2011
02.27
Sky Dancing Sundays

You are beautiful my darling As we were leaving the hotel today around noon we could hear rhythmic salsa music coming from down the street and we looked at each other and said to ourselves: “Another lovely Sunday of fiesta music & dancing in Mérida.” Santa Lucia park is a couple blocks away but still [...]

2011
02.14
Sweet Corn

Yummie street corns Mexico is corn king number four: the fourth biggest producer, the fourth biggest consumer and apparently the fourth biggest exporter of corn in the world, The United States of North America being numero uno. Corn is mostly eaten here in Mexico as tortillas, round flat paddies. Almost every dish in Mexico is [...]

2011
02.07
Floppy

Cute little floppy-eared scared sweetie Merida loop – day 8 and 9: Yesterday we took another rest day in Tecoh. We rode around the area and found a cenote but a bunch of people were swimming there and we didn’t want to crash their party so we explored a few kilometers of the bike route [...]

2011
02.05
Rain in Mayapan

Moth in Mayapan Merida loop – day 7: We got up at seven-ish, gave five gold coins to our fine host and said goodbye. We rode down to the local tienda (store) and got some yogurts for our breakfast. It started to sprinkle so while we waited for a break in the weather we talked [...]

2011
02.04
Cenote Kindness

Gabriel, Enrique and Zofia swimming in Cenote Chihuo Hol Merida loop – day 6: At 5:30 am we snoozed the alarm and were on the road just after 8:00. We stopped in Sacalum for our oats & yogurt breakfast with raisins & nuts and soon afterwards Steven said he felt some inner tremors so he [...]

2011
02.03
Rest needed

Chilling after a long day Merida loop – day 5: Ticul is a sweet little town. We’ve got a decent hotel for a good price, 220 pesos (US$18). Our muscles are a bit tired from cycling so we need the extra day of rest to stay healthy, we are not the fastest tourists on bicycles [...]

2011
02.02
Speed

Lovers enjoying the sunset in Ticul, Mexico Merida loop – day 4: We slept with one ear open all night, vigilant for the voice of eviction which thankfully never came. Again without the rain-fly and again with the wet blankets at night. All in all not great sleep. Moving about camp around 5:30 just at [...]

2011
02.01
Squatting the Hotel

The hotel we slept at, and thankfully they never knew Merida loop – day 3: Our friend the little cute puppy with the cool blue eyes was sleeping soundly when we woke up in the morning, probably because he was alert guarding us all night. Well done young sentinel. Dawn is breaking and all’s well.