As stunning as Mexico may be, one of many largest considerations earlier than visiting is about ‘basic security’. Understandably so too as there’s additionally no uniformity on this.
Security tends to be tied to sure particular pockets so you might discover one space is kind of advantageous however the surrounding areas aren’t.
Anyway, because of this, once we first determined to go to the town of Merida in Mexico our first ideas have been about how protected it’s to go to.
Fortunately, official web sites all internationally regard Merida because the most secure metropolis in Mexico in order that eased off a variety of worries and we might simply concentrate on the vital issues, like the place to remain.
That half was simple although.
We discovered a spot referred to as Decu Downtown that was an immediate sure. There was just one downside although.
We would have liked the place for 4 nights however that they had availability on the primary two nights after which for in the future, no availability in any respect.
The calendar then opened up the day after that and was accessible once more.
So with that in thoughts, we ended up having to e-book one other place for the remaining two nights.
I’ll present you that place in one other submit although. For now although, let me present you extra from Decu Downtown.
Certainly one of my favorite issues about this place is that there are solely 8 rooms which suggests you kinda really feel like you’ve got an entire villa, full with employees to are inclined to your each wants, all to your self.
The one time we actually noticed anybody else was at breakfast once we have been due to take a look at.
Initially it solely had like 4 rooms and the additional 4 rooms at the moment are an extension to it and it’s simply such a beautiful place to remain within the metropolis.
Plus, it’s fairly centrally situated so after we’d checked in and altered out of our journey garments, we headed out to the town partly to acclimatise but in addition to search out ourselves a late lunch.
The factor about strolling round although is that it’s so distracting (in an excellent means) and Merida simply instantly felt so snug.
The entire vibe of the place felt such as you have been attending to discover a way more actual aspect to Mexico than Cancun or Tulum (which may be very simply finished) however at a tempo that was simply so beautiful and relaxed.
Oh and by the best way, in case you have any Spanish language expertise or even perhaps much less probably, any Yucatec Maya language expertise, you’ll discover them very helpful in Merida.
As I kinda hinted at earlier, it’s very a lot a spot the place Mexicans correctly reside (not only a resort city) so these languages are very a lot lots of people’s first and second languages with not as many individuals talking English right here as you may discover in Tulum and Cancun.
Nonetheless although, you gained’t wrestle in any respect should you solely communicate English.
You’ll discover it nonetheless simple sufficient to navigate and determine issues out.
Proper, again to our stroll by the town.
Lloyd had a spot in Merida he needed to take a look at referred to as La Negrita which is nice for drinks and so we made our means over there because the solar set.
After we confirmed up, we truly thought it was closed because it didn’t appear significantly busy from the surface.
We simply determined to cross the highway anyway and go test it out anyway.
On chatting with the host, he instructed us to go into the courtyard inside and that’s the place we discovered everybody was.
The courtyard is deceptively enormous inside and there’s a bar there (in addition to the one on the entrance) and there’s a stage right here too which explains why most individuals have been out right here.
There was going to be reside music on in somewhat bit and seeing as we’d deliberate on staying for drinks anyway, we acquired a seat near the stage and ordered a few beers and a flight of tequilas as a result of we couldn’t fairly determine which of them to have.
By the best way, the tequila shouldn’t be for doing ‘pictures’ with.
They’re there to be savoured slowly and never rushed by.
I’d by no means favored tequila at College and for a few years after that as a result of I had a variety of it as soon as for New Yr’s Eve and acquired so sick from it with a hangover that dragged on for days after and ever since then simply usually prevented it.
After that point although, there can be the odd event on an evening out the place somebody in our pals group would order a spherical of tequila pictures and it will be the identical consequence the following day – essentially the most horrendous hangover.
On latest journeys to Mexico (and we’re speaking in all probability within the final couple of years), I made a decision to cease dashing by tequila and to really style it slowly.
I additionally found Mezcal like 7 years in the past and did the identical factor with it too. Recreation changer!
You begin to decide up sure notes, variations in fieriness and significantly in smoothness that you simply by no means would have earlier than.
Suffice it to say, now I completely get the hype behind tequila however solely with the caveat that it’s loved correctly and never downed as shortly as potential.
Our tequilas additionally got here with fried (or maybe roasted) bugs and chill powders to eat stated bugs with.
There have been additionally different snacks introduced with the drinks however understandably, they paled compared to the impression the bugs left on us.
Oh and taste-wise, the bugs have been truly advantageous and we discovered ourselves absent-mindedly snacking away at them whereas sipping on our drinks and slowly seat-dancing to the reside musicians on stage.
We had grand plans to go to a different place for dinner.
The ‘one other place’ nevertheless hadn’t been totally selected and seeing as La Negrita did meals too, we simply figured we would as effectively simply keep there for dinner.
That, by the best way, was such name.
The meals is definitely actually good there and we discovered ourselves ordering seconds (and promptly realising that we have been in all probability already fairly full with the primary course that got here round).
Proper so there’s one factor I forgot to say at first of this and that’s the way to get to Merida.
It’s truly very easy.
There’s an airport there so the best selection is to fly there however Merida is only some hours drive away from the likes of Tulum and Cancun (for example Chichen Itza is definitely nearer to Merida than it’s to Cancun) so you might arrive in Tulum or Cancun and simply drive from there (or prepare for transport out of your lodge to Merida).
For flights, Miami airport has direct flights to Merida so the best for lots of people is simply to fly to Miami and join there to Merida.
However yeah, that’s how our first day went.
Will catch you within the subsequent submit on what it’s prefer to discover Merida correctly which we did the very subsequent day.
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