Posts Tagged ‘Hacienda Petac’
I have always found my portal into another culture to be through its food. In March I went to the jungle outside of Merida and stayed in a colonial hacienda that had been transformed into a private home, soaring ceilings and rioting vegetation just outside the screened doors, the constant song of doves. At this […]
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Tags: Flan, Hacienda Petac, Key Lime Pie, masa harina, Merida, Panuchos, tortilla press, Yucatecan Cuisine
Waking Early To Birdsong
29Mar11
Waking early to birdsong, doves and mot mots, a pair of love birds playing in a branch. Coffee delivered to my bed. A sultry air stirred by a kind breeze. The jungle outside of Merida, Mexico. Hacienda Petac, former sisal plantation established in the 1700s, celebrated for its rope production, converted now to a private […]
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Tags: bird sanctuary, Hacienda Petac, lovely private home for rent, Merida, Mexico
