Photos from Merida

The kick-off parade for a week of Carnaval. A Childrens Parade, with Jill, Miles and Allie standing on a window ledge to get a view. The grown ups watching the parade were worse than your wildest Little League parent.


The Big Rigs pull in to Uxmal as part of a long tour from the US through Mexico. Plus Miles and Jill with Uxmal pretty much to ourselves.



The kids at the Centennario Park in Merida. Lots of fun, simplicity, and .... risk! (Someday I'll remember to rotate the pictures before I post them.)



A Ballet Folklorico performance on the streets of Merida. Merida invests heavily in its cultural performances with almost daily live music and dance in public places.


Allie, Jill and Miles


Allie's mother and father, Sergio and Miriam, with Paul.


Enrique with Ruth and the kids after cranking up his original Thomas Edison "record player". It plays a wax tube. Notice the warm clothes - that's changed over the past month!


Funny English signs.


Ruth and Miles in our horse drawn carriage on our first afternoon in Merida. I guess we should have known then that we'd have a hard time leaving.