I enjoyed this journey through Yucatan: Sophie has made very nice encounters and has seen beautiful places.
Now some words about Cancun which is a planned city created to foster tourism; the develoment of this place as resort started on January 23, 1970 : due to the reluctance of investors to gamble on an unknown area, the Mexican federal government financed the first nine hotels. In 2020 Cancun has 888.797 inhabitants coming from the Yucatan state and other Mexican states.
The journey begins in Cancun: Sophie meets Erick Sommet and they visit a market , a tower and the Underwater Musuem of Arts (snorkeling to see under water sculptures). Then Sophie is in Tulum where she meets Stéphane Palmieri, a hotel manager and beekeeper and learns that for the Mayan people the bee is sacred animal (bringing food and medicine). We see the beaufitul site of Tulum and later in the Mayan village of Chanchen Primero Stéphane and Sophie meet a Mayan family and its beehives. At Río Lagarto Sophie meets the naturalist guide Diego Nuñez and his daughter Andrea who is also naturalist guide: a nice boat tour on the estuary (eagles, pelicans, pink flamingoes) and crocodiles. Later Sophie is in Merida: in the central park meeting with Veronica Yupil, the Mayan embroidery and the familly meeting on the estate: pork cooked in an earth oven, guacamole.
Last stop : Chichen Itza: 2,5 millions of visitors each year (about 6.000 visitors each day), an impressive Maya site : on the day of the spring equinoxe the tourists can see the light and shadow effect on the Kukulcan Temple when the feathered serpent appears to crawl down the side of the pyramid.
Besides we see the Punta Laguna natural reserve managed by a Mayan community, some cenotes with David Mayor, a diver coach and speleologist, the escaramuza charra (equestrian ballet by women riding a side-saddle and wearing beautiful traditional Mexican outfit), the life of a mariachi (the story of his music born in area of Jalisco, the musician use the charro clothing), the spectacle at the Xcaret Park (the ball game, the corn and the Maya civilization) , the musical trio playing serenades and other romantic songs (trova) in Merida, and the life in a Mayan village (Muriel Schmitt). In all these encounters the Mexican men and women were very kind and friendly.
Now some words about Cancun which is a planned city created to foster tourism; the develoment of this place as resort started on January 23, 1970 : due to the reluctance of investors to gamble on an unknown area, the Mexican federal government financed the first nine hotels. In 2020 Cancun has 888.797 inhabitants coming from the Yucatan state and other Mexican states.
The journey begins in Cancun: Sophie meets Erick Sommet and they visit a market , a tower and the Underwater Musuem of Arts (snorkeling to see under water sculptures). Then Sophie is in Tulum where she meets Stéphane Palmieri, a hotel manager and beekeeper and learns that for the Mayan people the bee is sacred animal (bringing food and medicine). We see the beaufitul site of Tulum and later in the Mayan village of Chanchen Primero Stéphane and Sophie meet a Mayan family and its beehives. At Río Lagarto Sophie meets the naturalist guide Diego Nuñez and his daughter Andrea who is also naturalist guide: a nice boat tour on the estuary (eagles, pelicans, pink flamingoes) and crocodiles. Later Sophie is in Merida: in the central park meeting with Veronica Yupil, the Mayan embroidery and the familly meeting on the estate: pork cooked in an earth oven, guacamole.
Last stop : Chichen Itza: 2,5 millions of visitors each year (about 6.000 visitors each day), an impressive Maya site : on the day of the spring equinoxe the tourists can see the light and shadow effect on the Kukulcan Temple when the feathered serpent appears to crawl down the side of the pyramid.
Besides we see the Punta Laguna natural reserve managed by a Mayan community, some cenotes with David Mayor, a diver coach and speleologist, the escaramuza charra (equestrian ballet by women riding a side-saddle and wearing beautiful traditional Mexican outfit), the life of a mariachi (the story of his music born in area of Jalisco, the musician use the charro clothing), the spectacle at the Xcaret Park (the ball game, the corn and the Maya civilization) , the musical trio playing serenades and other romantic songs (trova) in Merida, and the life in a Mayan village (Muriel Schmitt). In all these encounters the Mexican men and women were very kind and friendly.