Day 6

The drive out of Campeche was easy and our first stop was the town of Pomuch. Everybody here rides in 3 wheeled bicycle carts – vendors and whole families. Most are pedaled but some are motorized. This is a Mayan town but the town bakery was touted in guide books, and it was the reason why we wanted to stop here again. Definitely not the beauty of the town, which is pretty ugly and chaotic, still with many palm-thatched houses and nothing interesting to see. When we got to the bakery, their specialty was not out of the oven yet so we walked around for 20 minutes. Their specialty is flaky dough filled with either white soft cheese (philly?), which we had last time or with ham and cheese. Both versions are sprinkled with sugar on top. Ham with sugar seems like a strange idea, but they must like it this way. On or walk we saw an unusual scene --- a crowd of people by the school fence feeding childens throught the fence like animals in a Zoo. It must have been parents feeding lunch to their kids at school. We also saw some old Mayan women dresses in tradirional clothes that Bo really wanted to photograph, but when she asked their permission, they said no. Maybe they didn’t understand Spanish? Many of them speak their Mayan language only. The drive from there to Merida was easy. Checked into our hotel, and started walking. Downtown has changed considerably since our last visit in 2012. Significant increase in crowds. It didn’t feel as nice as the first time – too hectic after the laid back Campeche. The wife of the hotel owner is from Yucatan and her father makes hammocks so we bought one from her. She says it takes her father up to 15 days to make one hammock. She also said she has slept in a hammock since she was born and can’t sleep in a bed. Went to Trotters restaurant for dinner. Beautiful setting and the steak was the same quality as Ruth Chris.