We are staying in a lovely hotel called Luz en Yucatan which was a former convent and is now a 15 room inn just a short walk from the central square. Each room is quite unique and the main areas are very well decorated in Mexican style.
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| The central hallway of the hotel |
We were up fairly early today to get a jump start on a day of sightseeing and also to have most of it done before the sun got too hot! I find the humidity in Merida to be overwhelming and need some adjustment time. We went to a local restaurant recommended by our hotel where the Mexican eggs came out like this...
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| Huevos Mexican...eggs sunny side up covered in salsa and served with tortillas and mole |
We then took a tour of the city on a hop on and off bus that took us to the different neighbourhoods away from Centro. There are some very wealthy neighbourhoods as can be seen by some of the houses. One avenue called Paseo de Montejo was a long tree lined street with awesome houses all along. Other neighbourhoods were poorer and others still had great 60 styled houses that were well kept.
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| A typical house in the fancy neighbourhood, not all Mexcians are poor! |
Another thing we noticed in all the neighbourhoods was the street art from scuptures to graffiti...
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| Here is one of the many sculptures we saw... |
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| And another form of street art... |
We got off at one stop and went to a Super Walmart just to see what was inside...it was very similar to North American ones with a great selection of cheap booze and fresh seafood. We also passed a Costco and some big shopping centers. We will go back to check all that as well.
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| This caught Don's eye...Bacalao which is salt fish. |
By this time the sun was hot so we went back to sit around the pool and relax before heading out to explore some of Merida by night. We walked to a local area that was filled with people out shopping and eating. I think a lot of people shop at night because it is cooler. Lots of street vendors selling food but we passed this time but will try the next time we go by.
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| A street vendor |
Merida also has great cultural venues such as dance theatres and a symphony hall. We passed by there and saw a long lineup to enter for a show. We will again watch for a calendar of events and hopefully get to attend a few over the next months.
On the way back we heard music coming from a church so we stepped inside and it seemed to be a group of people singing and praying. One of the women approached us for what we thought was money though it was a piece of paper to put down our wish which was put in a basket with the others and laid in front of a statue of Saint Lucia. We fiqure a few prayers won’t go astray.
Tomorrow is our day to check into our house so we are anxious to see how that goes...
Our word for the day...
"lo siento"...I’m sorry as it seems we are always fooling up what we are trying to say and have to apologize.
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