Week with Family: Sunday

On Sunday we were on the go again. I hired a private tour guy to take the four of us to a town called Uman, the hacienda Yaxcopoil, and the mayan site of Uxmal. I had been to all three of those, but I was trying to have them see all parts of Mayan and Yucatacan history.

Mom climbed up 3 stairs to take the picture after dad, Neal, and I were getting down from climbing up to take a family picture.

Another picture of the four of us...

A beautiful picture that Neal took of the hacienda, Yaxcopoil.

This is part of the small market in Uman.

I think everyone enjoyed this day because the tour was in English and so my parents and Neal could ask any sorts of questions about the history or the henequen plantation. It was quite a day, but we loved spending the time together! When we got back, they helped me pack Neal's suitcase that I brought down here for all my stuff so they could take it back with them. Then we went to supper at a little restaurant even though they served appetizer portions. So, we came back and heated up our leftovers from our supper at the nice italian restaurant on Wednesday night. It was quite a planned and eventful weekend, but they were able to see cenotes (used to be a place of human sacrifice to the gods of the underworld), the city of Merida and all its history and architecture, the caribbean, ruins in Tulum, then a typical yucatacan village, an hacienda which brought wealth to the Yucatan for about 100 years during the Industrial Revolution since the henequen is broken down into fibers that make rope, and then last but not least, the ruins of Uxmal. They were also able to try some typical Yucatacan food on Sunday night. I was happy how everything turned out since it took quite a bit of work to get everything organized and into a schedule. Thank mom, dad, and Neal for a week that I will never forget!!

P.S. I think they were also able to see why it is going to hard to leave Merida and Yucatan itself. Neal didn't want to leave and he was only here 5 days. It is going to take a long time to process everything I have experienced. But, I really am excited to get back home to my family and friends.