Merida, capital of the state of Yucatan, on the Cancun side of Mexico is our next destination. Monday, October 31, we flew with Interjet, our favorite Mexican airline. They still serve free drinks! We landed in the sunny, warm, and humid city of close to 1 million people. A short cab ride delivered us to Casa Mexilio, our first Bed and Breakfast experience. Filled with the trappings and echos of centuries past, this is where, in 1936, President Lazaro Cardenas debated the conditions of Mexico’s expropriation of the Henequen Hacienda owners. After having been abandoned like so many other elaborate Merida homes, Casa Mexilio was restored and turned into a small hotel/bed and breakfast. It's a beautiful old building with a multitude of terraces, narrow stairs going in many different directions, a pond/pool in the courtyard,
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