Today I received the itinerary for my month stay in Mérida. 26 days until I'm on a plane. Reality is sinking in as I finish up my last exams for the spring semester.
Classes will be from 8:30am-1:30pm Monday through Thursday and will start on June 1, my 4th day in Mérida.
It appears that we will be taking 3 different field trips as a group starting Friday mornings and sometimes lasting the entire weekend. So after my first week of classes, aka 3 days, I'll be visiting Celestún. I've taken the liberty to wikipedia (don't hate me, wikipedia haters) said location, and I like what I see. In Celestún is the Celestún Wildlife Refuge, home to thousands of flamingos and other bird species. The population is small, but numbers rise during octopus hunting season. Interesting, no?
The following weekend I'll be visiting the Loltun Cave and archaeological sites at Labna and Uxmal. My third weekend, we'll be visiting archaeological sites at Chichen Itza and Tulum.
It appears as if I'll have lots of adventures outside of class. Not to mention, the 3 free days for individual exploration and the time after school each day. I think this is the part where I read travel books. and THAT can wait until Friday morning when my last exam is over and done with.
I'm so jealous you get to visit Chichen Itza!!!I saw Mayan ruins in Belize years ago and I'll never forget that experience. I hope you aren't afraid of heights because you should climb to the top of a ruin if you're allowed.
ReplyDeleteAre you referring to people or birds when you say the population of Celestun is small? I'm assuming people but it could work both ways :-)
I wouldn't be surprised if there were more birds than people in Celustun.
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