On our way to the cenotes we passed through two small towns. We counted, each one had one road and 30 speed bumps. I get they want you to drive slowly but it was a lot.
We were told the speed bumps were because the town really down have many cars. They mostly have these moror taxis. They are motorcycles with a park bench on the front. We saw tons of these.
We also saw some cows.
The speed bumps did slow us down enough to notice the Mayan pyramid in the top photo and the town church.
On Wednesday we finally visited a cenote. Cenotes are basically water filled caves. There are over 14,000 cenotes on the Yucatan peninsula.
We went to a place called Santa Barbara which had three cenotes. They actually have four, but once was closed. The first thing they give you is a life vest which everyone is required to wear in the cenotes. At first I thought it seemed like overkill, but once I was in the water I realized you needed them. They are deep. You can’t touch the bottom in any of them.
The first one was a closed cenote which meant it was completely underground.
To get to it we had to go down these stairs. As a person who is bad on stairs it took me awhile to get down
Once I was in the water it was great. The water is cold but when it’s 103 outside cold water is welcome.
The second one was partial cenote which means there is a hole in the ceiling which lets in light. This one started with this tunnel. Once inside it was half cave with staglites and half open with a tree growing down down towards the water.
On the way out I asked Jeff to go ahead to get the phone to take the above photo. As I was getting out I teetered on my feet a bit and next thing I knew four elderly Mayan men were helping me out of the water.
The third one had these stairs to get down to it. The stairs were OK but the handrail was the blue rope. I was clutching the rope pretty hard, but made it down. Once down this one was the easiest to actually get in the water.
This one was open which meant the entire ceiling was open. This is also the one in the top photo.
Afterwards we had lunch in the restaurant which was included in the entry price. We thought it wouldn’t be good since it was included but it might have been the best food we’ve had in the Yucatan peninsula.
We now have only 13,997 cenotes to still see. Swimming in them was great, but getting into them was tricky. I need one with better stairs.
On Tuesday we didn’t do a whole lot. I did laundry at the laundramat and had my Spanish class. And best of all, a rainbow in the afternoon.
I was able to go to my favorite salon to get my gray roots covered. It’s not fancy but it is in my living room and free.
My stylist is also pretty sexy. I couldn’t get a picture of him because my hands were trapped with the rest of my torso under a garbage bag with a hole cut in the top for my head.
The color came out great. The lighting wasn’t good in the apartment, but it was great at the grocery store. While Jeff shopped for food I had a little selfie photo shoot over by the seafood counter.
On Sunday we went to the Museum of Light. This museum is open until 8pm and we didn’t get our act together to go until 5pm which is why we picked it out of a list of at least ten other museums.
The museum had nothing to do with light. There are temporary exhibits, this one was on what insects look like under microscopes. It sounded weird but for $5 on a Sunday evening we thought we’d try it.
It was actually pretty cool. Who knew insects were so colorful and furry.
I also think insects look like horror aliens.
This is like a horror movie. The attack of the giant bee.
They also had some real insects. All the cages looked empty. But then the tops were all open so maybe they all flew away?
You could also look through a microscope.
Jeff thought you were supposed to pick these things up and pretend they were clothes. I don’t think you were supposed to touch them.
The museum was next to a park so after we laid down on this weird park bench.
On Saturday night we went out for tacos. It always amazes me how these guys can stand that close to cooking meat when it’s 101 degrees out.
We started with queso fundido which I’ll admit does not look good. But it was melted cheese and sausage that we put in tortillas.
No beer at this joint only “aguas de refrescos.” Which are basically juice. They are always made in house and always come in these reporposed water bottles. I got the red one which is jaimaica (hibiscus) and Jeff got limonada which was lemonade.
And then the tacos. I know this picture does not look good but it really was. And I know this looks like enough to share which is was. But we did not. We each ate this many tacos .
On Friday we had a chocolate craving, but were also feeling lazy so we ordered in dessert. Brownies aren’t that popular here so we had limited options for delivery. We ordered something called Dubai Brownies.
They were good and had some pistachio. Not sure if that is what made them Dubaian. They tasted more like fudge than brownies and were weirdly sparkly.
We ended up accidentally ordering eight so they were Friday dessert, Saturday breakfast appetizer, and will be Saturday dessert as well.
On Thursday it rained in the afternoon and cooled off enough to go for a walk.
Within five minutes of heading out it was a downpour. A really nice woman led us to her garage where she suggested we wait out the storm. Once it stopped we continued on our walk but a few minutes later it poured again
We took shelter under a tree.
But soon it was raining so hard the tree wasn’t helping. At that point a different nice women opened up her gate and let us sit on her porch.
By this time we were soaked. If you look at the difference in the color of Jeff’s shirt in the pictures you can tell by the time we were on the porch we were drenched.
Finally after an hour total it stopped raining, we made it back to the Airbnb and wished we had a dryer. I’m pretty sure this is the last Airbnb we get without a dryer.
The supermarkets are out of dragonfruit, but the fruit stores have it again.
This is the equivalent to about $2.30 a pound. They are pretty big so we bought about eight pounds.
The store also sold nuts and candies but we stuck to dragonfruit And some berries.
Most people at the gym take selfies of themselves flexing their muscles and looking sexy. I’m doing both of those, obviously, but also showing off my compression garments
Due to my swollen leg I now wear compression socks. Normally I wear then under tights. But due to a lack of clean clothes I had to wear them as knee socks
I also wanted to show off my sexy hernia belt. I wear this under my shirt which is a shame since it’s so fashionable. Add in my sports bra, also called a jog bra by me, I feel like half of my body is under compression at all times.
