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| Today the bus will take you to Izamal. The city belongs to the "Pueblos Mágicos", Mexico’s magical places. The city is also known as the "yellow city" because most of the houses are painted in yellow. During a guided city tour, you will discover the sights. Accommodation at the Hotel Itzamaltun. - Trip Notes |
The bus is actually a van driven by Isaac who speaks only Spanish. Slavica can speak Spanish amongst her languages so she and Isaac got on immediately.
The van ride turned out to be quite long with Luis pointing out interesting things along the way. We stopped at Leona Vicario where the town's industry is making charcoal and a little further on we stopped at a tortilla bakery where they make tortillas from scratch for local buyers.
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At around 1pm we stopped 35km out of Izamal and rode the bikes for about 20km. Luis pointed out the trees used by the Mayans to make cotton and talked about the sisal industry which was very important to Izamal before the discovery and manufacture of nylon changed things forever. We debiked 15km short of Izamal in a very neatly kept town of Tekal de Venegas where a statue of a local hero, in the style of Matt Groening, holds pride of place.
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Back in the van for a quick ride to Izamal where stopped first at the Mayan ruins. It is a very large platform being all that remains of the magical temples which were once there. For historical details click HERE
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The Franciscans tore down the Mayan temples in the 16th century to build the massive convent and church which is where my battery went flat so please enjoy this gallery from PINTEREST.
After a tour of the cultural center and the Immaculate Conception grand structure we had a late tortilla snack before checking in to our hotel for the night. At around 7pm we walked back into town to Restaurante El Toro where I tried the Yucatan specialty Cochinita Pibil Enteradda - pork cooked in the ground...
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Tick that off the bucket list!
The van ride turned out to be quite long with Luis pointing out interesting things along the way. We stopped at Leona Vicario where the town's industry is making charcoal and a little further on we stopped at a tortilla bakery where they make tortillas from scratch for local buyers.
At around 1pm we stopped 35km out of Izamal and rode the bikes for about 20km. Luis pointed out the trees used by the Mayans to make cotton and talked about the sisal industry which was very important to Izamal before the discovery and manufacture of nylon changed things forever. We debiked 15km short of Izamal in a very neatly kept town of Tekal de Venegas where a statue of a local hero, in the style of Matt Groening, holds pride of place.
Back in the van for a quick ride to Izamal where stopped first at the Mayan ruins. It is a very large platform being all that remains of the magical temples which were once there. For historical details click HERE
The Franciscans tore down the Mayan temples in the 16th century to build the massive convent and church which is where my battery went flat so please enjoy this gallery from PINTEREST.
After a tour of the cultural center and the Immaculate Conception grand structure we had a late tortilla snack before checking in to our hotel for the night. At around 7pm we walked back into town to Restaurante El Toro where I tried the Yucatan specialty Cochinita Pibil Enteradda - pork cooked in the ground...
SO .. pork cooked in the ground... is that the Mayan equivalent of Thousand year old eggs???
ReplyDeleteSounds like the trip has been great... enjoy and ride safe!
Carl