November 2006 - We couldn't stay away and are back in Merida, Mexico for the month of November. Photos now, text later.
It is now a "later", like a year and a half later. It seems to be that I only find the frame of mind to work on this blog when I'm in Mexico. Here are some explanations to the photos.
The teachers and staff at the escuela Ruben Dario always give us a big welcome and a big send off.
The school took a field trip to a regional fair. It was a big event.
J.i.l.l settles in wherever she is planted.
M.i.l.e.s helps with a recording. Jimmy is a retired Spanish teacher from the States. He and his wife were hanging out in Merida for a few months. Jimmy was resurrecting an old film-stripped based Spanish instruction program and was bringing it into the digital age. He needed a boy's voice, and Miles was selected. Watch for it in stores?
Pictures from the ceynotes at Cuzama. The Yucatan is famous for its ceynotes, limestone caverns that are open to the air in one way or another. The ones at Cuzama are located on an old henequen (sisal) plantation and the horse drawn "trucks" that used to haul henequen fiber now haul visitors. It was a hoot! Every now and then our horse would get loose and would stop to eat while we went rolling past him. Miles and I were riding on the back of the truck, looking backwards, and we'd see this horse by the side of the track as we went rolling past. Eventually we'd come to a stop, and our driver would go running back to get the horse.
And the swimming was the best!
And finally, a big parade in Merida to celebrate Mexico's Revolution. Much mellower than Carnival prior to Lent, but still a big parade.
It is now a "later", like a year and a half later. It seems to be that I only find the frame of mind to work on this blog when I'm in Mexico. Here are some explanations to the photos.
The teachers and staff at the escuela Ruben Dario always give us a big welcome and a big send off.
The school took a field trip to a regional fair. It was a big event.
J.i.l.l settles in wherever she is planted.
M.i.l.e.s helps with a recording. Jimmy is a retired Spanish teacher from the States. He and his wife were hanging out in Merida for a few months. Jimmy was resurrecting an old film-stripped based Spanish instruction program and was bringing it into the digital age. He needed a boy's voice, and Miles was selected. Watch for it in stores?
Pictures from the ceynotes at Cuzama. The Yucatan is famous for its ceynotes, limestone caverns that are open to the air in one way or another. The ones at Cuzama are located on an old henequen (sisal) plantation and the horse drawn "trucks" that used to haul henequen fiber now haul visitors. It was a hoot! Every now and then our horse would get loose and would stop to eat while we went rolling past him. Miles and I were riding on the back of the truck, looking backwards, and we'd see this horse by the side of the track as we went rolling past. Eventually we'd come to a stop, and our driver would go running back to get the horse.
And the swimming was the best!
And finally, a big parade in Merida to celebrate Mexico's Revolution. Much mellower than Carnival prior to Lent, but still a big parade.
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