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| Lydia, Tori, and a former hacienda worker who greets all the visitors |
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| Calvin tries his hand at manually separating the henequen fibers |
Friday was our first full day in downtown Merida. Once we woke up, we had a breakfast of eggs and bacon made by Mr. Davison. After that, we left for a hacienda that was about forty kilometers to the south of our hotel. Upon leaving the welcome center and after a short walk, we were shown to a little wooden train car that was pulled by a mule. We rode the cart through the henequen fields, the crop of many haciendas, to a little Mayan hut. When we disembarked from the cart, we met an older Mayan gentleman who greeted us with "all his heart." He told us about the history of the hacienda and the planting and care of the henequen. After a reluctant goodbye, we got on the cart and went to the underground cenote, where we spent an hour swimming and diving.
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| The junior class (and two seniors) in the underground cenote |
After leaving the cenote, we went to the restaurant at the hacienda, where we all enjoyed various delicious traditional dishes. We then visited the chapel on the grounds of the hacienda, where we sang three psalms: 40E, 119X, and 148. After leaving the hacienda, we returned to town, where we split up into several groups to shop and enjoy the sights of a downtown Merida sunset.
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| Lezlie and Jessie in the cenote |
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| The group listens to the tour guide at the hacienda |
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