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Rambling

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Saturday afternoon and evening, I wandered about Merida with my camera. I recorded some good shots of the city bathed in evening light and a lot of scenes that I felt captured the city, some of the beauty, some of that lovely decay, and anything that would sit still long enough for a click.

And then I had dinner… [read on]

Merida – Last Day Wrap Up

Saturday, May 26th, 2007
Not a lot of interesting news today.

After last evening´s post, I found a bit nicer restaurant, more of a sports bar type place where they were watching “football” – soccer to the US.   I´d done more of fast food type places, even though they were local and serving up local dishes.  I had something chicken with all these different sauces.  Some were okay.  One was so hot that I think I used up half of my coke putting out the fire.  They did warn me…  obviously I still have to learn the hard way.

After that, aimless meandering and a [read on]

Living and Dying In the Yucatan

Thursday, May 24th, 2007
So, after yesterday´s long post about such thrilling subjects as worn out sandals and death marches, I meandered over and caught the 4pm bus tour of the city. The one Lonely Planet recommends turns out to be this wee ... [Continue reading this entry]

Should Have Taken That Left At Albuquerque

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Ahh, the beach is just beautiful. The sand is so… uhm… Sandy… and the ocean is… so… uhm… calm… yeh, must be right?

It´s funny, if I was a halfway decent writer, most of my posts could ... [Continue reading this entry]

One Dollar, One Dollar

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Okay, so after yesterday´s post was some laying about.  I tried to find the starting point of the bus tour but failed.  Either not the right place or I expect things to be on time, which is not per ... [Continue reading this entry]

Merida – That´s What Firends Are For

Monday, May 21st, 2007

So, it´s clearly siesta time again.  I´m not ready for a nap, but the air con in this internet spot will do the trick. 

After yesterday´s post, I stepped out into the cooler afternoon when the sun was far enough through ... [Continue reading this entry]

Siesta Time

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Well, here I am safely in Merida in the Yucatan state of Mexico. Funny considering a month and a half ago I could not have found it on a map. At this point, I´ve thoroughly read the Merida ... [Continue reading this entry]