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February 21, 2007
Because that's just the way things work around here...
Recall that in my last blog, I wrote that although I wouldn’t post the entry right away, I was sure a lot would happen in between writing the entry and posting it. And it did.
On Friday night Carnaval started, and to be honest, I’m not exactly sure what I thought about it. Friday was the Desfile de Corso, which started at 7pm from the Monumento a la Patria until the Parque de S. Juan. The crowd was enormous, lining the Centro and all of Paseo Montejo. It was certainly nice to see such a large community crowd together for the event. It was also nice to see many schools, churches, and organizations participating with floats. But to be honest, the event seemed to be a little over-commercialized. There was more SOL, Coca Cola and Corona than people that live in the entire state of Yucatan. And the noise was terribly loud. People were shouting all over the place, the music stages were painfully overplaying their music and tuning up the volume, and people were emborachandose all over the place.
Afterwards, I met the Antro. students on the street by the Walmart, where Carla taught me how to Cumbia. It was difficult and I felt really bad that I couldn’t keep up with her. And embarrassed. Well, sort of.
Saturday I met my parents at their hotel and showed them around Merida for a bit--- then took them to the parade where it was crowded and hectic.
On Monday, we toured Chichen Itza and made it back to the Cenote near by once more. I think a good time was had by all…
having a hard time writing pictures and connecting to the internet... When things are fixed, I'll be sure to post more...
Posted by jlsumich at February 21, 2007 04:56 PM