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On The Road – UncleEbeneezer – Yucatan Adventure Part 5 (of 8) – Merida

by WaterGirl|  June 28, 20235:00 am| 16 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Photo Blogging, Yucatan

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UncleEbeneezer

Merida Mexico, capital of the Yucatan, is a pretty big city and you definitely need a car or taxis to get around unless you stay right near the Principal Plaza.  But once you are out of the car, there are tons of lovely park squares and streets to explore.  The following pictures were taken over multiple days but will highlight Merida’s incredible and colorful architecture.

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Merida, MexicoJanuary 10, 2023

Some lovely color on side streets of Merida.

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Merida, MexicoJanuary 10, 2023

Rosas Y Chocolate, a boutique hotel and restaurant matched my pink shirt and parasol, so I did my best Instagram pose.  It was really hot that day.

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Merida, MexicoJanuary 10, 2023

Neat mural (fresco?).

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Merida, MexicoJanuary 10, 2023

More colorful, colonial architecture.

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Merida, MexicoJanuary 10, 2023

Direction De Desarollo Economico.

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Merida, MexicoJanuary 10, 2023

Not sure what this building was, but we loved the color.

On The Road - UncleEbeneezer - Yucatan Adventure Part 5 (of 8) - Merida
Merida, MexicoJanuary 10, 2023

Parroquia de Santiago Apostal.

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    eclare

    June 28, 2023 at 6:12 am

    Love the colors!

  2. 2.

    raven

    June 28, 2023 at 6:18 am

    My buddy lives there! He was a deep sea diver working on oil rigs all over the world and lived in New Orleans playing music between off shore gigs! There is quite an expat community and they love it!

  3. 3.

    Josie (also)

    June 28, 2023 at 6:24 am

    Wonderful pictures.  It sounds like a great trip.

  4. 4.

    OzarkHillbilly

    June 28, 2023 at 7:31 am

    Like so many Mexican towns, so very colorful. Thanx Uncle E.

  5. 5.

    JPL

    June 28, 2023 at 8:04 am

    Thanks for the beautiful pictures.

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    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 28, 2023 at 8:16 am

    Love the pose in front of Rosas Y Chocolate! You’re right. You do match.

  7. 7.

    ETtheLibrarian

    June 28, 2023 at 8:25 am

    As someone from New Orleans, I love the colors.

  8. 8.

    Betsy

    June 28, 2023 at 8:53 am

    That looks fabulous.  I would love to be there and (try to) paint pictures.

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    pieceofpeace

    June 28, 2023 at 9:47 am

    What uplifting-fun to walk streets lined with these colorful homes.

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    UncleEbeneezer

    June 28, 2023 at 9:47 am

    Thanks for the compliments everyone.  For some strange I must’ve gotten my wires crossed and actually submitted Part 5 before Parts 3 & 4.  Oh well, doesn’t really make a big difference in the story either way.

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    UncleEbeneezer

    June 28, 2023 at 9:49 am

    @ETtheLibrarian: I really gotta visit NO at some point.  I’ve heard such great things about it.  And it seems right up my alley with the food, music, architecture and history.

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    eclare

    June 28, 2023 at 10:03 am

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    If you do get to NOLA, def check out the WW2 museum.  It is amazing, not dry or stuffy at all.  I only had one day there, didn’t even get to the Pacific theater wing.

  13. 13.

    pat

    June 28, 2023 at 10:25 am

    Love the clouds behind the church.  So much nicer than a blue sky.  Especially after all the primary colors!

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    UncleEbeneezer

    June 28, 2023 at 10:47 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: It was scorching hot, mid-day when we got to R &C.  We had seen it on a traveler guide as one of the places that was a cute boutique cafe with an outdoor patio.  When we got there we found out that you had to walk through a fancy and stuffy hotel to get to it and that they don’t serve alcohol so our hankering of grabbing a beer or a gin & tonic to deal with the heat, was thwarted. It was a disappointment.  And I think then was when we said “screw it, time to go back to the B&B/pool.”  We had been walking in the sun for a couple hours and were ready for a break.

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    Ruckus

    June 28, 2023 at 1:07 pm

    @eclare:

    The WW2 museum looks amazing.

    Another impressive place to go is the museum at Wright Paterson AFB in Dayton. I’ve been a number of times and still haven’t seen everything.

    In humanity we like to look forward, because that is the direction that we all travel. But it is often quite rewarding to study the past, see the mistakes, see the not mistakes, see the amazing. To realize that no matter what today is, there was a journey to get here, and it was never one leap, it was a lot of steps and missteps along the way.  I look at manufacturing from the perspective of someone who started at it 60 yrs ago and look at it now and the difference is stunning. And at the same time it still takes effort and learning and while what and how things are manufactured is different, it is still creating stuff. Medicine is the same, what we knew 60 yrs ago was rather basic, today what we know is so much, one person can’t know it all. Think of what life will be in 60 yrs.

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    Babzzz

    June 28, 2023 at 2:19 pm

    Beautiful pics!!!  Going to Merida to visit friends in the near future!

    First time commenter, longtime lurker!

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