On our last day in Merida, we decided to venture to the Plaza Grande for a couple of hours to see things we had not seen already. After watching a couple of Yucatecans play chess in the park Evan was invited to play a game! This was his first game aside from playing his brother […]
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatan is located on Calle 60 next to the cathedral on Plaza Grande. Admission to this museum is free and it is open every day except for Tuesdays from 10am -6pm. You are allowed to take pictures, but you are not allowed to use your flash. If you enter […]
Today we went on a school field trip to the zoo in Merida. We were very lucky and did not have to catch the bus from Merida to Progreso but instead we got to sleep in a little bit and then walk over 6 blocks to meet the rest of the summer school children. We […]
Today, our plan was to take the boys to school and then go sit in a park in Progreso and read. Somehow on our walk from the school to downtown we decided we would try out the public transportation system in Progreso to where we will be living. Well, this seemed easy enough getting there […]
Today, while our boys were at their first day of summer school in Progreso, we had a chance to explore the main food market and malecon (boardwalk). It was of course another cruise ship day, and the port was very busy with tourists. We cannot wait to see the town on a day a cruise […]
A Local Market in Support of a Global Movement. In Yucatantoday.com there is a great article describing the Slow Food Yucatan. Here is an excerpt from their page: “Have you heard about SLOW FOOD? It’s an international movement, based in Italy, which promotes local production of food, preservation of regional culinary traditions, and healthy eating. […]
On Saturday we were invited to go see a town fair at Temozon, located by Las Fincas on the northern side of Merida, by our friends Mario & Ivonne. When we received the invite for it was already 2:30 as we had been out to the Yucatan Slow Food Market earlier in the day. We […]
Today we undertook a grand adventure to Cuzama to see its famous cenotes. Appealing factors for visiting these cenotes is that you are taken from cenote to cenote via ‘trucks,’ which are little cars pulled along rails by horses over 7 kilometers. This is an old sisal plantation of the Yucatan and offers people a […]
Today we got up and took the 35 minute bus ride to Progreso from Centro Merida for only 16 pesos each. The bus, which is considered 2nd class I believe, is actually very comfortable and has air conditioning and tv’s. Not that you want your 5 and 7 year old watching the movies they are […]
Today, we decided we would walk to the zoo, which is really just around the corner… Unfortunately I relied on my iPhone for directions and it took us on a shortcut which was almost twenty blocks out of our way, it did get us to the right street – just 20 blocks north of the […]
On Sunday we went to ‘Merida en Domingo’ in downtown Merida which is an outdoor handcraft market and food festival located in the Main Plaza and happens every Sunday. On the walk to the park I snapped some quick pictures of the width of some of the side-walks and the colorful houses along the way. […]
Because we could not get into our Progreso home until August 1st we decided to rent a home from Ellyne & Chucho who own Cascadas de Merida, the bed and breakfast we stayed at in February on our first visit. For guests wanting to stay longer than a week at their b&b, they have a […]
We got on the bus to Progreso in downtown Merida at the corner of Calle 64 and 57, white bus auto progreso directo which you have to flag down to make sure the driver stops for you. This bus is a ‘directo’ which basically means it will go direct from centro to Progreso. It does […]
A major mall in the northern communities of Merida, located just off the Motejo road, on the way from centro to Progreso. While not as big as Altabrisa Mall, this mall has Liverpool, a high end store like the Bay, many outlet stores, a casino, and of course what mall would be complete without having […]
Last night we decided to pop over to one of the biggest malls in Merida, Altebrisa. This mall is your typical North American mall complete with high end stores, including an iShop store (anything Mac you might ever need!). We choose this mall to day because we had heard about the VIP Cinema which we […]
We were very fortunate to be invited by Chucho to view his land while it was still in the raw state. His crew of two, working very diligently to clear the 16 acres with only axes, machetes, and wheel barrels. Chucho is being very careful to “reorganize” everything on his land. His plan is not […]
A must see for all who come to Merida. The Plaza Grande turns into a market with vendors, street performers, and food. Food ranged from your typical market food to banana chips, fresh fruit cups, and of course who does not like wieners & fries. While we were there, a street perfomance of the Little […]
A great spot to go to meet other English families. They have a beautiful building with a courtyard where you can sit and read your books if you choose to and a wealth of information on Merida and the Yucatan. Family memberships are only $340 pesos for a year and you can take items out […]
Our first adventure was to see the city, Ellyne set us up with a city bus tour and recommended the ‘knocked out school bus’ which would enable us to tour the city without any hindrances like pushing power lines and tree branches out of our way (hence not taking the double decker bus tour). Ellyne […]
Checking in to Cascadas de Merida was a dream, Chucho was awake when we arrived at 12:30am local time and very quickly got us settled in after a very long day of traveling. As we carried our luggage, with Chucho’s help of course, past the pool and waterfalls to our casita in the back corner […]
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