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.
