Cenote Sak Muu Ja

After lunch (see May 18, 09, Part A), we drove to the Cenote Sak Muu Ja. This cenote was different from the other ones I was at as there were numerous vendors at it.

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

While the rest of the group went to swim way down in the cenote, I stayed on top and had a coco frio––pictured in the front of the photo with a straw in it. I don’t much care for coconut milk, but it was somewhat refreshing. I was hoping to chew on some coconut meat, but this was a fresh coconut and its meat, except for some mushy stuff in the middle of it, was not edible. I saved the mushy stuff, which I didn’t like, for Amenico. He put chili pepper on it.

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Inlaid sculptures on the pathway to the cenote–these are new sculptures.

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Sign at the top of the cenote.

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Amencio on the steps. He really was a great guide and full of fun. I told him that he could tell everyone that he saved me from that snake and that it was six times as long as it really was.

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

I didn’t go into the cenote, but I did buy a postcard of it.

Cenote Sak Muu Ja

Valladolid

On our way back to Playa del Carmen, we stopped in the town of Valladolid, a town dating back to when the Spanish controlled Mexico. Photo: La Parroquia de San Servacio, built in 1543.

Valladolid

Valladolid

Inside La Parroquia de San Servacio.

Valladolid

Valladolid

Closer–up. The church looked like many of the churches built by the Spanish in the U.S.

Valladolid

Valladolid

Close–up of the statues in the last photo.

Valladolid

Valladolid

Another statue in the church.

Valladolid

Valladolid

And another.

Valladolid

Valladolid

The park across from the church.

Valladolid

Valladolid

There are a number of these chairs in the park. They were built this way so that a couple interested in each other wouldn’t be sitting right next to each other, but, rather, just facing and therefore exhibiting acceptable social behavior.

Valladolid

Valladolid

On a park bench.

Valladolid

Valladolid

A fountain in the park.

Valladolid

Valladolid

A flowering tree in the park.

Valladolid

Valladolid

Some of the old Spanish buildings in the town.

Valladolid

Valladolid

Another view of the colorful buildings.

Valladolid

Valladolid

And another. Some of the buildings had what looked like numerous doors. However, at one time, people were taxed as to the number of windows they had in their houses, so windows were made to look like doors and then their taxes would be lower.

Valladolid

Valladolid

A souvenir shop next to the church.

Valladolid

Valladolid

For sale at the souvenir store.

Valladolid

Valladolid

Also for sale at the souvenir store.

Valladolid

On the Way Back to Playa del Carmen

A beautiful sunset on the way back to Playa del Carmen and the end of another very good day.

On the Way Back to Playa del Carmen