This is my third trip to Yucatan in a one year period. I always have mixed feelings about being here. Part of it is because I’m here alone, without my wife and I should be “recharging” and enjoying the time.
There is always a lot of work to do or to oversee so it’s hard to do any of the tourist stuff and I guess I’m still a little bit intimidated being here by myself. After all, this isn’t my country, it’s my wife’s.
We’ve worked on the house a lot and we have gotten it to the point where we can actually live here event though we don’t have a kitchen.
Yesterday I went looking for contractor to drill a deep well for us so that we can have potable water. While I did not find the guy, I was able to travel through some small towns, Suma de Hidalgo, Teya, and Tapakan. I stopped in Suma to take photos of an henequen processing plant. While it would seem that they are somewhat rare, there are actually many still scattered around this area. They process the henequen agave which is produces a fiber that has many uses. Up until the discovery of synthetics, particularly nylon, Yucatan was the largest provide of rope of any country in the world. That industry collapsed and many large hacienda/plantations went broke. A large number were owned by Europeans, particularly the French so they just returned to France leaving many in disrepair for decades.
I’ve included some photos that some might enjoy looking at.
I think this is enough for my first post.