San Ignacio and Farewell!

Time for the last blog post of our stay in Uaymitun!

Our last excursion was to the cenote of San Ignacio in Chochola, south-west of Merida, with Mat and Terri.

Even though we had been before, four years ago, we were thankful that it's well signed now as it feels like you drive into the small town, head down a minor street and turn into someone's driveway to get there!

The main entrance to San Ignacio

While I did take some pictures down in the underground cenote, I didn't have the kind of lighting for my camera to take great pictures... so I borrowed a couple from their website!

The clarity of the water...

... and its 10m (30 feet) depth make the view spectacular!

I did manage to get a few photos that I've been able to brighten up a bit...

The water temperature was ~82F (28C) so we all just jumped in as it was 104F (40C) outside

Mat and Terri sitting on a limestone bench

It was a Mexican holiday, so there were many more visitors than we expected!

Happy Cenoter's!

As I mentioned earlier, this cenote was underground but accessible via some fairly steep stairs.

Doug's on his way back up to the surface...

... with Terri on her way!

There were quite a few small palapas above ground... with netting (for bugs which we didn't need) and fans (which we did!).

We claimed one of the palapas for ourselves and turned on the fans...

... and ordered some beverages and snacks for lunch.

Back home that evening...

... we were treated to ...

... to a spectacular sunset!

Our last morning at Casa Uaymarima!

Beautiful sunrise!

Tearful goodbyes to our valedor, Panchita...

... and her son Luis!

After saying our goodbyes, we returned to the Merida airport and dropped off our car.  Blueway rentals were very nice as they actually drove us downtown back to the Luz en Yucatan for our overnight.  Unfortunately for the young man driving us, once we had been dropped off, the car stalled and wouldn't start for 15 minutes or so... lots of honking in the street!!!

Our El Mozo room was ready, so we dropped our bags and walked down the street for lunch at the Chaya Maya!

After lunch, it was so blistering hot, we spent most of the afternoon at the pool.

We had one last stroll down to the Plaza Grande and had dinner at Amaro!

3:00 AM came very quickly... cab ride to airport (yawn, yawn)... 6:00 AM flight into Houston... 4 hour layover... and into Detroit around 5:00 PM.

Don and Michelle met us at the airport... I finally changed out of my shorts and flip-flops as it was pretty nippy!

We were back in Sarnia around 7:30 PM and were met by our daughter Tricia who had been house sitting for us.

My hope is that you've enjoyed viewing these blogs 1/2 as much as I've enjoyed creating them!  

My goal was to impart a feeling for what one can experience or explore in this part of Mexico.  

It's not Cancun, its cuisine isn't Tex-Mex and its people are not members of drug cartels! It's the Yucatan!

It wasn't a vacation... we lived in Uaymitun for 2 wonderful months and became part of the fabric of the community.

Farewell from Uaymitun! 

Proximo Ano!

Love to all,

-doug and elaine
-mom and dad
-nana and papa