Technobarbarian wrote:
> "Andy Weaks" wrote in message
> news:40CCE433.F1FD6113@labyrinth.net...
>
> > I have heard that Merida in the Yucatan is a really great place. Beaches
> are
> > long way away, but the culture and the ruins are there. They have a street
> party
> > once a week in the town center that is supposed to be a blast.
>
> There are several things I like about Merida. The colonial section of
> town is interesting, but not as well preserved as in some other places. It
> has one of the larger and more interesting Mercados in Mexico and the city
> center around it is a good place for shopping. There's a very good INAH
> archaelogical Museum in Merida and another one at the ruins of
> Dzibilchaltun, a bit north of town. I didn't care much for those ruins. The
> site has been looted extensively for its stones and the restoration that has
> been done there was very extreme. I do like the ruins of Mayapan, a bit
> south of town, because there are the remains of some murals there and the
> murals are very special and rare. There are a number of lesser ruins in that
> area. Merida also has one of my favorite supermarkets on the planet, a
> Carrefour not too far from the Sam's Club, that has just about everything
> you could possibly want in the way of southern Mexican food, including an
> excellent selection of fruit and Moles. So far I've missed the street party
> and in the final analysis Merida is a large city. My personal preference is
> smaller cities and more rural areas, for my taste they're more laid back and
> interesting.
>
> Dennis
Thanks, I too much prefer the smaller town, hell I live in on a 150 acre farm in
West Virginia so going to big city in a foreign country is really intimidating
but the few people I have talked to that have been to Merida have all loved it.
My favorite town in Mexico has been Musquiz (sp) in northern Mexico. I lived in
Boquillas del Carmen across from Big Bend a couple of times and loved it too
(beautiful place) but it was too Americanized and then taken over by drugs.
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