Biking

In Merida on Sundays the city closes about 5KM of roads for cycling only. After breakfast we walked to Santa Lucia Park and rented 1 bike for me. One bike is in the apartment. Somebody who rents here leaves it here and we have access to it. It is the right height for Wendy.

After renting we headed south and biked along the Paseo Montego. This is where the fancy house were build. There a divided road and they close one side for the bikers. A few monuments are in the major intersections.

At the start of Paseo Montego

Good thing I practiced biking with one hand last year in Lucca

There is a 1 peso deposit on bottle, not sure much they get back.

One for Liam

Kyle after you are done with HSBC in Vancouver & Calgary

One of the many mansion lining the Paseo

Abandon house

We stopped for a smoothie. We had the Grande size which was probably close to 1 liter size.  Booster Juice would have severe competition here. We also people watch for a while. There are all sizes of bikes from regular to some that seat at least 6.

Yummy Smoothies 

Lots of traffic

Fancy bike

At least 7 on this one

We then return to Santa Lucia Park and bike to Plaza Grande and north from there. This area is more residential with a few churches. Lots of services being done since it is Easter Sunday. At one church there was communion being done. I walked in and I just made it in time and walked back out. We had to stop for an ice cream break as it was now getting hot. A 2 scoop ice cream was about $1.00. I see lots of ice cream for me in my future.

Popup restaurants on the main square

Line up for the bus

Mangoes everywhere and cheap

We will need to do this with Jacinthe and Lisa

$10.00 a night for the hostal, I will skip

Main square 

We then return to Santa Lucia Square to return my bike. Cost for 2.5 hours was 50 pesos or around $3.50. The conversion reate is about 14 pesos for $1.00. We stayed at the square and watched a band play for a while. Many Mexicans dancing on the stage as well.

Easter bunny is here

Santa Lucia Square.

Back at the house we had lunch and a bit of R&R by the pool. We headed to the Plaza Grande around 7PM to find something to eat and see what was going on. We got soups at one of the popup restaurants that set up on the square. We then watched a band play for a while and called it a night.