Friday Dave and I took Blake and Leah on an excursion. Dave thought since we were that close and it was 1/2 price we should go see Chichen Itza. Or as the bellboy teased me Chicken Pizza. I was sad to go on this one with out Cora. She loves history and would have just eaten this all up. The excursion started early in the morning. Because we were up before the restaurants opened we were given breakfast on the bus. We learned the history and process of making a Mexican Tamale and then was given one to try. They are very good.
We had a short stop to use bathrooms and buy things then continued on our way. We arrived at Chichen Itza about 11. Very cool place. Our tour guide was excellent and we got a ton of info in an hour. We were then given another hour to walk around and take pictures.
We had been told that it was illegal for vendors to come onto government land and sell their wares, but they bride the workers and get in anyways. When we arrived, because it was illegal, I was amazed at the amount of vendors that were in. They lined both sides of every path. Had to have been hundreds. After walking around we reloaded the bus and were driven to a little place where we were given and authentic Mayan lunch. Some interesting things, some good, some not so much. But all fun to try. Next we swam in another Cenote. This one had a 85 foot drop just to get down into the water. They are a sink hole/natural well that most of them they don't know how deep it goes. Cool fresh water. It was wonderful to swim in.
Lastly we stopped in Valladolid It was very interesting to see how the people of Mexico live. Made us thankful for what we have. We stopped at the town square and got ice cream.
Saturday was our last day at the beach. We got up a little earlier so we could spend lots of time there.
The kids ordered drinks at the pool bar. Said it was cool to sit on a stool in the swimming pool and have drinks.
Last little bit spent at the water slides.
We wanted to go to the Steakhouse one last time since it was our favorite. The first night we went we had to wait and hour to get in. So this time we showed up before it opened and Dave and Joe waited first in line to get us in. We had split up kids and adults all week and wanted to have our last meal together.
After another excellent dinner, we went to Part three of the Mayan show. It was a truly weird show. But we watched it for the experience.
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