V-RhycPpt2Bn5jZdHu6TRiXT1FLDKI/s1616/DSC05532.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LjoFXfkQ1mfC3UHt8J6geYnkF2G8W-OmPO97KmpzTqH0zEWLfX9N9bHsI9j1rmnofutYMryLAZCqQIS__wgyxBZZv2RBNtzRdnpek_dNdN75iXw_Vhx5OWy6q_tUJMARWHKHHD8O1VWinc0WtPuNnDEjBFoS_V-RhycPpt2Bn5jZdHu6TRiXT1FLDKI/w640-h428/DSC05532.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> It’s a tourist town and in the main areas the buildings are colourful and well looked after-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDdF-P4CjPpE_wtvtpQu-w1vaN8NZPD3cnjjr_NLnxUFP3a4ttJd6rnxanish4j8zR97sZw2zzox7BvC_DXO8cDmCodGwQK_ftI-AT8pmJN-Rc9A8Erl-InW8jHURtT9BY5XemwZuRqY1CTzXeIEIRZpIBy5G-hvjR3sDO0j5Ct_7eIS279E2IWu7BWg/s1616/DSC05533.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDdF-P4CjPpE_wtvtpQu-w1vaN8NZPD3cnjjr_NLnxUFP3a4ttJd6rnxanish4j8zR97sZw2zzox7BvC_DXO8cDmCodGwQK_ftI-AT8pmJN-Rc9A8Erl-InW8jHURtT9BY5XemwZuRqY1CTzXeIEIRZpIBy5G-hvjR3sDO0j5Ct_7eIS279E2IWu7BWg/w640-h428/DSC05533.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Convent of San Bernardino of Siena is where conversion of the Mayans took place. Construction began in 1552 by the Franciscans-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie426M209G3JRNJxupEf8qwhtS2J_TtpXHMyCAM4P88HbX7_sG6ZIfIWaRQ3ioF6yOf44TgZY6a-GfE_Pp9uipdz-8OUIHzkQiyekSxtYTScpyJ98wmDmANQOIH70Kij6PGMd12cm3cqkP-JajeUb1AaIdvduLTF2D5tPzgG4luZIvU7dYnypB3ffzxY/s1591/DSC05540.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1591" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie426M209G3JRNJxupEf8qwhtS2J_TtpXHMyCAM4P88HbX7_sG6ZIfIWaRQ3ioF6yOf44TgZY6a-GfE_Pp9uipdz-8OUIHzkQiyekSxtYTScpyJ98wmDmANQOIH70Kij6PGMd12cm3cqkP-JajeUb1AaIdvduLTF2D5tPzgG4luZIvU7dYnypB3ffzxY/w640-h318/DSC05540.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The gardens in front are nice-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlzAaSGWNmR_BnZ_T6DokwhnsCeMtmyneKWbZ4fUGDQFf_eGGz-7rSEnRHvwESHYa9ELGoPCVJfb8Tjsbp4Pshz3PmzGktyMeK2Wwg5jBkcE_KrqjG974i4OPKbr_EhaFn2QwTEQLzs0Xceb3Si251SbtOZ2UaM946ndJ7faHi97DH2fwJl-xKRmfXwo/s1616/DSC05536.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlzAaSGWNmR_BnZ_T6DokwhnsCeMtmyneKWbZ4fUGDQFf_eGGz-7rSEnRHvwESHYa9ELGoPCVJfb8Tjsbp4Pshz3PmzGktyMeK2Wwg5jBkcE_KrqjG974i4OPKbr_EhaFn2QwTEQLzs0Xceb3Si251SbtOZ2UaM946ndJ7faHi97DH2fwJl-xKRmfXwo/w640-h428/DSC05536.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnSGMDBVI1pDDi9hoQRQptTLZBsk40JXl1Q8rF3lekGMmk8V1M_pdwAw5bWnbDYBhXSq_H8hEAr-SutGnnGhfxGT-UUYUkPh8IWUvdXsvRvoY3lb1-G_WsjJGHXXwMU3E6vTxeBSx3h8G-oY5MMXNL3_pdHn9ICkJNQjb17N6eWtnnGZlbyNoq6QkxIY/s1616/DSC05537.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnSGMDBVI1pDDi9hoQRQptTLZBsk40JXl1Q8rF3lekGMmk8V1M_pdwAw5bWnbDYBhXSq_H8hEAr-SutGnnGhfxGT-UUYUkPh8IWUvdXsvRvoY3lb1-G_WsjJGHXXwMU3E6vTxeBSx3h8G-oY5MMXNL3_pdHn9ICkJNQjb17N6eWtnnGZlbyNoq6QkxIY/w640-h428/DSC05537.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had cochinita pibil for lunch. It’s like pulled pork cooked in a sauce of achiote which is a red fruit. It was pretty good but a lot of meat. The waiter was very friendly and asked if I would like some tortillas. They always bring them and I never eat them. I said I would if he had some marmalade. Pretty soon he brought me tortillas and blackberry and mango jam! I tipped him which is rare for me but he deserved it and when I went to pay he did not ask if I wanted to add a propina. Most waiters expect it for doing less than their job-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CGhbJTHcpd1OrOduzfHnLfnh1xKkj3kxoSs6IPg5OTMycdsvxKw2H1vN3ukB-tTMkRg-5w6MUYZVX5HnM-GPxaV4g-Zn8nIjPiDxqAnWS0byidrRBYZ-lSXWlM5xLu1z8u7IR1-OIpHA3kDmJ3AMfK5MFoCXSMvQ2BvleFZyKub39_MPX6yT7qlMJgU/s1616/DSC05542.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CGhbJTHcpd1OrOduzfHnLfnh1xKkj3kxoSs6IPg5OTMycdsvxKw2H1vN3ukB-tTMkRg-5w6MUYZVX5HnM-GPxaV4g-Zn8nIjPiDxqAnWS0byidrRBYZ-lSXWlM5xLu1z8u7IR1-OIpHA3kDmJ3AMfK5MFoCXSMvQ2BvleFZyKub39_MPX6yT7qlMJgU/w640-h428/DSC05542.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">In the bathroom-</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was reading in my room when all of a sudden all hell broke loose. The main parade was on and the noise was deafening-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmtI9VRFi6p8g7IwwzQLvVWR_Ay6JFusXX8j_PKwO2ejG0tYYoWvZHhPPj733EqtvIEEFqWKNI_gK8J2_hxGelO-RZcDsLQezQjldA3d8ePymQ0yIU-Cu9z9szDPfIEX9Ji196gAuKfmAXUEWFiVXEB1WjDlWthwgacIvwVwP-r48i5XysTc1te2Qdz8/s1616/DSC05562.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmtI9VRFi6p8g7IwwzQLvVWR_Ay6JFusXX8j_PKwO2ejG0tYYoWvZHhPPj733EqtvIEEFqWKNI_gK8J2_hxGelO-RZcDsLQezQjldA3d8ePymQ0yIU-Cu9z9szDPfIEX9Ji196gAuKfmAXUEWFiVXEB1WjDlWthwgacIvwVwP-r48i5XysTc1te2Qdz8/w640-h428/DSC05562.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">There were even horses but the noise didn’t bother them-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m going to Chichen Itza tomorrow via collectivo. We leave at 7 a.m. so I made my scrambled eggs tonight just in case I sleep in! As if! I am really not looking forward to it because I have seen a lot of ruins but it is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the only one I haven’t seen so I’m going. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-47659282415992374012023-12-11T19:48:00.021-06:002023-12-11T20:22:11.804-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Mérida Yucatán to Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico December 11, 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I slept in until 6! and after checkout and one more picture of the hallway in the hotel-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gncyXWCvMwxz1c7jeJL4AJhr9TN60zr5dyBusZCrOrz0wNrPJ-O8tIiQKhhjNxCOXLjhsESa7nhxyn8q0rr8dCx9MxxqMR-IyHrEqTz0sAjL0wZ1OnBPcuV95P4zDn93PC0aIlpQ9xUB4KzBky9dEEkq_STtZDE7b1s1rTsHvE5tOwFrsuIm9OTRm5A/s1616/DSC05478.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gncyXWCvMwxz1c7jeJL4AJhr9TN60zr5dyBusZCrOrz0wNrPJ-O8tIiQKhhjNxCOXLjhsESa7nhxyn8q0rr8dCx9MxxqMR-IyHrEqTz0sAjL0wZ1OnBPcuV95P4zDn93PC0aIlpQ9xUB4KzBky9dEEkq_STtZDE7b1s1rTsHvE5tOwFrsuIm9OTRm5A/w640-h428/DSC05478.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />walked to Paseo Montejo which is a wide boulevarded street with a few nice big colonial homes-</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUbIPbXGlqqobCXQQd5C6FgxIg77yZY3FGotFuKbI0LjCk5mZ1XRg4LOS0NTRNx-szmTZU9xZEkOS2lpLKB4LvTfz692gdVUd-ScsvLEx7R7wioApmfETvqmdMjPadh-nbMK3kCJ-FaS_78to-v7k9LO_iLGnxWgpsHhC3VlSvjD5yXS-diyVJK0LiNs/s1616/DSC05488.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>An interesting restaurant along the street-</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyRFPTOGUCOvDz2LDoRrdZPscdJj69hkUsSm9cnF3qdaCvT6ioprHurNMxHY4Md2F3KtRoFw_vPULR2YorQx8qQCPu2Tn2TLjP0xcVfKFFi7HyOY1GCz-ttJHc1YA3WC3s4_mrdCd35jM7ZeqLfzcBnDm22I1FlL3KdXWRMT8a5TmkgER0w-hwQXTCUU/s1616/DSC05480.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyRFPTOGUCOvDz2LDoRrdZPscdJj69hkUsSm9cnF3qdaCvT6ioprHurNMxHY4Md2F3KtRoFw_vPULR2YorQx8qQCPu2Tn2TLjP0xcVfKFFi7HyOY1GCz-ttJHc1YA3WC3s4_mrdCd35jM7ZeqLfzcBnDm22I1FlL3KdXWRMT8a5TmkgER0w-hwQXTCUU/w640-h428/DSC05480.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I do not believe in coincidences- there are no such things because everything happens for a reason. Anyway I was just thinking about Starbucks and wondering if my coffee would last 9 days. I didn’t think so but Playa del Carmen will be the next place there’s a Starbucks when, guess what! There was a Starbucks right beside me! Ask and you will receive! It’s like magic!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">They aren’t pulling any of their statues down-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafWoY2EnGLQ-iJ-ey3qnqVI66HJio74p3PRjvhBXU9fz5lG2G3TgbnzWfPGq9f6A_k8bjSvE-sDy97tMLqJ9KdDJt-Q92_w-vAJpfG8tFboL9nN_TDNOPz1WaAPA36bTKfhhyuo2IQoGktjnmlsddWbWPdOp-I9KyZeH4znIcKZgjDh0yr5kBXhtAnUI/s1280/IMG_0147.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafWoY2EnGLQ-iJ-ey3qnqVI66HJio74p3PRjvhBXU9fz5lG2G3TgbnzWfPGq9f6A_k8bjSvE-sDy97tMLqJ9KdDJt-Q92_w-vAJpfG8tFboL9nN_TDNOPz1WaAPA36bTKfhhyuo2IQoGktjnmlsddWbWPdOp-I9KyZeH4znIcKZgjDh0yr5kBXhtAnUI/w640-h640/IMG_0147.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I walked back to the Santa Rosa to get my backpack and then headed to Parque San Juan for brunch. I had a couple tacos then went to wait in the bus depot for my 12 p.m. trip to Valladolid-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrke3EMHpLqQueITtlmSUBeGZ-AOeUjCb-F2lqWPAW2bPJ5sX9TmJ5WNNK01ZRsuafSyoBlRE-8y968lD-1SyF9jK35iGP1K4OuY39vLjcwyjR9dLbRy2jvps7NP2-BdgPFX8Z0FbgPuRkWZyGyx8cJ8WBlF4-npn6OzZdWiM78jTAHtTi4tW1ZNvYzQc/s1536/IMG_0146.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1218" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrke3EMHpLqQueITtlmSUBeGZ-AOeUjCb-F2lqWPAW2bPJ5sX9TmJ5WNNK01ZRsuafSyoBlRE-8y968lD-1SyF9jK35iGP1K4OuY39vLjcwyjR9dLbRy2jvps7NP2-BdgPFX8Z0FbgPuRkWZyGyx8cJ8WBlF4-npn6OzZdWiM78jTAHtTi4tW1ZNvYzQc/w508-h640/IMG_0146.jpeg" width="508" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The bus depot is very modern and to prevent the public from using the bathroom for fro or charging anywhere from 5-7 pesos (30 to 55 cents) to use the toilet, only passengers can use it for free except you have to Pat for toilet paper, out of a dispenser-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjliBuR0B5hnSACPF7Ib2LIVXLtHaIM7ZJTJPR8tACfFhYCe91QQqwSAuZ3_eH-TYVzyQw7FxVGcPPcl2heE2KBgt5A4jn2AcX3iwIexM14wpLMeFpO_ywaI07M2hY8SWFY64Uxcp4WTnm7_3DpUV8HdX7t_Ei1kugXjX4YjQCpM_IbDRWdxGBtMRVIkYM/s912/DSC05495.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjliBuR0B5hnSACPF7Ib2LIVXLtHaIM7ZJTJPR8tACfFhYCe91QQqwSAuZ3_eH-TYVzyQw7FxVGcPPcl2heE2KBgt5A4jn2AcX3iwIexM14wpLMeFpO_ywaI07M2hY8SWFY64Uxcp4WTnm7_3DpUV8HdX7t_Ei1kugXjX4YjQCpM_IbDRWdxGBtMRVIkYM/w492-h640/DSC05495.jpeg" width="492" /></a></div><br />This time I chose a van instead of a bus and I got the front seat. My neighbor was from Barcelona, Spain so we had a good time visiting. Spaniards put their tongue between their teeth and it sounds like they have a lisp. He was hard to understand for a while but I caught on quick enough. I was mesmerized watching him constantly stick his tongue out. We stopped at Chichen Itza to drop some people off and OMG you wouldn’t believe the luggage this American couple had. I asked them if they were moving to Mexico - she didn’t appreciate that but he did. He said this was about half of what they usually travel with! Their problem was they needed to get a cab to their hotel as they thought the bus would drop them off at the entrance but they didn’t verify that with the driver and unfortunately they don’t speak Spanish. I wished them luck and we were on our way.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">My Air BNB is steps from the bus depot on a very busy street-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzPhgyxwTJ-cuk5nc8wegTeIMxYbwdJ0VDEHtS4GJJ1v8knGiPzGnG6zcv2acJVpHvl4_z6SlHsbDGnFhjHUYDz3JDghyphenhyphen1xcaOtxDYZJgffqSgxxFrL285EreSvdURlFb9NjwXBwZQFPkqi05Z03ECjP7CCoM44QALGnYHLRuP6NRwEA35sxtLa081aM/s1616/DSC05505.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzPhgyxwTJ-cuk5nc8wegTeIMxYbwdJ0VDEHtS4GJJ1v8knGiPzGnG6zcv2acJVpHvl4_z6SlHsbDGnFhjHUYDz3JDghyphenhyphen1xcaOtxDYZJgffqSgxxFrL285EreSvdURlFb9NjwXBwZQFPkqi05Z03ECjP7CCoM44QALGnYHLRuP6NRwEA35sxtLa081aM/w640-h428/DSC05505.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The main entrance-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUyKeMz656fEok8sOGBos8kSMlqadFYzmscuwJz4uLXYEJSGM2aL_AQBHW7tx635cdgJxSNCLhHACWxYdOrZvTMjQULfImYEaS-kXyEcVCd2VxChX760MZNQwxb-L2RuPdZZ6mhRBRk4ZW3xZqQ6LR3sDlGIKJxnrwYYusrw8gaxt6Zl5oIOJrs2M1c4/s1116/DSC05513.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="514" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUyKeMz656fEok8sOGBos8kSMlqadFYzmscuwJz4uLXYEJSGM2aL_AQBHW7tx635cdgJxSNCLhHACWxYdOrZvTMjQULfImYEaS-kXyEcVCd2VxChX760MZNQwxb-L2RuPdZZ6mhRBRk4ZW3xZqQ6LR3sDlGIKJxnrwYYusrw8gaxt6Zl5oIOJrs2M1c4/w294-h640/DSC05513.jpeg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I sat on the balcony for a while this evening. There’s a circular staircase to get to the apartment that wasn’t easy for me to come up with my backpack. I don’t know how someone with a large suitcase could do it-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HVFxiPdw8f5NzmhQ_JDNPLuxkl924Z2KoflJ7fz4KFAsUs5nDT6DAZIq51bkludkOOFEJ8GQivoAeExhoBrruI1s8IQZNPR0cHCla-kfrwCm2iVot6GG-LIazsO0WUROdEETLHMwXZxz7-kxb1iPk97UwgIyfwxLEf2_8agswYxY4HGhYpLLAdjVeok/s1616/DSC05503.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HVFxiPdw8f5NzmhQ_JDNPLuxkl924Z2KoflJ7fz4KFAsUs5nDT6DAZIq51bkludkOOFEJ8GQivoAeExhoBrruI1s8IQZNPR0cHCla-kfrwCm2iVot6GG-LIazsO0WUROdEETLHMwXZxz7-kxb1iPk97UwgIyfwxLEf2_8agswYxY4HGhYpLLAdjVeok/w640-h428/DSC05503.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">My room is nice-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFccvhVVryOrWPyDEGSjQjr_9Qaq-zOpZ9elbLYdiftpkjwK4P5GIrGbxDWACUpzrABcuj69JvOgXf6HZx9pSkOHC6MNkgkuU3aeHsfTtMyGHURHGTsgt-wms8zKptpsn3UOF6_yw02faBHDo0NrYsk8ELAZSnPUCf2-6qT9v_OhHGAtg-rdjcdnI4MA/s1616/DSC05502.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFccvhVVryOrWPyDEGSjQjr_9Qaq-zOpZ9elbLYdiftpkjwK4P5GIrGbxDWACUpzrABcuj69JvOgXf6HZx9pSkOHC6MNkgkuU3aeHsfTtMyGHURHGTsgt-wms8zKptpsn3UOF6_yw02faBHDo0NrYsk8ELAZSnPUCf2-6qT9v_OhHGAtg-rdjcdnI4MA/w640-h428/DSC05502.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The bathroom is weird-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3VKEG5YmEMhl-gyJSK_3rdxkXuIiQi6wornS6boHWpITAhZHwmtTmMIUNRMZVLlBr14nFF4PRSPEDDCHJIN0mXA_0uy4sWZyyUJ_HN5SPtQc5ijuTZbspbPMyNJ6_gNMlHyXOrvlK4W26u0N5abzS6cjd_EsdpEUb6g0wWWRKo7WP38plbWbXvIXTMU/s1616/DSC05506.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3VKEG5YmEMhl-gyJSK_3rdxkXuIiQi6wornS6boHWpITAhZHwmtTmMIUNRMZVLlBr14nFF4PRSPEDDCHJIN0mXA_0uy4sWZyyUJ_HN5SPtQc5ijuTZbspbPMyNJ6_gNMlHyXOrvlK4W26u0N5abzS6cjd_EsdpEUb6g0wWWRKo7WP38plbWbXvIXTMU/w428-h640/DSC05506.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomorrow is La Virgen de Guadalupe Day so teams were arriving all afternoon. Some have a runner carrying a torch lit on fire, others have just runners and others have bicycles. They are followed by a pilot car that has sirens going and the rest of the team riding in the back. The vehicles are also decorated. My pictures aren’t very good-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznoL_-hqgzydcvZKq7EN_8zN0ZQDHfPKnbjfPhNjvqCbY4BxxKAWsQTAHOFvh6wYipgAlHsRQ_F24HRmBU2Xm_mHKxhcGGrlSxCoZ42NCVovyaBBBQ5ad59MVJmkDg3JFzkSmIwHCgxORQDzDGh05rM_FSTkC-ZCDALXTXMEspf0A1nBZRBWgckh75C4/s1616/DSC05501.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznoL_-hqgzydcvZKq7EN_8zN0ZQDHfPKnbjfPhNjvqCbY4BxxKAWsQTAHOFvh6wYipgAlHsRQ_F24HRmBU2Xm_mHKxhcGGrlSxCoZ42NCVovyaBBBQ5ad59MVJmkDg3JFzkSmIwHCgxORQDzDGh05rM_FSTkC-ZCDALXTXMEspf0A1nBZRBWgckh75C4/w640-h428/DSC05501.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-C-RTgp3XclHbUUNIj_9KeNi8fIHzGYKKxqku0KeGyTHtDiahvDJ11aqWjtJwP4JWLQ9DnnLio45vwhAhaU-J1_uOPBIHNA30e8LF5kl-z6gt7P2luGLaJr6pRUQiCeqkj3BhTISpP6DIM6FVxrn0ujubZ7bWbqr6ii2wRIBeiY_POCSOkeF2xArd0Y/s541/DSC05498.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="541" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-C-RTgp3XclHbUUNIj_9KeNi8fIHzGYKKxqku0KeGyTHtDiahvDJ11aqWjtJwP4JWLQ9DnnLio45vwhAhaU-J1_uOPBIHNA30e8LF5kl-z6gt7P2luGLaJr6pRUQiCeqkj3BhTISpP6DIM6FVxrn0ujubZ7bWbqr6ii2wRIBeiY_POCSOkeF2xArd0Y/w640-h512/DSC05498.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The lead runner and 2 bikers-</span></span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGDvl8nk6g3bsJRUioZyot4VVGP9yYWx3R7-j6GGEHOkwJFIN7oShnz9fwa1JQR96ktXBJjCzJ0Y9YOSROyUJSuIYNZbYQ_gE76DPtTYGwX7SgWU5XNW6f3EbYM_tZ0M2rg-UycnJtv5qZTFLH3M_V3JnxfP5S01B5CbqBPch-DAR9sDcXenDCVoSTWw/s959/DSC05509.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="959" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGDvl8nk6g3bsJRUioZyot4VVGP9yYWx3R7-j6GGEHOkwJFIN7oShnz9fwa1JQR96ktXBJjCzJ0Y9YOSROyUJSuIYNZbYQ_gE76DPtTYGwX7SgWU5XNW6f3EbYM_tZ0M2rg-UycnJtv5qZTFLH3M_V3JnxfP5S01B5CbqBPch-DAR9sDcXenDCVoSTWw/w640-h340/DSC05509.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The torch runner is in the front and he’s followed by 4 or 5 motorcycles-</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrxcWRMrve670ZQmiwU-qbnO6AbB8DNG5zofJe1LqtyLC-17hwxttxxOQ8qh9PSC-xbWsXfKFQesOc_ct2rbJf74nOOOcOe_q7oobG-RPgBn5U79oAmOiB45Ht6GULqHSrmSwwt7mKhiED3eKNL5imKSwdV3dTnW-i92xfoIupfaFsjRm-1bWcLjylGs/s853/IMG_0104.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="853" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrxcWRMrve670ZQmiwU-qbnO6AbB8DNG5zofJe1LqtyLC-17hwxttxxOQ8qh9PSC-xbWsXfKFQesOc_ct2rbJf74nOOOcOe_q7oobG-RPgBn5U79oAmOiB45Ht6GULqHSrmSwwt7mKhiED3eKNL5imKSwdV3dTnW-i92xfoIupfaFsjRm-1bWcLjylGs/w640-h622/IMG_0104.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I bought a few groceries, had lupper and am now enjoying my room. I’m not sure if I’ll go to Chichen Itza tomorrow or take the day off. Time will tell.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0OK-zi9KeggBqWZW9owp7wP5pvIxhdy39Z-R5bJRD5nDMh_AZwlZoHDIFdJAU7QqL-j8cWvT44gREY5eMFERiwjiTwZvBv0BuDoy9jKJ-NDqAicfioBPnBF3CyZOHjI2Oem4I_KlDe30pYeRh76dGTi13t0liafXGVwnsVLJzYfbi3Xx4zKW0KJAJuU/s1616/DSC05487.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0OK-zi9KeggBqWZW9owp7wP5pvIxhdy39Z-R5bJRD5nDMh_AZwlZoHDIFdJAU7QqL-j8cWvT44gREY5eMFERiwjiTwZvBv0BuDoy9jKJ-NDqAicfioBPnBF3CyZOHjI2Oem4I_KlDe30pYeRh76dGTi13t0liafXGVwnsVLJzYfbi3Xx4zKW0KJAJuU/w640-h428/DSC05487.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-60044094711177198462023-12-10T19:25:00.027-06:002023-12-10T20:47:30.831-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Celestun, Yucatán, Mexico December 10, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today was hard and long. I was up about 5 - slept in! and checked out of my hotel by 7:30. I walked to the Santa Maria to leave my backpack because I couldn’t check in until 3 pm. I then walked another mile to the bus depot and waited for half an hour until departure for Celestun-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOb-uHfxJ_Y43bgAiS4TwqCER7jIsKoLOkQgz_ZKjslmOZsvVoQBWJhydd5_Ye53vUgFeqwX9MlbRTd_ODedopGua8gKn4cueqUw2KAc5gDx1gfOQpHRDkF3gO-0ZsbMuWrXi6qOR7rb2HlN68joGGMTDF9UzdYT687Z40ZvodmQhxIvoZm5prhL0fC2I/s1616/DSC05407.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOb-uHfxJ_Y43bgAiS4TwqCER7jIsKoLOkQgz_ZKjslmOZsvVoQBWJhydd5_Ye53vUgFeqwX9MlbRTd_ODedopGua8gKn4cueqUw2KAc5gDx1gfOQpHRDkF3gO-0ZsbMuWrXi6qOR7rb2HlN68joGGMTDF9UzdYT687Z40ZvodmQhxIvoZm5prhL0fC2I/w640-h428/DSC05407.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a nice bus but no bathroom which is good and bad. During a three hour trip, a person needs a toilet but they become smelly and I feel badly for the people sitting closest to them because sometimes you can even smell them towards the front. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I got a front single seat and watched the road-</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvwCjts1BgTllgKuM-TNl19SNCcHn48V_TSJ1YCXNp6EInEa84Gyx6-EccTbpEfjIdHlPxH8NsNwz338lw03Lmzfx-I2MQM5cPKIruNOteulc9tJ-WutxJJ6uWzGQwtA2AwUaiLcCH4gbKogZRa6CCJgXkJm52HdhASBgxyVvJKIl7Kqho3sZm6A7gdM/s1616/DSC05408.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvwCjts1BgTllgKuM-TNl19SNCcHn48V_TSJ1YCXNp6EInEa84Gyx6-EccTbpEfjIdHlPxH8NsNwz338lw03Lmzfx-I2MQM5cPKIruNOteulc9tJ-WutxJJ6uWzGQwtA2AwUaiLcCH4gbKogZRa6CCJgXkJm52HdhASBgxyVvJKIl7Kqho3sZm6A7gdM/w640-h428/DSC05408.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mérida is 82 km from Celestun-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXYE_IPG6eXMIJp1j0LsB57_XV7VLh4-wXReT8f6zcU70kc2KamTAwKHFDglBwOJbN2hLJlP-dhzHH9Zy8gspYRMl8R0Kpej7LvX-rmGBKThAPO7nXSqhPlGqx7NxzAlKtRkFLdIMGWDXlGvehAd9mxqXyd23gwgenikO8t1uhgEhr-ZQSspeNjxuTcE/s1369/IMG_0094.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1220" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXYE_IPG6eXMIJp1j0LsB57_XV7VLh4-wXReT8f6zcU70kc2KamTAwKHFDglBwOJbN2hLJlP-dhzHH9Zy8gspYRMl8R0Kpej7LvX-rmGBKThAPO7nXSqhPlGqx7NxzAlKtRkFLdIMGWDXlGvehAd9mxqXyd23gwgenikO8t1uhgEhr-ZQSspeNjxuTcE/w570-h640/IMG_0094.jpeg" width="570" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />How on earth can it take 3 hours? Topes, topes and more topes as well as people flagging us down constantly and others wanting to get off. I spoke with the bus driver and he said a friend of his would be at the depot in Celestun to take me to see the flamingoes. Sure enough he was and said it was truly better to go in a tuk- tuk rather than a boat because I would see more from the shore and the tide was high so I believed him and away we went. The bus driver agreed. Why I trusted these guys I don't know but it turned out ok.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">First, I wanted to eat so Enrique took me to a restaurant on the beach-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6EghRH3s6aR5JLIcUGg4NZxkg0-DNKwfFEA1Y_QabZEJFMOpGHxFsbyNahb5kJtVXlRurogkqwI1LQcP6tg-iVXoXrj9y_-nL5tIH07M5IfxUfdKSq6vlAkyFVx8wYxCv35I7-J_uok2oNRghc9ocC9NgQu449huhgIdDXFmTWKznHPCdA6eRfC_fks/s1616/DSC05411.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6EghRH3s6aR5JLIcUGg4NZxkg0-DNKwfFEA1Y_QabZEJFMOpGHxFsbyNahb5kJtVXlRurogkqwI1LQcP6tg-iVXoXrj9y_-nL5tIH07M5IfxUfdKSq6vlAkyFVx8wYxCv35I7-J_uok2oNRghc9ocC9NgQu449huhgIdDXFmTWKznHPCdA6eRfC_fks/w640-h428/DSC05411.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking back at the restaurant-</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoccsCeBbLTWDpvQuXD8yHpgUHnCFVae9CvtUCLXaCFABdPT8-tEFIZjAoDIgAzUtqMOUUIOSjfMGHEDojc0HQkYdUgkmikE5uJGb3IBrQ7K3KazUmnVr_SJSvZAVDQoJB4SKXYNDmMtITTYdLJ3F9blpGajhxYP_YHImJeGlwHb1Sy5ZECXgNJhIZoBQ/s1616/DSC05413.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoccsCeBbLTWDpvQuXD8yHpgUHnCFVae9CvtUCLXaCFABdPT8-tEFIZjAoDIgAzUtqMOUUIOSjfMGHEDojc0HQkYdUgkmikE5uJGb3IBrQ7K3KazUmnVr_SJSvZAVDQoJB4SKXYNDmMtITTYdLJ3F9blpGajhxYP_YHImJeGlwHb1Sy5ZECXgNJhIZoBQ/w640-h428/DSC05413.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had fish which was fine but nothing special although I did enjoy the fried plantains. I usually don’t-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR4ntmtDi7gTa6nrWY-bFvnh3hXdXfWEPTkKHhG7qg7p8fKVa-OLmI_LxVDO47S3eUEsLQen2OJt-A-rbDRFgWHRZS_k0Ev2BO5ZAjMuo_gpeP5d8kTCAiYOCdsGbdOiJxUKM_4PUYn3D2IdRKAWso93BkkQRn0MvX6qIfki_Cqo1zX7ToG6i8-5jVWg/s1616/DSC05414.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR4ntmtDi7gTa6nrWY-bFvnh3hXdXfWEPTkKHhG7qg7p8fKVa-OLmI_LxVDO47S3eUEsLQen2OJt-A-rbDRFgWHRZS_k0Ev2BO5ZAjMuo_gpeP5d8kTCAiYOCdsGbdOiJxUKM_4PUYn3D2IdRKAWso93BkkQRn0MvX6qIfki_Cqo1zX7ToG6i8-5jVWg/w640-h428/DSC05414.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We headed to the boat area and I couldn’t get over the filth-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVEEiiR3CnWvwG82Y-gL1s03OFPtO1TtbJZa3F8A042NeJeqBN3zKuR5GLs0upZ7JTSdgBYUS-8Ei93FKkzEvLMqktMBUX0RnIjNzBiHAftaF85BSYg6_b28sp9X_YTzIT3rq_1UB85pRpB7vKGizgYqMGfWZaxiNXR7qa81_JnjbKjJ1cLqSZL_68HI/s1616/DSC05416.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVEEiiR3CnWvwG82Y-gL1s03OFPtO1TtbJZa3F8A042NeJeqBN3zKuR5GLs0upZ7JTSdgBYUS-8Ei93FKkzEvLMqktMBUX0RnIjNzBiHAftaF85BSYg6_b28sp9X_YTzIT3rq_1UB85pRpB7vKGizgYqMGfWZaxiNXR7qa81_JnjbKjJ1cLqSZL_68HI/w640-h428/DSC05416.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTfUvoC7yXzmdWqVqoQ3N0rEsYO7xNmXZVJ_wTpBTrQP9TI4320jPZonsMQGhCFpjiUVZC3iVgFj1d-x1dqC4c2RbKdFuVbBx9eubH0HcHavZv0ZnAFPKn0Wj4TVZZVPNSnqNldZTjZaFkkhm0K682pv5mPbKul-e13BrAZ7l6mn5f9YIQsZ00vyr_-o/s1616/DSC05418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTfUvoC7yXzmdWqVqoQ3N0rEsYO7xNmXZVJ_wTpBTrQP9TI4320jPZonsMQGhCFpjiUVZC3iVgFj1d-x1dqC4c2RbKdFuVbBx9eubH0HcHavZv0ZnAFPKn0Wj4TVZZVPNSnqNldZTjZaFkkhm0K682pv5mPbKul-e13BrAZ7l6mn5f9YIQsZ00vyr_-o/w640-h428/DSC05418.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnXBoZlyX5gDG8_Xjbjw1lY2zTrzT6mEuWYJjrBvcEvSjZEMzSvV47W3bS7CJm6PjuIbHirog8arIoTTcjZggaHZvc8yUgkPbd2DYzVzOWllrkjd3mSvgACRAgJhTFxLU6V7ie-v8OaJbY2frNvv1kmvaKnSEfy2S3IEb92a0VsCCBvvQgzwEvXu6B-w/s1616/DSC05419.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnXBoZlyX5gDG8_Xjbjw1lY2zTrzT6mEuWYJjrBvcEvSjZEMzSvV47W3bS7CJm6PjuIbHirog8arIoTTcjZggaHZvc8yUgkPbd2DYzVzOWllrkjd3mSvgACRAgJhTFxLU6V7ie-v8OaJbY2frNvv1kmvaKnSEfy2S3IEb92a0VsCCBvvQgzwEvXu6B-w/w640-h428/DSC05419.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is by far the dirtiest place I’ve seen in Mexico! We drove to see the pink/red water, which is natural, not pollution-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK6Ke1zJCS178E2Ok7Z2M-ucToMIeU9lbNhb_0g6EZ2Q9oWlrhKvqdcyhZ5JacOm70B8kBf-u4UFQstTIc4DIU_ns0mprRgb5v1ol6guqDW9u3b9Zg6OB4zKgJufwT14W5wdzQa4CMfeH0I9RXNoZObo1OKNxKemxn5ZpeA3jp2yTJ7V69a8dkmXGiik/s1616/DSC05420.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK6Ke1zJCS178E2Ok7Z2M-ucToMIeU9lbNhb_0g6EZ2Q9oWlrhKvqdcyhZ5JacOm70B8kBf-u4UFQstTIc4DIU_ns0mprRgb5v1ol6guqDW9u3b9Zg6OB4zKgJufwT14W5wdzQa4CMfeH0I9RXNoZObo1OKNxKemxn5ZpeA3jp2yTJ7V69a8dkmXGiik/w640-h428/DSC05420.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSMVOkKuVveKgNfaIPmt2c-I8BwsGwnNCQ7T1dYViD0AjPwtmaO01GdXQyyfTOeTlrvChONmvfz9BpwqYgMcPe4iKCxT1gNEQqEedJ7C9yBvh2Hjqnpm3sBnVBX8vFZvQJgSXPSkQiAc4fhOdot0nuOAEH8PRCZt67x-nfLvMmU51_J6J3uPPi7nxGqI/s1616/DSC05421.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSN-NzIXRm-llNrcqL_9bd2hq4JOIkBxtha5FvaCsoVqAv02UK1yDHbuEvcpi3PfW5wrfX89wNPh71aJlk6xoRwCRrVtJrCj0moySMSPX8nF8PPhyVO5UmC64n2kKWURKMdOC5z8PQkIYdah19tQeTXqfAbhKsc8sQzDBDsZvktDUqWv1xPARQ1AF1Wao/w640-h428/DSC05433.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They pull salt out of the water-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFY44jTpjRfLUZ2y6nlSCdHIez2bNKNHD56bdiMJV6Gx9YAoZ20gqXYJl1MWLtSShWjiTgbxvqYvD34bV_tVkBMWw332esKCV2p71EK_hGn9fUG7BkJgRDuxa2hTrbaFSuWMk814JYihw6CSd8e7VNYRlrhPXAk9ZY8nuStjXPlXBM-uqep87D_wybpg/s1616/DSC05426.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFY44jTpjRfLUZ2y6nlSCdHIez2bNKNHD56bdiMJV6Gx9YAoZ20gqXYJl1MWLtSShWjiTgbxvqYvD34bV_tVkBMWw332esKCV2p71EK_hGn9fUG7BkJgRDuxa2hTrbaFSuWMk814JYihw6CSd8e7VNYRlrhPXAk9ZY8nuStjXPlXBM-uqep87D_wybpg/w640-h428/DSC05426.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Initially it is pink-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNG1c7iiYG5PQ0VOXvhxqeXqi1m5gAOsZJ3Ic12o-4aZr0CzgQdMKyC7D7FexEOSEEtiMhUz6Xe4wzsZdpvegeAUnYlSvSPeejqg1jEUdlfibrEXhqicYFb4lDUOEyBhCqPImknZadMb3QE1yWuFXDRuUTrwFeleBlqBGGIr09sSxDiZgwaTiYmZ4DU5E/w640-h428/DSC05431.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But after about 2 weeks because of the elements it changes to white-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7XGlS0AfokZW2rVBEivrGfRtppGGYVZWvwfG1FJuuaGKui17GODpi9Sb4lzcCwzmATvvVVz9p5BOeQF5jiZHpa8T79OxY3gWCjGZTwbq8p7U_1jZugdfN-bwDuhTKPY4bmY5uIQW2o1qfz6SBKIlm7EEKlocVb-wdNjyW1ug9ly6-YFiEV4ZIfN2lu4/s1616/DSC05434.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7XGlS0AfokZW2rVBEivrGfRtppGGYVZWvwfG1FJuuaGKui17GODpi9Sb4lzcCwzmATvvVVz9p5BOeQF5jiZHpa8T79OxY3gWCjGZTwbq8p7U_1jZugdfN-bwDuhTKPY4bmY5uIQW2o1qfz6SBKIlm7EEKlocVb-wdNjyW1ug9ly6-YFiEV4ZIfN2lu4/w640-h428/DSC05434.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Flamingoes-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="1557" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxGBSy_oXp9S9FOHVujfx5NuYpSoDPDgsJytIFv7VsJl5SnEhNx_9KYKc3SpQMBJ_J9um34QMuBCNvliDFSKgEF3aNITlLotqAsGnFLT0lMIYAzVjVMUTw5xskhza9HwTtsy1lSf2ug2OUsR7D4GTmn8cx1wZI1kqWo-DLij3tVTKyPY2rddxfPgA9VI/w640-h198/DSC05442.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">By this time the mosquitoes had shown up so Enrique sprayed me with some “all natural” product that was good for nothing. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We went to what he called the petrified forest but I call it drowned trees. He knew the bugs would be bad so he smudged using an egg carton-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNJRJIuIvsWCB5lNCbhY4QxPJcBfJ2OkJcXVd4w62PAyNdXmH7tOicMUAhDb7BrpRb5Mp7sADXi0WTfYiRhPV93-VS0POEfpSGZ6IVSS6tnMf4CKWkV6UNzu4JoGeoTGaWIuQB1-cnHIH80u2QOjzUPqnIe8r8UDGsGSQ5Ns_gsxYO91cXkk-LSsUyZM/s1616/DSC05443.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNJRJIuIvsWCB5lNCbhY4QxPJcBfJ2OkJcXVd4w62PAyNdXmH7tOicMUAhDb7BrpRb5Mp7sADXi0WTfYiRhPV93-VS0POEfpSGZ6IVSS6tnMf4CKWkV6UNzu4JoGeoTGaWIuQB1-cnHIH80u2QOjzUPqnIe8r8UDGsGSQ5Ns_gsxYO91cXkk-LSsUyZM/w640-h428/DSC05443.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1QKQLLjpUt4f_P2IfQGgb0LB2QK8v1Ci14igJJCIB_OWXhwOjwjM0z5uyTW9YBP6EkIbVw_97WL4AUPZponv0G5lzXmec4or1cfz9FPMXbDj34md-GbCQ1SKHGKpzPxDfGMNmmUoS7SoNEKpTUQ6Zc-2kCKfPY-fwoFl3tYXsLjgwXBU1oZXcpgNj64/s1616/DSC05445.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1QKQLLjpUt4f_P2IfQGgb0LB2QK8v1Ci14igJJCIB_OWXhwOjwjM0z5uyTW9YBP6EkIbVw_97WL4AUPZponv0G5lzXmec4or1cfz9FPMXbDj34md-GbCQ1SKHGKpzPxDfGMNmmUoS7SoNEKpTUQ6Zc-2kCKfPY-fwoFl3tYXsLjgwXBU1oZXcpgNj64/w640-h428/DSC05445.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We went to a hacienda that was destroyed by hurricane Alberto in 1986-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kiwl9hJ71EyOmsmc06D4mnAjTW7wWghTRAREF_cJb1ZIpCUR0sAYwhI7u1xl7HT9oZNi7-OrDE8VZeT2Do97CG_Kf9NmOYdJM_MpfTQd0wuatVf9YeQj_gz2nwlAbir7DrwTc4xAnF2Y9gDoKX9AdZgvPx6961lIcf0mJ4aMYG__8jpid0-YVtgURE0/s1616/DSC05447.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kiwl9hJ71EyOmsmc06D4mnAjTW7wWghTRAREF_cJb1ZIpCUR0sAYwhI7u1xl7HT9oZNi7-OrDE8VZeT2Do97CG_Kf9NmOYdJM_MpfTQd0wuatVf9YeQj_gz2nwlAbir7DrwTc4xAnF2Y9gDoKX9AdZgvPx6961lIcf0mJ4aMYG__8jpid0-YVtgURE0/w640-h428/DSC05447.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0_Ap7yuooC4nweyLgvCNRG-l87TCLn5Sjhp33DcN7C2elel3pxchAuzTWP2gKEYbnt6ZKDpm7hEKegXnohuPqz72xMCARtrbpnF6S_sXw3SUBQJ0B-OpR1wcaNOFxPwS08rKlX6eFX7gx0zZhcRsIAatRfvikMnVu7YDEUCbhq0mMC5KQ59aAvafDYA/s1616/DSC05449.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0_Ap7yuooC4nweyLgvCNRG-l87TCLn5Sjhp33DcN7C2elel3pxchAuzTWP2gKEYbnt6ZKDpm7hEKegXnohuPqz72xMCARtrbpnF6S_sXw3SUBQJ0B-OpR1wcaNOFxPwS08rKlX6eFX7gx0zZhcRsIAatRfvikMnVu7YDEUCbhq0mMC5KQ59aAvafDYA/w640-h428/DSC05449.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Enrique said until that time, the water was 600 meters from shore. It hasn’t been the same since-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6reDd98GAqkk_ry4afWoZABZWnUxOHK_BfK0rz-sdg23J7BAlKBGAEA7DBd0X9eoAJGskvibnLwrn7B0Lyv_bjcaQGJ1auB4ksNoHawxCLblW9tVbfLbEnnnICmVsEq0lnJpGXcGpHRv2qwkVtiAFIv0044NaR5UTdsmVDDCCRPkmjZpL0LhG0YZSv8/s1616/DSC05450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6reDd98GAqkk_ry4afWoZABZWnUxOHK_BfK0rz-sdg23J7BAlKBGAEA7DBd0X9eoAJGskvibnLwrn7B0Lyv_bjcaQGJ1auB4ksNoHawxCLblW9tVbfLbEnnnICmVsEq0lnJpGXcGpHRv2qwkVtiAFIv0044NaR5UTdsmVDDCCRPkmjZpL0LhG0YZSv8/w640-h428/DSC05450.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We drove back through the boats-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CHP8EZdQO0K67TMc7HnYA_wQ-ByLTjyWw6QgMF34iWDwew2U6xGw7j006jmwX6d_E0IhdkwRQAdOaluJx00_00p8ZF17TniIFyj1g2ezz7ImCMepg00EM0dYWzUGsjVisT5hnq7b60nOMnkJ0i-nK95XXozzQQ-llEVNyaenaAHBg-1LgQEeWv1CihI/s1616/DSC05451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01LYAyTAY8ofOrmz0JJtRkuIdUTueJl90RajahNwfqfZFRI5ptEmwvZWXPuIla0mE1WfFcM-4GdVajF8G-kjIeG8xX-lQ0BnTRZs-DYGLwrkhWDYUO7b4mBFjBjRVsirsvxKm33hM-Vo7v-MdsNQJJIPqJdfuEB4n3YnBfiuFOXmq6aHFNUhu3jN51nk/w640-h428/DSC05467.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">He said they all go out everyday. That’s a lot of fish! He took me to the main square so I could take a collectivo home instead of the bus because the trip is half the time but because it’s Domingo, there are no collectivos. I went to the bus depot to catch the hourly bus but on Sundays there is no #p2:30 bus just a 3:30 one so I had a bit of time to kill. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In front of the church were decorated bikes and tuk-tuks celebrating La Virgen-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHUs74eFJ7PsQwLqdNeO1rO5d_VC8Wv73OhNMcWbSwz20lNveEQynXAMtc8VH8_WABn9mSBG-mBwbEvDB5D3RIw_Vil8d0h-jrj9bBh1R7yFeUoPXyEWXE46TuQNaTG36scQlLuQvnqvT8r8X69HOeGZZhm4KrP5gXdlxiv3J2iszWYtYjbKrD9nGsB4/s1616/DSC05409.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHUs74eFJ7PsQwLqdNeO1rO5d_VC8Wv73OhNMcWbSwz20lNveEQynXAMtc8VH8_WABn9mSBG-mBwbEvDB5D3RIw_Vil8d0h-jrj9bBh1R7yFeUoPXyEWXE46TuQNaTG36scQlLuQvnqvT8r8X69HOeGZZhm4KrP5gXdlxiv3J2iszWYtYjbKrD9nGsB4/w640-h428/DSC05409.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZOrVOUWQLb-tjOEP6GtS1bUyaKVcXX5d81YY2L5FCw66y7K17lt21fgMr7tCfJux0yjTp_gXGs9XFbCqxhRcz9tjZx1CplGbnOpCgElKRHq2pb6isYZutdLSptTjRCxBlPZMq2E9p9eMm3Si0OgY2TM1321NDQRZf1oCL1WuDraUOnhNsA05eUAnMb0/s1616/DSC05410.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZOrVOUWQLb-tjOEP6GtS1bUyaKVcXX5d81YY2L5FCw66y7K17lt21fgMr7tCfJux0yjTp_gXGs9XFbCqxhRcz9tjZx1CplGbnOpCgElKRHq2pb6isYZutdLSptTjRCxBlPZMq2E9p9eMm3Si0OgY2TM1321NDQRZf1oCL1WuDraUOnhNsA05eUAnMb0/w640-h428/DSC05410.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside the church-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNlg8uo8e62earZ2lIZEQ5zoN9vGCc_cR6PAiLxSheQNoGp57FrOQyo6Lptm_uZeX0jbwg3tL_7UdHPSTWUGQz4nWiHt4VLDK-2X4U5F_JCbxXZ31MvBU1qNSagt6W9ibf1kjegV_aJCQTTod7hSXPkwIt3_bf9xVp3b74NW08netTh7VKgiM5B5ZAUc/s1616/DSC05473.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNlg8uo8e62earZ2lIZEQ5zoN9vGCc_cR6PAiLxSheQNoGp57FrOQyo6Lptm_uZeX0jbwg3tL_7UdHPSTWUGQz4nWiHt4VLDK-2X4U5F_JCbxXZ31MvBU1qNSagt6W9ibf1kjegV_aJCQTTod7hSXPkwIt3_bf9xVp3b74NW08netTh7VKgiM5B5ZAUc/w640-h428/DSC05473.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a4cRaRPvuM2oeRTN2BD6gVqkM60bOGbrBglHw3i3pASySnhCBUUgY-MOj9VSm_xPKIzADeA1ZkpsH4xJG1k67_DtgV1SB0EyZ07CXSOl7n2nfdJMAgnw-V1JUCvQMo-ixvOM8IOKr03TNQu5nWhNIUrZViSp-ciGrJwNcYh_prA_09OOXvqwX3Z3nMU/s1616/DSC05474.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a4cRaRPvuM2oeRTN2BD6gVqkM60bOGbrBglHw3i3pASySnhCBUUgY-MOj9VSm_xPKIzADeA1ZkpsH4xJG1k67_DtgV1SB0EyZ07CXSOl7n2nfdJMAgnw-V1JUCvQMo-ixvOM8IOKr03TNQu5nWhNIUrZViSp-ciGrJwNcYh_prA_09OOXvqwX3Z3nMU/w640-h428/DSC05474.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">So many flowers! There were banners from the Virgen de Guadalupe celebration-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56caWDWV-Dxbffqn1nYAZqUZaLie6DJd3B1dgjgDJ5HeaRUzJ6N6m8yZ0d_Uygd0uCdbkUWssz03ji0OpbQViRnNc2Qff5S6v9zOaXmuZqqG8p2e-0739aSClxKwS5fl7LVrEWiQh1rX1_goMH0T-MCii4kbEMbgsUDeQ5ivOSVHK_sOqi7hrfDTn9lA/s1616/DSC05475.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56caWDWV-Dxbffqn1nYAZqUZaLie6DJd3B1dgjgDJ5HeaRUzJ6N6m8yZ0d_Uygd0uCdbkUWssz03ji0OpbQViRnNc2Qff5S6v9zOaXmuZqqG8p2e-0739aSClxKwS5fl7LVrEWiQh1rX1_goMH0T-MCii4kbEMbgsUDeQ5ivOSVHK_sOqi7hrfDTn9lA/w640-h428/DSC05475.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLcYBxuQVFLl3EnHeZd0ptFoJNPbqc6Xe1Gnm8_5IJ7XyWXmn1btdV4mEicypKEzGRzNxCCvOyTWK2N6P8UejhqQtO1GH-1C2M6xOy5lcx1IqiSt20sZObq9zU2AYAL24N97j4WvGYy38ei1YhjNRciRtNHKLk9wI4lshfxGyfcM_uAWL0wT2zQAN3Uc/s1616/DSC05476.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLcYBxuQVFLl3EnHeZd0ptFoJNPbqc6Xe1Gnm8_5IJ7XyWXmn1btdV4mEicypKEzGRzNxCCvOyTWK2N6P8UejhqQtO1GH-1C2M6xOy5lcx1IqiSt20sZObq9zU2AYAL24N97j4WvGYy38ei1YhjNRciRtNHKLk9wI4lshfxGyfcM_uAWL0wT2zQAN3Uc/w640-h428/DSC05476.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I found a patio for a beer but a big wind/storm came up and started flipping the chairs over so we moved everything inside. How can this happen?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJh3fmhsFpUaiGYCJfkXNxXCOuCND0Bo1ErPvLobgMkd4dhmqTej4UpQT-0Gs7WMqJA8HgZqkE5yFLIXPJi1tabxLaSNkxTrjvJQcw8ZVdKge7NXkzKaVDtSSJTsQCkWBTkCqMuksWlGMOSALGpGhD0vt7MuxSAnNDWyQjrpPk-pD0xjVTtfYCRDWEaHw/s757/DSC05477.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="757" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJh3fmhsFpUaiGYCJfkXNxXCOuCND0Bo1ErPvLobgMkd4dhmqTej4UpQT-0Gs7WMqJA8HgZqkE5yFLIXPJi1tabxLaSNkxTrjvJQcw8ZVdKge7NXkzKaVDtSSJTsQCkWBTkCqMuksWlGMOSALGpGhD0vt7MuxSAnNDWyQjrpPk-pD0xjVTtfYCRDWEaHw/w640-h186/DSC05477.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The bus was next door so at 3:22 I decided I better go to it and luckily got one of the last two seats. For the next 2 1/2 hours not only were the seats filled but the aisle as well. Some people had to stand just about the whole way home. I was so lucky. The guy sitting beside me was sprawled out on half my seat and I wasn’t backing down so our legs and arms touched all the way home, which was fine with me because people were pulling out their coats and I was in my tank top and shorts but he kept me warm!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">My hotel is fine but of course it doesn’t quite look like the professional photos-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDZe8pMRUgUadH-1VDLC8Q_H-BEJB7QMECgjq0DbNfVJxfnOlLLfKszxQ_CqiwJhMtBFE65fdccMazYmk9mKjSzUHEfCLiWuBQ3Yg13GleLK0eLF9V5DY6kO-OSXkSKxCxA8UFc3fk4tqLhumxuQYjZbCZn5ANUUSJwlvS0DWbg-CHGoWs2vRw-d_zes/s1399/IMG_0097.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1399" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDZe8pMRUgUadH-1VDLC8Q_H-BEJB7QMECgjq0DbNfVJxfnOlLLfKszxQ_CqiwJhMtBFE65fdccMazYmk9mKjSzUHEfCLiWuBQ3Yg13GleLK0eLF9V5DY6kO-OSXkSKxCxA8UFc3fk4tqLhumxuQYjZbCZn5ANUUSJwlvS0DWbg-CHGoWs2vRw-d_zes/w640-h438/IMG_0097.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m on the fourth floor and I don’t think I’m going to hear a rooster crowing here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNuonpYpxHfkmj0wL1EuujidTOiEmPGXjS6z8RzbpmTjXiWvJl3PhJlGNp-PjqrVWHYv0fOzcGxbBal_w6wXhwGURN5Yxhptp5iiKsDU1_Ty7oyFDuWG_PFEJkbfwCgf_JJUQyrAmwzx0YWyHJtIykzdzrhOeciqvg2WMBh0YVW69ufLXXqoFBOspOhw/s3264/IMG_0101.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNuonpYpxHfkmj0wL1EuujidTOiEmPGXjS6z8RzbpmTjXiWvJl3PhJlGNp-PjqrVWHYv0fOzcGxbBal_w6wXhwGURN5Yxhptp5iiKsDU1_Ty7oyFDuWG_PFEJkbfwCgf_JJUQyrAmwzx0YWyHJtIykzdzrhOeciqvg2WMBh0YVW69ufLXXqoFBOspOhw/w480-h640/IMG_0101.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I leave for Valladolid at noon tomorrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S. I kind of have a sad feeling right now, because I am able to move along, but the people in the shops and restaurants rely on tourists to keep coming and to keep buying. To me, it would be so boring to be sitting out in front of a store day and night hustling and hoping someone will choose your store over the other four or five identical ones along the same street. I am very lucky to live where I do and to have had the opportunities I have had. May I never forget that. </span></div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-23251862095935149812023-12-09T15:33:00.039-06:002023-12-09T21:56:13.040-06:00<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mérida to Uxmal,Yucatan, Mexico December 9, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I was awake at 4 a.m. partly because I’d shut off my light at 8 p.m! I couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer. Is that a loser or what? Once I woke up thinking it must be morning and it was 9:45! Frick! I guess it’s expected if you’re up at 4 because you’ve got 4+ hours in before a normal person even thinks about getting up. This is a huge reason why I don’t like sleeping in dorms. My timetable is different so I am awakened continuously as people settle in for the night and then I have to tiptoe around not to wake anyone up so early.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">My goal today was to get to Uxmal to see the ruins-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSefSlJndwHoYl2byuKFVNW0M5qclYRCkj2LDP_8mwmYECGEQuWSDfakB_Q2k0RZcbiu-tJbLTEMuU53EnVeBzwMba8af5cErYbUrGlURKDPGrTrKw2C_tdIMO1Krm-3meuD6tdKQjXxQnCfZBjVZR8r7dF9Zr8fPNeRRUICWTIf19rkUHN15Y66IISR8/s1371/IMG_9996.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="1203" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSefSlJndwHoYl2byuKFVNW0M5qclYRCkj2LDP_8mwmYECGEQuWSDfakB_Q2k0RZcbiu-tJbLTEMuU53EnVeBzwMba8af5cErYbUrGlURKDPGrTrKw2C_tdIMO1Krm-3meuD6tdKQjXxQnCfZBjVZR8r7dF9Zr8fPNeRRUICWTIf19rkUHN15Y66IISR8/w562-h640/IMG_9996.jpeg" width="562" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I walked to the ADO bus terminal which is about 10 minutes away and stood in line for 15 minutes to get my ticket. I was glad I went early. I got a front seat which I like because I watch the road-</span></p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbD5Pu34su1PnBxuqVVtAPtSANbflbAy9U1etH_ibUvmXWvngnXKUujZKLoFfETnEbqKqqaU1uLNJEkGiO6AEknQv-y9XF0SV1JKAUPeoJOXiAfw6tjg0C4Fh4y9ZAuoNM9d57Z7ZztweZmWGzLCbl7vMQugB_E3EIFXstRm-pMzP4zKVOIHq8_5-Zbcc/s1616/DSC05303.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbD5Pu34su1PnBxuqVVtAPtSANbflbAy9U1etH_ibUvmXWvngnXKUujZKLoFfETnEbqKqqaU1uLNJEkGiO6AEknQv-y9XF0SV1JKAUPeoJOXiAfw6tjg0C4Fh4y9ZAuoNM9d57Z7ZztweZmWGzLCbl7vMQugB_E3EIFXstRm-pMzP4zKVOIHq8_5-Zbcc/w640-h428/DSC05303.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Along the way there were a lot of groups celebrating La Virgen de Guadalupe- or Mary. Her day is December 12 so people are celebrating all weekend with signs and they run/walk along the highway. This group was just heading out-</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPsJ7AeseRdKc7d5zKCyCReOcsSnjid7XJH2eH0WcqvOtUFMAIEj5awUJHeXbeV0t-ybV4150Ypq3C-pgt3LtMOq0EqR65h2nNHMs8WP07W7uJ1CQqCB0YxX_P_emb0XC6kyCYNVpcNgrJJAOP8C4SJ6IxIs98A2qnEqKl6hn7DCnbrJZljBQY7Jr5EA/s1121/DSC05306.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1121" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPsJ7AeseRdKc7d5zKCyCReOcsSnjid7XJH2eH0WcqvOtUFMAIEj5awUJHeXbeV0t-ybV4150Ypq3C-pgt3LtMOq0EqR65h2nNHMs8WP07W7uJ1CQqCB0YxX_P_emb0XC6kyCYNVpcNgrJJAOP8C4SJ6IxIs98A2qnEqKl6hn7DCnbrJZljBQY7Jr5EA/w640-h488/DSC05306.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br />In about 1.5 hours, we arrived and I was touring by 10:30. It’s expensive, costing $39, nothing was marked and there was only one explanation board. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Uxmal is a Mayan town in the Puuc region of the Yucatan. It was founded in 700 A.D. and survived until about 1000. 25,000 people lived here. The way the buildings are aligned shows they understood astronomy.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyk68BZiaSy_u6OGbvJ-9vv_O1rWkVKB0zKMHxR-KtpcrOuOxh90XWpGCkulW0LWvLuP5are3L8db5ZiTDUopTUCiUd7ZSC4ZNtK3pmN8vfDv9Nx1f-YS5pHyOhfZvYr5whjPu2JTKjxwqQEuf_0SMPolRAK5At6TWy-psG5TJXkdS4qNsHagcHhL46U/s2428/IMG_9997.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2428" data-original-width="1973" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyk68BZiaSy_u6OGbvJ-9vv_O1rWkVKB0zKMHxR-KtpcrOuOxh90XWpGCkulW0LWvLuP5are3L8db5ZiTDUopTUCiUd7ZSC4ZNtK3pmN8vfDv9Nx1f-YS5pHyOhfZvYr5whjPu2JTKjxwqQEuf_0SMPolRAK5At6TWy-psG5TJXkdS4qNsHagcHhL46U/w520-h640/IMG_9997.jpeg" width="520" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Puuc architecture divides the façade of a building into two horizontal elements. The lower level is plain - block after block with rounded corners and the upper level is richly decorated with motifs, serpents, lattice, pillars and mosaics. There are sculptures above the doorways and the head of Chaac, the rain god is on the corners. They were smart too because they used concrete to secure the bottom stones instead of plaster for longevity. This also allowed for larger and more stable interior rooms.</span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(33, 33, 33, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Pyramid of the Soothsayer/Magician is also called the Adivino Pyramid and is 115 feet tall. It faces east in reverance to the sun- </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV2tr7XXCsTpWduDefOMlmYQr3yMiCqTzoFJCV3ifcM_tik_JaHtoeUkSnFYP7q4rCrrtUQ89PurXip-v7rFVy5ca_DQ-yu7792cJ5x_wsy-KHq1koQ0mCbBJIK88IKN8sNk3jnGymwDEUBhu5RQf8jnN4A6PX6HDPgbNjZ_HbRhNWbyL2GM36Cc1Y0A/s1616/DSC05310.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV2tr7XXCsTpWduDefOMlmYQr3yMiCqTzoFJCV3ifcM_tik_JaHtoeUkSnFYP7q4rCrrtUQ89PurXip-v7rFVy5ca_DQ-yu7792cJ5x_wsy-KHq1koQ0mCbBJIK88IKN8sNk3jnGymwDEUBhu5RQf8jnN4A6PX6HDPgbNjZ_HbRhNWbyL2GM36Cc1Y0A/w640-h428/DSC05310.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The south and west sides of the Magician’s Pyramid-</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ44kHnodEyAM9B5f01RwWBiEoj3BL2FH_MERfogZRH3WyI9GHxGMM6LAtkrycXXzOzejNeZir47V37Wvc2pC1shoXuTBuDn4-nV6uVS7a7NLW9KaXmlUcR9QVWB5rWfmWVkorZH0xfGYaGWnBITQf8PS0rbGQfOLZTuS6g5RZt7x9Hi13Wd5nkzf2uCk/s1616/DSC05382.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ44kHnodEyAM9B5f01RwWBiEoj3BL2FH_MERfogZRH3WyI9GHxGMM6LAtkrycXXzOzejNeZir47V37Wvc2pC1shoXuTBuDn4-nV6uVS7a7NLW9KaXmlUcR9QVWB5rWfmWVkorZH0xfGYaGWnBITQf8PS0rbGQfOLZTuS6g5RZt7x9Hi13Wd5nkzf2uCk/w640-h428/DSC05382.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p>The Quadrangle of the Nuns (Monja’s) has 74 rooms facing into the courtyard and buildings on 4 sides. It wasn’t a nunnery at all, but that’s what it reminded the Spaniards of so that’s what they called it. The west and north buildings-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw8UmOTK-IzJwSp_ilzZBvHgYhQiGjQiQ4fduFXDeFcrM13WmrRd6XXUZnjfQvs0mFrspIMir-qOGVF0DQtjXW7s8BwfzUM0W9scG7_mI_j3Ur9i36RoCG1U_9Nc2fzLIKciPUKA-0tEtd4BWQlXYEnUUKxgZKPfj4J53ZuGAyHO6YKij5YeiJqOF9mI/s1920/DSC05326.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw8UmOTK-IzJwSp_ilzZBvHgYhQiGjQiQ4fduFXDeFcrM13WmrRd6XXUZnjfQvs0mFrspIMir-qOGVF0DQtjXW7s8BwfzUM0W9scG7_mI_j3Ur9i36RoCG1U_9Nc2fzLIKciPUKA-0tEtd4BWQlXYEnUUKxgZKPfj4J53ZuGAyHO6YKij5YeiJqOF9mI/w640-h144/DSC05326.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The north side-</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There were no cenotes here so they had to rely on the weather-</span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwBsHYmJJvjA8EMkWolTB64fzzJAQsrOirHKqyCkXhf8HfdqMhCwWt8ZSfZ84ET5dkitcg-WcIZT-28DVW2SYa-zRaYL4Icx1dS90_olbiyUV-wVVNejcIX751Hr-yyxhnHdFawXsv4dclQUL1CLdZi_Bfa_ckePSTjYWsXWpQCrJ_k-UMVfLNMas14U/s1616/DSC05362.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwBsHYmJJvjA8EMkWolTB64fzzJAQsrOirHKqyCkXhf8HfdqMhCwWt8ZSfZ84ET5dkitcg-WcIZT-28DVW2SYa-zRaYL4Icx1dS90_olbiyUV-wVVNejcIX751Hr-yyxhnHdFawXsv4dclQUL1CLdZi_Bfa_ckePSTjYWsXWpQCrJ_k-UMVfLNMas14U/w640-h428/DSC05362.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkgo3m4-8lU45lSXY8VOENJzyd3vdHlTYINbwSyufJivG6p8aIv0X7rEu3miCRcHiMBP4Cz1YlNhX-Wzhdku3kUV25SvfXLpo5DUSOJh9FGXKbN-EMQu6dlJUBnLLwRuulzJFoqmoAHyLXty6GYlWANFzCEwGX88EKPFJBccZkDKutxodyjOOqvCqHZM/s741/IMG_9991.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="741" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkgo3m4-8lU45lSXY8VOENJzyd3vdHlTYINbwSyufJivG6p8aIv0X7rEu3miCRcHiMBP4Cz1YlNhX-Wzhdku3kUV25SvfXLpo5DUSOJh9FGXKbN-EMQu6dlJUBnLLwRuulzJFoqmoAHyLXty6GYlWANFzCEwGX88EKPFJBccZkDKutxodyjOOqvCqHZM/w640-h354/IMG_9991.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Grand Pyramid apparently offers a great view from the top but since COVID, it can no longer be climbed. That’s it in the distance-</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxInDewvKK0_fQgdm6uAFbhwMuJxxxAnyMIzbBg8Wn1kaa4B5pz1XBDmI1eDi4AetHuh6uaH1bomWAik1QM5YnZ-kpQlxjfaqxZ8iw0gmmKIfrTY_RR-iBOT9LUG8MzrDwfNs2kiuw6wVfCGmWbXWjubRkvHw08RFzo9kL8zyu1Ro6Y-zC3SNyHkyQwv8/s1616/DSC05363.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxInDewvKK0_fQgdm6uAFbhwMuJxxxAnyMIzbBg8Wn1kaa4B5pz1XBDmI1eDi4AetHuh6uaH1bomWAik1QM5YnZ-kpQlxjfaqxZ8iw0gmmKIfrTY_RR-iBOT9LUG8MzrDwfNs2kiuw6wVfCGmWbXWjubRkvHw08RFzo9kL8zyu1Ro6Y-zC3SNyHkyQwv8/w640-h428/DSC05363.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjS4BtUhbh5-2BWAalOBDf4TkQpysettF1ClxCvgQ4MrQqtr8_VEBM6jWUEH2gbaa7EWOmIMPa7MCNCenU5cPQXr7nLxf65z5X6cZ9xZbSvxE2dSAms7IjakUPFVoS5mUe4uh2GVh1Ke8_lTivXy8Lsr-JcDDJU-oeYYsTHAdrKkN_86rDCMOkgAnI-0/s1616/DSC05369.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s a Pok Ta Tok field-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kT3lOXkWXObYuBiL4A0sQ95zAHcc6IjfzWyM50KWhKQBl4haHEX1J6oH6JP8JdP2ND-e9RbgV6g2v0U_4fDofE9mCDYjcyzc1LgNuTWXN11JhIQRn1rahzL6zEaZUrCs_sJBMOtuZUnTCZaSiHSO8YBQlAJo88FWefVA4UAkl-cXUg5KrDa8dNcL5PA/s1616/DSC05348.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kT3lOXkWXObYuBiL4A0sQ95zAHcc6IjfzWyM50KWhKQBl4haHEX1J6oH6JP8JdP2ND-e9RbgV6g2v0U_4fDofE9mCDYjcyzc1LgNuTWXN11JhIQRn1rahzL6zEaZUrCs_sJBMOtuZUnTCZaSiHSO8YBQlAJo88FWefVA4UAkl-cXUg5KrDa8dNcL5PA/w640-h428/DSC05348.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">with a ring required for scoring-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJQ6RM2_SN6YuYrgffHsDBcaFbPmgJ3WYV10KjhKMwM1UPl5w2FOtxxnLmC0_Fio0ftVOjM5U-LBR1WdpWrrPhBY-O_ihQmhI_bRb2AdCrjoJQ5abprpJXi1Aorv1gAa0FUXhjOHMzQK26v1qVKly6C7BUyxAUSLpn9d3-n4QaoWAfqLVDcNYIZhKQ6c/s1616/DSC05350.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJQ6RM2_SN6YuYrgffHsDBcaFbPmgJ3WYV10KjhKMwM1UPl5w2FOtxxnLmC0_Fio0ftVOjM5U-LBR1WdpWrrPhBY-O_ihQmhI_bRb2AdCrjoJQ5abprpJXi1Aorv1gAa0FUXhjOHMzQK26v1qVKly6C7BUyxAUSLpn9d3-n4QaoWAfqLVDcNYIZhKQ6c/w640-h428/DSC05350.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">By noon I had seen it all but I knew there was only one bus back and it would come by around 3, mas o menos. I had no desire to sit on a cement bench and wait so I caught a cab to Muna a neighbouring town for 50 pesos. From there I caught a collectivo for 40 pesos. 90 pesos is what it cost to come on the bus and I was back at Saint Juan Square for lunch by 1:30! I was very proud of myself because what kills a person is the waiting for transportation. It’s so much easier with a car but…..</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">San Juan church is lovely-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaH-2Zcfyk99FlG0tfg8fJxEpvl74pJGnjOU7_-7cincnIayWncmdB-JdiT9w4QU7tF9defx79ldXTvlHI-LIjIbGgPTVza_jR5PjWhHjBkLOwaWGQlg6yTUtb-yuTmuauCR62PKxCAKi8naxH7dn-9-_Y232bm47PkPqs9bWDiExSQPGtclBvpl7MI/s1616/DSC05296.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaH-2Zcfyk99FlG0tfg8fJxEpvl74pJGnjOU7_-7cincnIayWncmdB-JdiT9w4QU7tF9defx79ldXTvlHI-LIjIbGgPTVza_jR5PjWhHjBkLOwaWGQlg6yTUtb-yuTmuauCR62PKxCAKi8naxH7dn-9-_Y232bm47PkPqs9bWDiExSQPGtclBvpl7MI/w428-h640/DSC05296.jpeg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is never open when I am around but there are a lot of restaurants in the park. I had horchata to drink which is a rice flavoured water. It was really good - sort of tasted like vanilla pudding but in liquid form. I also had an el pastor taco- on the right and an asado taco which means roasted, on the left. They tasted similar but I think today I preferred the asado-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2IHrtQM2CIJ71DthzDjoGnclo6mX5fXbvLn_oo0myD-cd86qdhhIZxXX3pSz6mfK7-pY_Nq0EAzlq7ubQVgQFL6E0sveiiOCuZlei9eUDwFjbQDhlxQbbl9_9-rJi_OfXELl6dCG49moHqVtaex4-KDMP4inrlYh6s_FIwJDRHXSs1COObV9ugPcRLw/s1616/DSC05384.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2IHrtQM2CIJ71DthzDjoGnclo6mX5fXbvLn_oo0myD-cd86qdhhIZxXX3pSz6mfK7-pY_Nq0EAzlq7ubQVgQFL6E0sveiiOCuZlei9eUDwFjbQDhlxQbbl9_9-rJi_OfXELl6dCG49moHqVtaex4-KDMP4inrlYh6s_FIwJDRHXSs1COObV9ugPcRLw/w428-h640/DSC05384.jpeg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tonight at 8 p.m. there was supposed to be a game of Pok Ta Tok in front of the Cathedral but it was cancelled because there was a Christmas market happening in a different square. Walking there-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MSg94SoJnghexYUJzLIEvKV8hXq6LOahdQX9LvUDBKtOC1FzHVvJur58XeV1mWo2e_3OSLEG8EeihAtltjGmQS2x0OMTA10flw3PQth3X57W6VAoBnWsDeAzteh02-1Jhsk42RONeMVewq9SoXMVJyqgBbI0RQQxx1v261pNBJYqwx_meOVuJLaxKv8/s1616/DSC05386.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MSg94SoJnghexYUJzLIEvKV8hXq6LOahdQX9LvUDBKtOC1FzHVvJur58XeV1mWo2e_3OSLEG8EeihAtltjGmQS2x0OMTA10flw3PQth3X57W6VAoBnWsDeAzteh02-1Jhsk42RONeMVewq9SoXMVJyqgBbI0RQQxx1v261pNBJYqwx_meOVuJLaxKv8/w640-h428/DSC05386.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div>as well as dancers-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yL1pMFF16F4nzZFbQW3vsp4qd_CAXrMNDGO-yF882ZeGY_AqpQ5xgupqjRz55uYOWOjf3Bf_wk_d0g0BT8NOlpXLqLav5D8OHRlDA1cA0bT27KzKbTkfeIJ2hn1ja_Ezb0zi_lcyIecUYW-TRrG9ZWHQbZYGq78r315nw7nz3hkNDHg1MOCM_NAcKS0/s1616/DSC05402.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yL1pMFF16F4nzZFbQW3vsp4qd_CAXrMNDGO-yF882ZeGY_AqpQ5xgupqjRz55uYOWOjf3Bf_wk_d0g0BT8NOlpXLqLav5D8OHRlDA1cA0bT27KzKbTkfeIJ2hn1ja_Ezb0zi_lcyIecUYW-TRrG9ZWHQbZYGq78r315nw7nz3hkNDHg1MOCM_NAcKS0/w640-h428/DSC05402.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tonight is my last night at Garra Charrua but I’m staying in Merida another day but moving to a different hotel, a “fancier?” one for the same money just for a different experience. I hope to go to Celestun tomorrow as well to see the flamingoes. I hope getting there and back will be as simple and quick as today. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(33, 33, 33, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-68638202764770925722023-12-09T04:24:00.003-06:002023-12-09T04:28:39.831-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico December 8, 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a slow day and decided I don’t have to rush my time here so I will stay another day. I’m not going to stay in this hotel, although it’s perfectly fine but for the same money I’m going to try what appears to be a “fancy” place, at least for me, close to the zócalo. Time will tell.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I read my book, wrote my Christmas letter and the finally went out for lupper. I had a gringo burro which seemed to be the same as all the other things I’ve eaten and was equally as delicious. They sure like their onions-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir71J-6w7Se5r4cyNTIqdknxBQx5ddZYh1Zh_NbANJFOQwen_4ChZDPMS-aWXHs_15vCxYWMxuD_cb5aiCM6Zj7VYOasJJoq18w6m5xZJfwGQ5J73Sv8exiWPEgCsCRqB5GcjDrmlB6LFxi5ys93jktquj7FDMSj_zfj_2Yht-1MjG733Ydso08sixQfA/s1616/DSC05290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir71J-6w7Se5r4cyNTIqdknxBQx5ddZYh1Zh_NbANJFOQwen_4ChZDPMS-aWXHs_15vCxYWMxuD_cb5aiCM6Zj7VYOasJJoq18w6m5xZJfwGQ5J73Sv8exiWPEgCsCRqB5GcjDrmlB6LFxi5ys93jktquj7FDMSj_zfj_2Yht-1MjG733Ydso08sixQfA/w640-h428/DSC05290.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I had to recharge my phone, so for $15.67 I have 30 days and 5.3 gigs of data. Cheap like chips as the Brits say.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wandered around-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QNRgk2w6YSkNw7D1NdkfjKwEfwhohI8QatFT03pTo8QISD9KyJAemEK6m6bPnJZgBoxIBrn0xoL7tpnOSB-L8ufsu02XEilDjlw8U6-Xlv1etydp_3aruDLMuf19kLXSoSUHEFC0bBKrgbJ0eQY-1q1dNWj5dtEa6Yrq9VemI9qXj9wdkmzKlLsSsR4/s1616/DSC05291.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QNRgk2w6YSkNw7D1NdkfjKwEfwhohI8QatFT03pTo8QISD9KyJAemEK6m6bPnJZgBoxIBrn0xoL7tpnOSB-L8ufsu02XEilDjlw8U6-Xlv1etydp_3aruDLMuf19kLXSoSUHEFC0bBKrgbJ0eQY-1q1dNWj5dtEa6Yrq9VemI9qXj9wdkmzKlLsSsR4/w640-h428/DSC05291.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73BTIMA5kKPKfIp98YBdoew1wYg4I24lajgMpELNieCVKfowFud64BiGK34yUDXSDe5_LLUZ8t3hOjGG6sYoZwKnBpQoJqv2o8-rvs70mDzvDGum7U1a-jRX7n1c1f72OJHLOMhEvlrEYXMZvfz3fdWoLOeXquk1zENazs3MhlBXOp4mN8buApqrO4oQ/s1616/DSC05292.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Loud, I mean really loud music started at 5. There’s a school a couple doors down and they were having a fiesta, with a DJ no less. Luckily they quit at 7:45 but I have had to listen to that revolting noise well into the early mornings before. Mexicans like nothing more than a good party, well maybe a couple of el pastor tacos!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a restfull day and plan to go to Uxmal in the morning.</span></p>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737574881928653149.post-67998247221491609732023-12-07T19:31:00.019-06:002023-12-07T20:23:40.991-06:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico December 7, 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I left the hostel at 8:15 to get to the tourist office in time to sign up for a 9:30 walking tour. As it turned out, there were only about a dozen of us anyway and what was really good was that everyone spoke English so the guide didn’t have to repeat himself in Spanish. Believe it or not, we spent an hour and a half in the Zocálo and I really didn’t learn much - I do a lot of reading about where I’m going but it was interesting just the same.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another beautiful building on the way to the square-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m9gfCAvOZL-O5QzJ36PQSKQ7XaEd5zZmgVr3ygqm9DDNVUH3H4ENiQuXOQaBRa2LbFqAz4HWQePpi63QsC3_NLscNetaTwCl1ovNEeTXBBO-XDvCVMRWNHsCL2Iygp1rzFE53954BPUbxRjlZPD4HpU63tc_WQoq0r0-gQynLynL3iDbfRXcAytj_1E/s1616/DSC05208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m9gfCAvOZL-O5QzJ36PQSKQ7XaEd5zZmgVr3ygqm9DDNVUH3H4ENiQuXOQaBRa2LbFqAz4HWQePpi63QsC3_NLscNetaTwCl1ovNEeTXBBO-XDvCVMRWNHsCL2Iygp1rzFE53954BPUbxRjlZPD4HpU63tc_WQoq0r0-gQynLynL3iDbfRXcAytj_1E/w640-h428/DSC05208.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A close up of the Montejo building- Spaniards stomping on the heads of the Maya-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2AmfviUKyhot88SMHb-6X3ZVdTr2QZF6xPtmEIbfZroHFPixPYltTkfC7WteGLFoN3Tgho7x2eiQ4GjbKu9W5iGxQg3yYKcgD8vjrAR2rDxJl1tF4LZltI_Fdpyp_bU89Fbmf8GX_KCLVJ03gh7D7goalKSmnNzusOQGxvyag9ILXZSfhbl4S0j3-y4/w640-h640/IMG_9884.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are peep holes in the cathedral so the enemy could be shot at but whoever was in the church was safe-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK8RtjUEwK3Y8ZAs7AvI57s4gj0ngGp0IbZc6nFTLJpJr5yS44mbPr0rmutYkz2wQXQfWA3_3r1jTLyRQsnWjL2CEG2KO-UTbt57VZ3kbT89o1cGgtTnPj6fh9lTrlbrSyvAFNVJFdd8ieRIGULMSyKPILL71XpRqTc-Yr9i1DC8tZxDMK808kL7-Emc/s1616/DSC05221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK8RtjUEwK3Y8ZAs7AvI57s4gj0ngGp0IbZc6nFTLJpJr5yS44mbPr0rmutYkz2wQXQfWA3_3r1jTLyRQsnWjL2CEG2KO-UTbt57VZ3kbT89o1cGgtTnPj6fh9lTrlbrSyvAFNVJFdd8ieRIGULMSyKPILL71XpRqTc-Yr9i1DC8tZxDMK808kL7-Emc/w640-h428/DSC05221.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the five buildings built first by the Spaniards using the carved limestone rocks from the Maya pyramids is the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary in the Hospital of Saint John of God-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qCa-jGnyDlJrmVP9W2IPE-kyEIruQFSxcC3LIHImHECzrys_NMrEPciSWminQdEwScl3pNoL-6kQXA3noz0xTDSrMMlguAxQ4_eXhTwSITgy9tA8z9uaBD2gCBT09rAmSGERWfyKHy4vRd9TwKc8d_A-ZqZlFJQQ9OH6H6vmSR3lGgX3Y0osd1e0oII/s1616/DSC05262.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qCa-jGnyDlJrmVP9W2IPE-kyEIruQFSxcC3LIHImHECzrys_NMrEPciSWminQdEwScl3pNoL-6kQXA3noz0xTDSrMMlguAxQ4_eXhTwSITgy9tA8z9uaBD2gCBT09rAmSGERWfyKHy4vRd9TwKc8d_A-ZqZlFJQQ9OH6H6vmSR3lGgX3Y0osd1e0oII/w428-h640/DSC05262.jpeg" width="428" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was closed. I don’t know if it ever opens because the doors looks really old and rickety.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Next to the cathedral is the Museo Fernando García Ponce. Of course his work is on permanent display but there are other artists showing there too. The artist’s names mean nothing to me so I’m just showing the “art”???-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZsgJAxcgqerSR60kYRGN0XKDrvOAXzFkH59iA7CWIjPLjbJf4NXyn0cgmfjNJ_3c7wGnskpMuPsjjxYeV72WtbRlQT5ZuM8sSPDzJheB9c_dONiFnL7w20QaTiD8ZW0Ne91ry1h-695KDNTj4_ExdOX08x0WjF5kW827EhPkmsS-tsncP1UASSVv4bU/s1616/DSC05222.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZsgJAxcgqerSR60kYRGN0XKDrvOAXzFkH59iA7CWIjPLjbJf4NXyn0cgmfjNJ_3c7wGnskpMuPsjjxYeV72WtbRlQT5ZuM8sSPDzJheB9c_dONiFnL7w20QaTiD8ZW0Ne91ry1h-695KDNTj4_ExdOX08x0WjF5kW827EhPkmsS-tsncP1UASSVv4bU/w640-h428/DSC05222.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9ABZMH3DnoiAdhLy_k2xIqHZWINDy_CEP9-EBNA1-XoWAo31sGPtZ3RQCX7lczcunIJLF0xi0Z8r_JP8e7mw9Tnrudyhd9IE6kxqex4MaQzZBZ58TGUlX7zgCF-lm0FTxdsqPl5zQZRo8BpdDcLxmk8lVfJyTGxmTMQu5xJOLTiVkVvyjRo-xCWws78/s1616/DSC05232.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are fun! This one is called First Wedding and they’re by José Luis Ramirez. They’re still smiling-</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsZTNqeQR26Ozs4sSGcrkrJiGOlIy_L9LRFPynatSJWH5EE2OgyYhRBn2cJ_8uSTE32Lo_gSAPL4kcjud1p-ITlIOWN_mNf-hU7WPzwG5E-jODBamZ3uJnWsFMc8nH_FXtiHBzd36lf1PpAunwX_bSrs11lg4yX_sN5BsG1pw-milIxygNfFcLQQ15Hk/s1616/DSC05237.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsZTNqeQR26Ozs4sSGcrkrJiGOlIy_L9LRFPynatSJWH5EE2OgyYhRBn2cJ_8uSTE32Lo_gSAPL4kcjud1p-ITlIOWN_mNf-hU7WPzwG5E-jODBamZ3uJnWsFMc8nH_FXtiHBzd36lf1PpAunwX_bSrs11lg4yX_sN5BsG1pw-milIxygNfFcLQQ15Hk/w640-h428/DSC05237.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiwkUaSwHv8H0JwnKhVhELsX2TMB8ncSW2E5CMLxQUvTSTpyK5xez3ZRxPH6ClTcX-Fovm6urUNcY5EMuWdqQohmSZeLdv6Fadf09c3Eqi31x6xNXz-mbp9ljvaeyDY07VfUSp_500W2fsp5vV7kn4tbWlvaUt7whfUEFVtPP8m6i-u7PoswoSpbHbSA/s1616/DSC05239.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They’re very cheap as the oranges cost $1.55 and the grapefruit $1.94-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5Il2I8ch7xwOy3HoYMPkd4AMsuEmECu_YcV5nS2QVqEX32pxGyCVmdZqoT4cVku1EATwE2YEQ0TjAj7R2J5RONMLZSc1IthCNSC4m83CFMKABqvwIYTHavkrFjGg0SAxP08LpcSJ9FFIUOWuqG1Og65T5oxFAkV3OcvIrtdn-cMacTTyjG6STMI2cnE/s1616/DSC05260.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5Il2I8ch7xwOy3HoYMPkd4AMsuEmECu_YcV5nS2QVqEX32pxGyCVmdZqoT4cVku1EATwE2YEQ0TjAj7R2J5RONMLZSc1IthCNSC4m83CFMKABqvwIYTHavkrFjGg0SAxP08LpcSJ9FFIUOWuqG1Og65T5oxFAkV3OcvIrtdn-cMacTTyjG6STMI2cnE/w640-h428/DSC05260.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are so many stores selling Christmas decorations-</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWgREQLrXhzQutez3bSVMUelnBSViQo2pa7lAJJDL3lYuAqs8RX4R2PFGFCfOLyLZ-T44T0OAStd2rj7A85E_-S7uOT4vap_WZD2AkQOt7TPktnIyS7KxY7oHbPH7FhdoL7JXcj7AF0QjAuoFKCFTcaTxcRcN9epMpFTRO8RMWpzMQTyxoGPvq86kZMI/s1616/DSC05258.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWgREQLrXhzQutez3bSVMUelnBSViQo2pa7lAJJDL3lYuAqs8RX4R2PFGFCfOLyLZ-T44T0OAStd2rj7A85E_-S7uOT4vap_WZD2AkQOt7TPktnIyS7KxY7oHbPH7FhdoL7JXcj7AF0QjAuoFKCFTcaTxcRcN9epMpFTRO8RMWpzMQTyxoGPvq86kZMI/w428-h640/DSC05258.jpeg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I caught a combi to The Great Museum of the Maya World. The outside is very interesting-</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyCtFcA0Seyowfo92WUTp1Nc7dEy8dsHGDM64n_mnc5rD74KRLvJqeWXVUBZDpL1VCDrzQMW_OFf0q4q7LihfFd9XJejc6xJdh8lrB7FtH3Wh4w_An27wU9WJquOXiAeCwp14geVkbiVCjvI0Mj0ficwMEjZWEkHt6v7ENmWu6BSzQwaAsR22NrZYWxs/s1616/DSC05267.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyCtFcA0Seyowfo92WUTp1Nc7dEy8dsHGDM64n_mnc5rD74KRLvJqeWXVUBZDpL1VCDrzQMW_OFf0q4q7LihfFd9XJejc6xJdh8lrB7FtH3Wh4w_An27wU9WJquOXiAeCwp14geVkbiVCjvI0Mj0ficwMEjZWEkHt6v7ENmWu6BSzQwaAsR22NrZYWxs/w640-h428/DSC05267.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ErhyphenhyphenrQHH4-kWBy0HIt3H0mmTYAHVKd7Tkqm2XpdMquBCeBRHbZkQ5lK_11XxfBu7F6d-HYyFVxp_slOakkg0ogHijE9jkyN7QtYAcc6-tsC31GrMS6zPwEphAnTSrTdeEj92XJCWVquEWJ-Parec_08sSeGO007H1aJPylCwV8NjrVaiN-c_SmN9cwg/s1616/DSC05285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ErhyphenhyphenrQHH4-kWBy0HIt3H0mmTYAHVKd7Tkqm2XpdMquBCeBRHbZkQ5lK_11XxfBu7F6d-HYyFVxp_slOakkg0ogHijE9jkyN7QtYAcc6-tsC31GrMS6zPwEphAnTSrTdeEj92XJCWVquEWJ-Parec_08sSeGO007H1aJPylCwV8NjrVaiN-c_SmN9cwg/w640-h428/DSC05285.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside there were a lot of interactive computer screens and a thorough display of the Maya culture. They lived primarily on the peninsula and further south into Belize and Guatemala-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwua7bcDKm9T0jgfl6X4hqOyp8CMFuvVoN2g_MqQDx14_gP_QWXSlCoMYy_5U-sqP_BCQmOICgArLCawkrYZIqp7rYBS1Uw92_k_HDYhymxsva8s3Bch_Pn2QHXDNYRfLdTxlX6Ghw4_SohSLYidAQrvrIlyDwWQK_-WQpPAxqxPukjdR0OzkfzFK-E00/s1242/DSC05279.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1242" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwua7bcDKm9T0jgfl6X4hqOyp8CMFuvVoN2g_MqQDx14_gP_QWXSlCoMYy_5U-sqP_BCQmOICgArLCawkrYZIqp7rYBS1Uw92_k_HDYhymxsva8s3Bch_Pn2QHXDNYRfLdTxlX6Ghw4_SohSLYidAQrvrIlyDwWQK_-WQpPAxqxPukjdR0OzkfzFK-E00/w640-h516/DSC05279.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They carved anything-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Today’s antojitos included bean dip, pickled beats, chicharon and fried tortillas rolled into a tube-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRwQ8gEbRzZhE2oPwn-cwnI4Rs3OAy1EyeZmgAg3mS1clsEB4xGfHo676jJkInJ3pOHfk96Q5tM13lyygY0oDPATYt-xgMSwOCflAU7_HihnglUdJ-JiA9V0VFzHqMWdacC342iR8VvPhWEGam_QN9AdTZ7bxQ1QJjE_rTCimhyphenhyphenaX5Lbki8gU4PXbwwk/s1616/DSC05287.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRwQ8gEbRzZhE2oPwn-cwnI4Rs3OAy1EyeZmgAg3mS1clsEB4xGfHo676jJkInJ3pOHfk96Q5tM13lyygY0oDPATYt-xgMSwOCflAU7_HihnglUdJ-JiA9V0VFzHqMWdacC342iR8VvPhWEGam_QN9AdTZ7bxQ1QJjE_rTCimhyphenhyphenaX5Lbki8gU4PXbwwk/w640-h428/DSC05287.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lupper was shrimp ceviche. It wasn’t Bucerías ceviche-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokz4W5aykmQLtslXSzNVPR0GJ0IpPljV3xU4sOfurxXNMAhD9lZ3X1IwFrAzPjb8lKZI037ZLMj89_7DS5q4bla-t0LrAEQaoru7uRlqFHw_XYK0pFF8l0gsDOHNofsXflrTDKwTONHf1xvsYaLjXhWliw0JCeJ4o_TNxOv1u3d3Tz7ffWFH-0nPP5mM/s1616/DSC05286.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokz4W5aykmQLtslXSzNVPR0GJ0IpPljV3xU4sOfurxXNMAhD9lZ3X1IwFrAzPjb8lKZI037ZLMj89_7DS5q4bla-t0LrAEQaoru7uRlqFHw_XYK0pFF8l0gsDOHNofsXflrTDKwTONHf1xvsYaLjXhWliw0JCeJ4o_TNxOv1u3d3Tz7ffWFH-0nPP5mM/w428-h640/DSC05286.jpeg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I walked home, had a swim and enjoyed my room. Today was a big day! Tomorrow I think I’m either going to the ruins at Ixmal or Celustun to see the flamingos! I had another good day! </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>Allihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338571869657357138noreply@blogger.com0