Fotos...Merida & Isla

Decided to simply post a few more fotos of fun times we had with Denny--
Playa Lancheros...not too far from us.
we liked to go and watch the sunset here, have guac & beers  (he now suffers from guac 'withdrawal!')

Lancheros is especially nice since they have a great play structure
where Sofi loves to climb, slide and swing.








Here's Sofi on the slide.

 

Denny and Sofi out on 2 different  beaches  flying two of the several kites he brought   Thanks!



Now, in Merida, viewing the murals
in the government building, depicting
the era when Spanish rulers used Mayan
slave labor to harvest the hennequin
(sisal) crop, for making rope
bringing great wealth to the Spanish
who built great homes in Merida.







Here is a 'Tree of Life'  (one of many)
from the Folk Art Museum in Merida.
Nice collection of things, displayed in one of the stately colonial homes of Merida.



And the Jaguars were cool too.
Especially cool that they were displayed in the bathroom.

well, guess they made good use of all their spaces!
 (I think Sofia called them  'jaguaguaguas!


Wish we'd had time for more museums... next time...

This pair of photos shows a highlight of our time in Merida...one of those serendipitous moments...
totally unplanned stop at the 'Latino Bar' meeting the owner who kept bringing us little plates of appetizers to go with our beers...the plates just kept coming and coming, as we kept sampling and sampling...probably our favorite stop of the trip!
the irony being it was all at no charge!
We over tipped bigtime...

We joked that this is where the owner ejected us for bad behavior...but no, it's just that we went back to get his picture outside the place, so we could remember to come back to the right spot.
The owner is getting ready to pose for Denny.. 





Really, it was stories like these....with a beginning, middle and end...and lots of development in between...which were so much fun...involving real people we made a connection with.
We felt we went beyond tourist, and became friends. We definitely want to go back here again.
His name is Jorge.  Gracias, Jorge, good time.

Good times with Denny too.