We were not too disappointed to leave Chemax – they only allow you access to your own money at the local bank if you have an account there and the hotel staff were quite unpleasant towards Olivia – always a red flag for David. This place was entirely different……….The cover for the hammock hook in place……The cover raised to enable use of the hook if you use a hammock.
This was a pleasant surprise; the local plaza was being used for outdoor Salsa classes.
We see this everywhere although the Vietnamese could them how to carry more family members.
Another excellent fuel stop for breakfast which we randomly discovered.No formalities here – a scrap piece of paper with a number on it to let us know the cost.When we asked the Housekeeper where we could buy a pillow case for our own inflatable pillow that we carry she asked her boss, the man raking the leaves, and he said to let us have one of there’s for free. This is his reward by being included in our eternal Hall of Fame.Every town and village has a least one of these mini factories for making Tortillas……and they supply all the cafe and restaurant outlets nearby.If we thought it was hot outside, inside was like a sauna when this was in full flow.
This is a three person operation although we usually see only two managing the same process.
The morning break at this school provides the option of ball games at the rear of the playground and teacher led salsa classes on the main play area. Viewing access for us was hampered by a high wall and we only realised it was taking place by tracking the sound of the music.
If only all the towns and villages we visited had this type of collection service – there are many that do not. Our choice for breakfast was validated when the three men working on this rubbish lorry parked it along the road from us and returned to occupy the table next to us at the cafe.
We have commented before on how well kept the cemeteries are in Mexico, however, we discovered something with this one we had not noticed before………
The above ground coffins are first encased in concrete and finally they are tiled over with bathroom or floor tiles. There were two men working on this process whilst we filmed although we chose not to interrupt them because there is an unwritten rule that you maintain silence whilst in the cemetery – often we see written signs posted to this effect. The murals along the outside walls to cemeteries are always impressive and, thankfully, never covered with grafitti.
Mexico and Belize 