Though visiting the local markets of Cacalchen and Izamal were cool to see and experience the culture, both had a lot more meat and vegetables to sell where I was expecting to see more handmade crafts. The market in Merida, however, was a very cool market! There were street performers, balloons, toys, maracas, jewelry, woven tops, hats and on and on. It was like a festival and a market combined which made it pretty awesome. There were also food vendors. I ended up buying some maracas and some earrings and other knick-knacky things, I wish I had gotten more pesos so I could have bought one of those beautiful flower tops.
After walking around the market and making some purchases, Daniel and John and I decided to explore the town. Though I didn’t think John was as in to exploring as much as we were, I thought it was cool to see all of the history of the streets. There were beautiful hotels and restaurants, and many squares with statues in them. My favorite restaurant that we passed was this one called Vida Catrina. Vida Catrina looked like it was a very good place to get some good wine with a lovely dinner. It was dressed and ready to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) decorated in bright pinks and oranges and royal blues with skeletons scattered about the space. If I ever go back to Merida, it is definitely one stop on my list!
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