Mar 27: Return to Chichen Itza

I’m up early to listen to the birds do their waking routines but still no toucan eating the datas from the huge palms. The German group has left so we have breakfast on the pool patio almost alone, and after a brief swim, pack and are off by noon. 

  It’s a slow trip through the Mayan villages across the peninsula and avoiding the major road works on the toll road. Fairs and circuses are getting ready for the Semana Santa holidays in some of the larger towns.  We stop at Santa Anna for ice cream and buy beer and ice, only to find on arrival at the hacienda they fine you US$50 for any time they find brought-in food or drinks in your room! They are serious about catering to their guests but only on their own terms. Reasonable enough I guess.

  The elegant old hacienda is set in gorgeous tropical grounds with pools and fountains and we have the largest room in a 2-room unit. Not quite the opulence of Hacienda Uxmal but with a beautiful pool surrounded by palms and tropical vegetation. We hear the chickens close by making breakfast for us!

  WE unpack, brief wash and off to the elegant white clothed estaurant where only 2 tables of us eat outdoors. It is still close to 35 and humid and most eat in the AC dining room. The food is mediocre, they have probably lost staff during Covid. Ted has his favourite Pollo Mole (chicken in chocolate/chil sauce) and I have (overcooked) shrimp with garlic, a few veggies, house made banana ice cream and with 3 beers it’s C$100. There are no mosquitos here thankfully but Ted has acquired some little bites on his leg, which don’t need any treatment.


  

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