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With so much
The Cathedral of
San Idelfonso:
The Spaniard Francisco de Montejo founded Mérida
reconstruction in
on January 6, 1542. When the Spaniards arrived, Mérida was a large Mayan
city
Cancun, Rita and
known as T'ho. It was conquered by the Spaniards, who dismantled all
the pyramids and
I decided to visit
used the huge Mayan stones as the foundation for the Cathedral (1556-1599).
It is the
some inland towns.
oldest cathedral on the American continent.
First stop: Mérida
And no matter how hard
One of the locals
Me n' Rita
Mérida from our hotel room
she knocked, they refused
shows Rita Mayan
to let her in!
Symbols on the stones
Spaniards re-used
to build the cathedrals
Day trip to the
Rita in front of "El Adivino"
Our guide Gabriel
Mayan
ruins at Uxmal
(The Pyramid of the Magician)
gives Ed some
symbols
background on Mayan
archeology
John & Isolde
Stella and John
Storm clouds appear
Moon rising over
listen to Gabriel
discuss Mayan
over the North Building
The Pyramid of the
explain Mayan
architecture
in the Nunnery Quadrangle
Magician
civilization
Tour of Mérida
John, Stella,
Monument to the
Some of the affluent homes located
Manuel (our Guide), Mother Country
along avenue "Paseo Montejo"
Isolde and my
beautiful wife Rita
Mexican hut on
"Lost in thought"
Goat stampede! Maybe
An abandoned
the outskirts of
this is a normal sight for hacienda
from an
town
locals, but strange to me!
earlier era
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