tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78031642024-03-07T14:56:20.670-08:00Ten and a Half MonthsDay to day life as a retiree, dedicated runner, avid gardener, reader, and a fearless cook. Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.comBlogger959125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-22639088228580690712018-03-13T14:07:00.000-07:002018-03-13T14:58:09.805-07:0018. Odds and Ends From Playa Del Carmen <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">We spent the last 11 days of our time in Mexico in Playa Del Carmen. During that time at least five of the days were gorgeous and sunny but the beach was covered with stinky sargassum. We were glad to have our rooftop soaking pool for cooling off and relaxing. One day we started off at the public beach at the end of Calle 88 and walked ALL the way down to 4th without finding sand that was free of this ugly brown weed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">This hole is being dug in front of one of the big hotels. They bury the sargassum or make huge piles and truck it away.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">These pelicans were a big annoyance to the fishermen who were baiting hooks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">This was the cleanest spot we could find and as you can see the water is brown with the yucky stuff it churns up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">See how relaxing the rooftop soaking pool is!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">In years past I took lots of photos of the beautiful tile floors. Not so many pictures of them this year but this one was just so lovely in its randomness I couldn't resist.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Yes, we've become THOSE people who look at their phone in restaurants. This is taken in the restaurant Casa Toucan, one of our favorite places to eat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">I'm bringing back drinking chocolate! It is a habit I am not ready to leave behind! See the umbrella? Yes, we have had three days of gushing rainstorms in this last week. For the most part the rain doesn't last long but it is HARD. Skull art is everywhere, on ceramics, jewelry, shirts...the ones in the photo are mosaics of seeds and beans!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Aren't these trays of ice-cream tempting as they await the first customers of the day?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">This is the chapel where I went to mass two Sundays in a row. The pastor is Mexican but he has only preached in Mexico for three years. He learned his English while serving a parish in Ireland...makes for an interesting accent!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">And after mass Chris met me on the beach for another day of sunshine (although it did rain in the evening). There was too much sargassum to enjoy swimming but reading under our umbrella was very pleasant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Closer to our apartment in Ejidal Colonial:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">The mural on the wall of this book swap store is what drew me in. Yes, they do have a wall of English books. It is near the <a href="http://everythingplayadelcarmen.com/parque-la-ceiba-good-for-kids-and-the-enviroment/" target="_blank">Parque La Ceiba</a>, where I went for yoga.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"> There are some very unique sights on some of the side streets. This was one of them. I know there has to be a story here. Someone DOES live in the house and there is a cord running across the street so I think he must be poaching electricity. I saw a dog there a couple times but no sight of the occupant.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Many of the neighborhood streets look like what you see below. There is a lot of building both of houses and apartments going on but plenty of empty lots too. The empty lots have a jungly look and yes, I see more garbage, especially plastic, than I would like amongst the greenery. Plastic use is so much higher than at home: straws in every drink you order (unless you say "No poppote.") and plastic bags in grocery stores and all the water and beverage bottles! Do I feel safe? Yes absolutely! But I use common sense; I take my phone and I'm home before dark.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">On the rainiest day with the biggest puddles, we went out to eat but our ideas of where to eat did not agree at all! Fortunately they were not too far apart in terms of distance. I went to <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150812-d2651391-Reviews-La_Ceiba_de_la_30-Playa_del_Carmen_Yucatan_Peninsula.html" target="_blank">La Ceiba de 30</a> and Chris went to <a href="http://www.lostabernacos.com/" target="_blank">Las Tabernacos</a>; I had </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.google.com.mx/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=chilaquiles&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=-zaoWt2DA8ew8wee9ZNQ" target="_blank">chilaquiles</a>, <span style="color: #990000;">with chaya, a plant similar to spinach and Chris had that beloved Canadian food, poutine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">This is the health food market adjacent to the restaurant. It is as neat as pin and has fabulous deli counter that I would have used if I had found this place earlier in our trip.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">On a rainy walk late yesterday (3-12) afternoon, before the lightning and thunder made me take refuge in a small cafe, I spotted this tall bush with these amazing flowers that looked like clusters of orchids. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">I loved the eggs but the Dulche de Leche crepe I left half eaten. I don't think it is the restaurant's fault. Crepes just don't appeal to me like pancakes or a chocolate croissant. The funny thing is I want to like them. They look pretty and the fillings are so varied but, "Nope, not the sweet for me."</span><br />
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<br />Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-72379615986807518032018-03-12T12:13:00.002-07:002018-03-13T11:43:21.507-07:0017. Day Trip to X'cacel Beach, Xcacelto Cenote and Tulum<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, March 10 2018</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We rented a car again and returned to one of our favorite beaches from last year, <a href="https://www.playadelcarmen.com/blog/xcacel-beach/" target="_blank">X'cacel </a> Unfortunately saragassum, a brown smelly seaweed was filling the shoreline of all the beaches from Playa to Tulum and maybe further. It has been that way most of this week. Fortunately we saw cleaner shores in February when we were arrived. </span><span style="font-size: large;">But the cenote </span><span style="font-size: large;">Xcacelito was </span><span style="font-size: large;">a pleasant walk away along the shore and into jungle. Being a Saturday, we had to wait 20 minutes to swim in the cenote. It is an ecologically sensitive site and they limit the numbers that swim in the cenote, allowing a half hour for each group. No sunscreen and no food allowed either. Considering that the ocean wasn't swimmable, we were all willing to wait.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">See the line of brown along the shore line? That's sargassum. In addition to being unsightly, it is stinky and buggy. But sitting against a log, under a palm tree, closer to the tree line was a very comfortable spot for reading a book and watching the waves.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">This hermit crab was amazing! He just popped up from the sand in front of me. Literally popped up! I had no idea crabs lived in dry sand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">I just love the colors of Mexican shops and carts! Earlier in our trip we rented lounges on a beach from a very friendly man. He asked us how we were enjoying our trip and we were enthusiastic in our response. He told us: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">"</span><span style="font-family: "helveticaneue";"><span style="color: purple;">The people in Mexico are pleasant and friendly because they say "You never know when the person you meet might be God.” This is also why they traditionally wear colorful clothes." </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-66135586249778806882018-03-08T13:36:00.000-08:002018-03-08T13:36:35.812-08:0016. Cenote Jardin Del Eden<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Yesterday we rented a car and drove about 30 minutes outside of town to this cenote. Yes, you can get there by colectivo, one of the white vans that zip up and down the highway with close to a dozen passengers but my husband says it is time to put that kind of travel behind us, we can afford the rental car. This way we were able to avoid the long hot walk to and from the cenote's entrance on the highway. The long part is not an issue for me, but I did like avoiding the heat. This cenote is very popular with divers and you can watch them on land practicing/learning how to tie strings to mark their paths through caves. I do wish I had a snorkel and mask to view the fish and rock formations. The water is very clear. It is one of my favorite cenotes so far! Although there were lots of people, there was plenty of room to spread out. We spent about an hour there, enjoying our picnic lunch of sandwiches as we watched other swimmers and divers and brave souls who jumped off the platforms. Some people even did summersaults!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: large;">What’s not to like: it’s a 4th floor apartment and no elevator. That’s 48 steps with no handrails, coming and going. The highway is very close which can be convenient but it is a constant whir of noise. There is a lot of construction in this neighborhood; we watch the apartment complex next door to us taking shape every day. Yesterday they poured concrete floors. The noise is not bothersome because we are on the 4th floor but I suppose it could become more of an issue as time goes on. Well the forecast was right, this afternoon we just had an actual rainstorm complete with thunder but it lasted only a half hour or so, leaving some puddles on the dirt roads. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">The Joint: Margaritaville music, children dancing, people singing along, a hamburger for him and avacado salad for me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We treated ourselves to a high end lunch at this beautiful Thai restaurant, <a href="http://www.mezzaninetulum.com/restaurant-bar/" target="_blank">Mezzanine</a>. The restaurant is part of a small, 9 unit boutique hotel, which I just might stay at if our 'ship comes in'.</span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-65711764557515465272018-02-24T17:09:00.002-08:002018-02-27T15:23:31.955-08:0012. Time Slows in Tulum<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "helveticaneue";"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Shall we go to the beach or stay at the pool? That’s pretty much all we need to decide every morning. We arrived in Tulum on Tuesday the 20th and will be here till Tuesday the 27th. Our hotel is called Howlita and we got a deal on it because we reserved WAY ahead of time and put one night down. It comes to about $65. a night with the taxes. However, just like in Valladolid, #7 has real limitations. The room is like a 12’ cube with really high ceilings. The bed is full size; good thing we still get along after 40+ years! I must say I like the decor; a shabby chic bench, table and chair and a hanging pole with hangers for clothes and 5 hooks on the walls. Quarters are tight but we are managing. The shower has the best water pressure and the hottest water in all of Mexico; in fact you had best be cautious! But the best feature of Howlita is the pool area. It more than makes up for the small room. The water is neck deep and always refreshing! There is a French Press coffee pot and free coffee that has come in handy for us early risers. Breakfast is at 8:30 and consists of fruit, toast, a wee bowl of yogurt and a wee bowl of granola and juice. simple but takes away the hunger pangs. The Wi Fi connection is the best we’ve had! I see a tower right across the street. This morning we saw two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_jay" target="_blank">Green Jays</a> outside our window! The beach is a good six mile bike ride but the bikes are available on site. The staff is super friendly and the desk personnel speak very good English. Today’s new word for me is ‘antojitos’ which means small snack or appetizers. Mattias, one of the hotel staff, described it as a craving for a food that you might get in the middle of the night. We also learned that </span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: large;">laundries close at 2 on Saturdays and don't open at all on Sundays; important facts when you are living out of a suitcase!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at the street! This is the condition of most of the side streets in Tulum!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the view outside of room #7's window. Every morning at about 7:00 this family would carefully prepare their food carts for the streets. Even the kids might be part of the process, wiping down the containers and lids, making sure that there were ladles and cups on the carts. Sure wish I had discovered what they were selling.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The beach may only be a six mile bike ride from from our hotel but with sidewalks and bike trails under continuous construction, it is not an <u>easy</u> bike ride. Each of the 3 years we have stayed in Tulum it has been like this. Fortunately Howlita is on a side street, far enough away from the dust and daytime racket. There has been some lively cantina music at night, but it is mostly a peaceful place to stay. On Sunday night as I walked home from church there were firefighters, police and an ambulance all around this hole. Someone had fallen into it! It must've been a bad accident because it took a LONG time and a lot of people to rescue whoever it was. BTW, church was very strange even though it was named Our Lady of Guadalupe and was Roman Catholic, it was nothing like OLG at home!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Dining at night is SO pleasant! This is <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150813-d3599900-Reviews-La_Malquerida-Tulum_Yucatan_Peninsula.html" target="_blank">La Malquerida.</a> and it serves both Mexican and Italian food. Personally, I would go here for the Italian food! But for Pizza, order from <a href="https://es-la.facebook.com/Pizzas-Mendez-961932447211440/" target="_blank">Pizzas Mendez</a> and pick it up or have it delivered. We had the "cuatro carnes" (4 meats) last night and it was delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">So we went in the other direction to Diamonte K, the same beach we visited last year. They had workers busily raking and hauling away the seaweed and the wave action was not as violent. Yes, it came at a higher peso cost, but the food was great and I went in the water twice and was able to use their showers afterwards. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">And OH, the flowers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year I took oodles of pictures of the beautiful floor tiles. I've refrained from taking quite as many but here is a pretty one:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After breakfast we headed to the main market which is only open till about 1:00 so I was glad to be there early enough to see it in full swing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the way back to the hotel and got a little turned around. But sometimes in getting lost you find the most interesting sights, like this turkey which I heard before I saw it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">The chaos of the <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g150811-d2513621-Reviews-Lucas_de_Galvez_market-Merida_Yucatan_Peninsula.html" target="_blank">Lucas de Galvez market</a> drew me in one last time. It is </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">colorful, noisy, full of good smells and not so good smells. It's an incredible place to people watch and to get good bargains but I wouldn't buy the food; no matter how good it looks and smells. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">And the sweets, oh the sweets! Read more about them <a href="http://www.revistaexplore.com/yucatan/explora/en/articulo-1-142/sweets-in-yucatan/#.Woy5rWaZN8c" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These braziers were from about 6 inches across to 18 inches across. If they were easier to pack, I would've bought one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More than one sweet but scrawny kitty roaming about everyone's feet and the many crates and bags. The face on this one is quite pretty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helveticaneue";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">So we returned to Merida on Thursday, February 15 and today is Sunday, the 18th. Wow, we have been so busy with the logistics of travel. When on a long vacation there are days that need to be set aside for business. Thursday and Friday were those days for us. We needed to get a lot of laundry done, find another hotel to stay at in Merida since Luz was booked after Thursday night, get our teeth cleaned, and learn to use Uber to get to said dentist. BTW it cost us 500$ pesos or $27. per person to get our teeth cleaned and the dentist does the cleaning! On Saturday we met our friends, the Diaz Bermudez ladies, for <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com.mx/Restaurant_Review-g150811-d911442-Reviews-Helados_Colon-Merida_Yucatan_Peninsula.html" target="_blank">ice cream on the Paseo Montejo </a>at Helados Colon (including Raquel this time!). I recommend the coconut ice cream! Then on Saturday I was delighted to find the Ibis hotel where I could sign up for the <a href="https://alianzafrancesa.org.mx/merida/" target="_blank">Alianz Francesa de Merida 5K</a> on Sunday. Katia and her mother, Patricia, kindly agreed to join the race along with me. See me? I'm waving, in front of and to the left of the woman with the coral and white top.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: large;">So now we will spend our last night at the </span><a href="http://www.hotelnacionalmerida.com/en/index.html" style="font-family: helveticaneue;" target="_blank">Hotel National in Merida</a><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: large;">. This is our third night here and we requested a larger room because although it was clean the first room was so narrow we were always bumping into each other. This room has a couch and a coffee table and the entry way is larger. The view onto the parking lot is not the best but having space is more important to us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helveticaneue";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">The cost of the first room was 750$ pesos ($40.50 USD) per night and the larger room is 850$ pesos ($46.90 USD) per night. This is a business hotel and because it deals mostly with Mexican business people, the staff speaks very little English. </span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: large;">With my meagre Spanish and their patience, we get by. </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: large;">The hotel has a beautiful pool that is underused, we spend afternoons just hanging there. In fact I am putting together this post at a picnic table there!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: large;">The restaurant serves very good food but service is slow. There is no refrigerator in the room but the restaurant will give you a glass of ice if you ask for it...and yes it is clean ice! Tomorrow at noon we will be on another bus, this one first class, back for one night in Valladolid. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: large;">Our favorite Merida restaurant for authentic Mayan food, <a href="http://www.lachayamaya.com/index2.html" target="_blank">Chaya Maya</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">A new to us, but been here forever restaurant with a marvelous view of the main square. Great food too! <a href="http://lacasademitia.business.site/" target="_blank">La Casa de Mi Tia</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">This was SO delicious! It is from <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150811-d7210769-Reviews-Organico_bar_de_cafe_cocina-Merida_Yucatan_Peninsula.html" target="_blank">Organico Bar de Cafe Y Cocina</a>. I loved the coffee but the bread of my sandwich was too dry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">One of the more modest, but surely expensive, homes along Paseo Montejo.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Templo de San Mateo in Santa Elena; where I went to Ash Wednesday mass. Thank goodness for smart phones so that I could at least understand the readings!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Common form of transportation/cab ride in the rural Yucatan </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Man on scooter hauling sugarcane. We also saw numerous trucks loaded with oranges.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Driving the straight and narrow road to </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Oxkutzcab.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Sights in and around the market in Muna, Yucatan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">The church is known for the black Christ on the crucifix.</span></div>
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<br />Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-70136898762599464482018-02-15T16:37:00.000-08:002018-02-15T16:37:15.522-08:008. Sayil; in the Heart of the Yucatan on Valentines Day!<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Maybe it was because it was Valentine's Day; Chris managed to handle going to two sites of Mayan ruins in one day! Sayil means 'place of the ants'. The most interesting building to me was the palace which is 3 stories high and at one time had 90 bedrooms. It was built between 700 and 1000 AD. Here is the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/:%20https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayil" target="_blank">wikipedia website </a>about Sayil.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">On Tuesday we went to see the Uxmal ruins. You need two tickets to enter this UNESCO world heritage sight and the total cost is 234. pesos which is $12.65 U.S. dollars at the present time. One ticket covers the state government cost and one ticket covers federal cost. I am no archeologist or expert historian but I do enjoy visiting places from long ago; partly because I am in awe of the skill and labor it must've taken to build these palaces and pyramids in 700-1000AD and partly because I like the exercise of walking up, down, and all around. This summary of information I took from the UNESCO website: </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The Pyramid of the Soothsayer, as the Spaniards called it, dominates the ceremonial centre, which has well-designed buildings decorated with a profusion of symbolic motifs and sculptures depicting Chaac, the god of rain. The ceremonial sites of Uxmal, Kabah, Labna and Sayil are considered the high points of Mayan art and architecture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">After eating we went to the <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g150811-d3763761-Reviews-Galeria_La_Eskalera-Merida_Yucatan_Peninsula.html" target="_blank">Eskalera</a> gallery in the Santiago Neighborhood where we met up with my expat friend Susanne. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-9307964579162155062018-02-08T16:53:00.001-08:002018-02-08T17:01:42.901-08:004. “La fiesta que nos une” <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">The carnival's theme is </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif;">“</span><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">La fiesta que nos une</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif;">”, the party that unites us. </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">The adult parade for Carnival moved outside of the city of Merida several years back but they still have the children's parade in town. The make up and the costumes on the children were very colorful. the excitement, the energy, and sometimes the exhaustion were in varying degrees on their faces. My favorite group was the flamingos. The music was SO loud, I turned my hearing aids off and was wishing for ear plugs! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">From Valladolid to Izamal is a long bus ride, with no restroom on board! My rudimentary Spanish was most useful in asking the driver to wait for me while I used an available WC at a station three stops before Izamal. If we were to do it over we would've rented a car from Merida and driven to Izamal. We stayed at <a href="https://www.izamalhotel.com/english/" target="_blank">Hotel Hacienda Santo Domingo </a>which is a beautiful and peaceful place about a 15 minute walk from town. The pool is small but lovely and the breakfast was delicious. They also have a more formal dining patio for dinners but you need to reserve ahead. We stayed in this little thatched casita with mosquito netting all around the king size bed. Yes, it had air-conditioning too. No cable, no TV, but the WI-FI is decent. It is very tranquil and romantic. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The bed was really comfortable but you know those dogs that sleep in the road all day, they HOWL in chorus in the middle of the night!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">After you climb the first half of the pyramid you get to this rocky meadow that you walk across to get to the second half of the climb.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The view from the top is not terribly exciting. It's the climb that gives you a thrill. It's more of a scramble up rocks as opposed to walking up steps. It would be a great place to watch a sunrise or sunset but it's hours are 8 to 5 and I can see why: It's the kind of climb where you want to see your feet! It is the only 'free' ruin site that I know of. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">If, like my husband, you didn't want to climb any ruins, we suggest a refreshing drink at the cafe Los Arcos. They have two of the most comfortable rocking chairs any where! For returning to the hacienda we chose the romantic horse and buggy option.</span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-88582213408595257402017-12-28T15:20:00.000-08:002017-12-28T15:43:55.501-08:00The Third Time Still Charms (2017)<span style="color: red;"><i>Don't let the publishing date fool you! The following 19 posts are from our Jan.- Feb. 2017 trip to the Yucatan. It has taken me 10 months to get them in order (for the most part) and posted. I finished just in time for a return trip which is planned for late Jan.-March of 2018! </i></span><br />
So this is year three in the Yucatan for us. Last year two months was too long for this gardening gal. Last year we stayed a full month in Merida which was lovely in many ways. We made friends with expats and with the family that we rented from in Merida. I also had time to take weekly Spanish classes but I was recovering from back problems and eating way too much Mexican food. I gained 10 pounds or more. And this time I am less worried about my aging parents. They seem to be enjoying the best health they've had in two years. So the keyword this trip is enjoy. No letting worries creep in around the edges. We took an overnight trip this time and that worked great aside from being surprised by the fact that ADO buses didn't run till 9:00 and our hotel check in time was 3:00. So we took a shuttle from the Cancun airport and stored our luggage at El Cielo hotel and then saw a gorgeous Carribean sunrise ate a large breakfast at Vagabunda, walked the touristy Calle Cinco and read and snoozed on the roof top deck of our hotel where there is a cooling breeze. I slept so sound that night. Today is day 3 of our vacation and I just might be making a beach bum out of Chris. We have rented lounge chairs and eaten cerviche and nachos on the beach for two days running. We've eaten dinners at our two favorite restaurants, Romeos (great pasta) and Casa Toucan. No, the pounds won't return, I am running every morning!<br />
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<br />Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico20.6295586 -87.07388509999998420.5106936 -87.235246599999982 20.7484236 -86.912523599999986tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-49764763706548678642017-12-28T15:19:00.000-08:002017-12-28T15:23:35.144-08:00Beaches are for Books (2017)Today I finished reading A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman. Don't ask me how a book about a grumpy old man can make me both laugh and cry but this one did! I was glad I had my sunglasses on when I read the ending. Today was another day of renting lounge chairs, eating shrimp nachos and guacamole on the beach, and bobbing up and down in warm tropical water. It's a noisy beach with lots people trying to sell you a necklace, a bracelet, or an hour massage.<br />
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-54940317952973151632017-12-28T15:18:00.000-08:002017-12-28T15:23:04.151-08:00Tulum Tonight (2017)(After a much needed yoga class at The Yoga Company in Playa del Carmen, followed by a red berry fruit bowl at BioOrganics we packed up, hopped on an ADO bus and here we are in Tulum. We are staying at Posada 06, a clean and tranquil B and B. It's undulating cement architecture brings to mind Santa Fe or the Flinstones' house in Bedrock. "Yaba daba doo!" It's nice to have an in room refrigerator and our own little deck overlooking the pool. I had a delicious bowl of sopa de limon and Chris had a cochinita pibil torta for a late lunch. Tonight we found this wonderful mojito bar called Bateys. The sugar cane juice was ground by this guy on a bicycle contraption. I had a ginger mojito and Chris had the classico. We met this Mexican guy who is an engineering consultant all over the world. His name was Enrique. It was really startling to hear him speak English using a British accent. He could do that because he had lived in London 7 months. Now we are back in the hotel room and Chris is asleep but but I have more reading to do on my Kindle. As the lights are out now, I see another thing I like about Posada 06; lights are out and it is dark, really dark, perfect for sleeping.<br />
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<br />Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-90303308834341477282017-12-28T15:07:00.000-08:002017-12-28T15:09:27.350-08:00Collectivo a Coba (2017)Today we caught a colectivo along with 4 Germans, to the ruins at Coba. This is a 45 minute ride from Tulum. We agreed to 90 pesos per person instead of the usual 70. The driver wanted a full van of people. We agreed to 90 but since he picked up passengers along the road we got the 70 peso deal. Once in Coba, the town, it is a short walk to the Archeological Zone. For 150 pesos which is we hired a tricycle for the one hour, twenty minute tour to the pyramid/king's tomb. Also stopped at two ball courts and a lookout tower. The 300 plus steps up the pyramid was the highlight of this adventure. What a view from the top! We were grateful for the rope guidance on the way down. The tricycle driver was a great guide, pointing out nature tidbits like native bee hives as well as explaining the ruins. We were extremely lucky to hook up with the same Collectivo driver on the return trip. He had a meeting in Tulum and was he ever in a hurry. We zipped! In the afternoon I rented a bike and rode to a restaurant/cabana on the beach called La Luna. Public beaches are practically non existent. You need to go into a resort or beach club and order food or drink to use the beach lounge chairs and to go swimming. It's a challenge and an expense, but worth it. The beach is much less commercial and is quieter than Playa Del Carmen. I actually fell asleep on my lounge chair. After returning to town, showering and visiting with Chris, I headed out for dinner at yet another Italian restaurant. I had a shrimp and pesto risotto and tiramisu for dessert. Here we are, reading our 'devices' while others, mostly younger people staying in Tulum are going to a rave to celebrate the full moon.<br />
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<br />Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803164.post-41512858419832581232017-12-28T15:06:00.000-08:002017-12-28T15:08:46.108-08:00Swimming with Turtles in Akumal Bay (2017)So today, after a decent, but not spectacular, breakfast here at the hotel we headed out to the highway, flagged a Collectivo and went to Akumal Bay. The public beach is pretty narrow and only the hotels have lounge chairs. There are none to rent. We scoped out a palm tree, spread out our $8.00 towels from Chadraui and then I went on reconnaissance walk to determine the best deal for renting snorkeling equipment. We knew we did not want to join a group tour. For 250. Pesos we rented a life preserver, mask and snorkel for the day. That's a few cents more than $12.00. At 10:00 there were already about one hundred bobbing orange vests in the water. I joined them. As soon as I relaxed and realized I didn't have to clench my teeth to keep the snorkel in place, I was in a state of bliss, head down, looking at sea grass, emerging coral beds, colorful fish and two BIG sting rays 3-4 feet across, some humongous fish that might've been a tuna, and 8 or more giant turtles grazing through the sea grass. They reminded me of cows grazing. I kept my distance whenever they swam to the surface. Chris pretended to read as he watched girls on the beach posing for pictures. I think he enjoyed that more than snorkeling. Once back in Tulum we walked to Chadraui and Chris bought a spare pair of shorts and we got cash to pay the hotel bill. Something good to know is most small hotels give a 10 percent discount for paying cash. Then we ate a great mid -afternoon meal of shared lasagne and a salad and 'happy hour' gin and tonics. Honestly, you can eat the BEST Italian food in Mexico! Now after pool time and reading time we're going out on the town, possibly to the Bateys Mojito Bar to listen to music.<br />
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