Category: Yucatan
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Merida’s 500 Year Old El Centro
Location: Block formed by Calles 60, 61, 62, 63 The Plaza Grande, or zocalo, is the main hub of the city and has been for almost 500 years. The plaza was designated the Plaza de la Independencia in 1821. The zocalo (plaza) takes up an entire city block and is formed by Calles 60, 61, […]
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Olimpo Cultural Center
Location: Corner of Calles 62 and 61, across from main plaza, Merida Hours: 10:00-22:00 Olimpo Cultural Center’s central open air courtyard combines with all the arches within to show the true grandeur of this amazing building. On the day we arrived, rope had been strung around the columns, creating a fence prohibiting access to the […]
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Centro Merida
Walking around Merida is a must for anyone visiting the beautiful “White City”. Downtown the streets are lined with historic buildings, one after another. Some are beautiful in their simplicity, while others were breathtaking in their intricacy. Despite the size and population of the city, it is a great place to walk with tons of […]
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La Chaya Maya Restaurant
I had read the reviews on Trip Advisor of the often loved La Chaya Maya in Merida before we left. I also deciphered that it was definitely, regardless of authenticity, a tourist spot because it was one of the very few restaurants noted on all the Merida maps. We had initially decided there were enough […]
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Driving to Merida from Cancun
The drive from Cancun to Merida lasts approximately 3.5 hours, but it feels like forever as there is nothing but low lying jungle, a few highway signs reminding you to buckle up or obey the speed limit, an occasional altar, a couple of junk yards and two toll booths; that is all… the entire trip. […]
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Iglesia De Divino Nino
Address: Calle 17 esq. 26, Colonial Centro, Tihosuco, Quintana Roo, Mexico C.P.77121 I was slightly nervous as we came close to Tihosuco, I was worried we would have trouble finding the church in this “larger” town. As soon as we entered the town those fears quickly faded, the church was huge and easily visible from the […]
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Iglesia de Chichimilá
We ventured into the unknown, leaving the familiar terrain we had traveled many times. With only so many hours of daylight and not knowing the conditions of the roads nor the frequency of or where the bothersome topes would pop up, which half seem to be placed in the middle of nowhere with no rhyme […]
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Route of the Churches
ROADS AND DRIVING As you leave Valladolid, on nicer roads then any in Michigan, the scenery changes, no longer are you in a bustling city but now dense lowland scrub vegetation coats the flat land ahead. The first time my mother came to this part of Mexico she told me she saw why I was so […]
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Valladolid
The city of Valladolid is a wonderful place, filled with architectural splendors streaked with history. We plodded through almost every Colonia (neighborhood) in town, day and night, without a single reason for concern. Just outside el Centro (center of town) are quaint barrios filled with small homes, plazas, churches, mom and pop storefronts, markets and friendly smiles. We […]
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Taqueria Viki
We left Valladolid on Valentine’s Day, which they do not celebrate or at least it was not made very public if they did or perhaps it was foreshadowed by Carnival. On our way out on MX295, following the route of the churches, just at the edge of Valladolid we discovered a divine roadside stand, Taqueria Viky. The […]