#277 - M is for Mexico

I've been to different parts of Mexico so many times

that I could write a month of blogs just on

the places I've been and the things I've seen.

I even lived in Mexico City for a year.

But, I thought I would share a scant percentage of

the hundreds of photos I have of places in Mexico.

I love fountains, and I especially love

the small plazas you find in most Mexican towns.

My abuelita (Span. grandmother) used to say that

growing up, on Sundays after church, 

the young men and women would walk around the outside 

of the town square while

mothers and grandmothers and aunties would sit

on the inside of the square keeping an eye on the

young people.  Beaus would slip notes into 

the girl's shawls since speaking to a young woman

was frowned upon.  She even told the story of

how a friend of hers was in love with a young

man whom her parents didn't approve of, and

how he rode up on his horse one day during

the Sunday plaza walk and grabbed her up on his

horse and ran away with her.

That she knew of, they lived happily ever after.

This is in Manzanillo, a small town on the Pacific Coast

where life is simple, and resorts haven't taken over

the small town.  It still feels a lot like old world Mexico.

Puerto Vallarta is one of my favorite places.

I love the downtown area and have been here

tons of times.

A new place we went to our last time there was 

the Arch which is south of Puerto Vallarta...

We went snorkeling and ended up eating a fish feast

on the beach afterward, washed down with chilled

Mexican beer... good thing we weren't driving.

And, then there's Tulum.

With its white sandy beaches...

And amazing history and Mayan ruins...

And you can go across to Cozumel...

on a boat,  take pictures of boats

and get on another boat and go snorkeling.

Then drink more cerveza!!

Salud!