Merida - photos

Merida or where Lee found finally his new pair of sunglasses:

We arrived in Merida mid-afternoon and it was very hot. Due to a problem with my back, Lee was kindly carrying my backpack and we walked from the bus terminal to the main plaza for 15min but an eternity for him and he did not have sunglasses. Well he lost them in Tulum at the internet cafe. He bought a new pair in playa Del Carmen in the Wall Mart supermarket but they were not solid at all and he broke them in the bus to Merida...he was not very happy...

Merida, capital of the state of Yucatan, was founded in 1542 by Francisco de Montejo son and was built in the site of the Mayan city T'ho. Buildings and monuments were built using the stone of the Mayan houses and some are still visible in the town centre. Also the main monuments built during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are still standing in the historical centre.

So in Merida, sunglasses shopping. But we had also a look to this pretty colonial town where it was very hot...From here we went to visit the Mayan ruins of Uxmal. We did not go to visit the ruins of Chitchen Itza as they were further away and Uxmal and Chitchen Itza present similarity in the architecture.

- The 'palacio municipal' or the town hall by night, built in 1836. In front, the main plaza,
- View of the plaza grande with in the background the cathedral of San Ildefonso. Considered like the first cathedral de America, the monument was built from mid to end of the sixteenth century,
- On the right of the cathedral, a narrow street was the place of an exposition of abstract art from a Mexican artist. Well for being abstract, this art was absolutely out of our knowledge of art and we had lot of problem to understand the name of the statue and its representation,
- Again, a cat. After the shy cat we gave food in playa Del Carmen, this was the cat of the hostel and her name was Mirela and she was not shy at all. She followed us in our room and started to read the guide book. Well not sure she liked it because after 5secondes, she turned her head. She had her proper chair in the lounge of the hostel with her photo stuck on the table,
- Lee tried lots of sunglasses and spent a long time to decide the model he wanted. But he liked his pair of fake RayBan bought in Cartagena {Colombia} and wanted to find similar model but without success. There were some original RayBan but out of his budget. So at the end I started to take pictures with the different pairs of sunglasses so he could compare all the models. The employees of the shop were amazed and found us a little weird. Telling them that finding the right pair of sunglasses was very important was not so easy especially for a man.