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Going to Merida

I got invited by a friend to Merida a couple of weeks from now. It's a relatively quickly-planned trip, but the flight is already taken care of, as are the hotel rooms. A quicky early morning Friday flight to Merida, and then we're staying until mid-day Monday. First, the details:

Merida is a colonial city of approximately 800,000 people on the gulf side of the Yucatan Peninsula, in Mexico. Not actually on the coast, the city is the capital of the Yucatan and approximately 30 minutes away from the nearest seafront port of Progresso. Don and I had been talking for some time about visiting this city.

It's a convenient flight, reputed to have inexpensive colonial-era housing, and is supposed to be a safe city feeled with arts, food, and culture, so much that it's become a big expat destination.

Also, though not on the sea, many Meridians own beach houses at any of a number of the nearby seafront villages, because of their nearby proximity.

Unusually, for this trip, it's not going to be just me and my friend, but also his wife, and another couple. It's not clear yet how much we'll all spend time together. However, I'm typically in charge of setting things up, so I've tried to set up some activities that we could all do, or some of us do.

Friday:

Arrive at the Luz En Yucatan, a hotel in the historic centro district. Walk around and learn our way around.

Saturday:
Trip to the coast, hopefully to see Progresso, Chelem, and any other seafront towns along the way.

There is another colonial city (where all the buildings are painted yellow) called Izamal. It's known for its Catholic religious icons in its churches, as well.

If some in the group do not want to go to the coast, then this may be an alternative for them.

If, however, everyone wants to go on the beach trip, then there's a night trip to Ixtapa, by which we'd eat a meal in one of the restaurants, then tour the lighted city by night.

Sunday:

Stay close, tour the city.

Saturday and Sunday may be reversed, depending upon what's a better fit (i.e., if nothing's open in Merida on Sundays, then perhaps we'll go to the beach that day instead).

Monday:

Depart

Labels: Merida

posted by Wesley Deaton @ 7:19 PM