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Paseo de Montejo
J.C. walking down the ritzy Paseo de Montejo on our way to Wal-Mart. Since I didn't convince Manoli to do another tour, the ruins of Uxmal, today was pretty much a chill and do nothing day. First we went further downtown to the main market, where they had dozens and dozens of booths selling meat, fruit, vegetables, handicrafts and anything else you can imagine. Next, we decided to head uptown to the ritzy district and check out the local Wal-Mart. Very different in both appearance and products from the stores back in the U.S. We bought a bunch of local fruit; papaya, mango, watermelon, cantelope, oranges, pineapple, and a strange guanabana. We also got two types of local cheeses and bread. The manchego cheese was almost goopy by the time we returned to the hostel and the gonela or somesuch as very sharp and pretty much inedible. We found out they mostly use it for topping on spaghetti and the like. All the fruits were delicious, except the guanabana, which tasted ok but was full of big seeds. After stuffing ourselves at lunch, we still had half of the fruit left, so, into baggies and the cooler for our bus trip tomorrow. We decided to take a siesta after lunch. We fond out
Our Merida Vacation Home
A home for sale on Paseo de Montejo that Manoli thinks we should buy! they were having a big celebration today from 9am to 9pm, so after our nap, we strolled around looking at the vendors, performers, and musical groups a while. Having seen som many tamale vendors, we decided to eat at the plaza. We ordered two types of tamales and two types of panuchos (a thick, soft tortilla with turkey, cheese and veggies on top) for less than $4.00 US. A bit more strolling and back to the hostel. Tomorrow we catch the 10am 1st class bus to Cancun for our last night of vacation. :-(
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