Where We Stayed
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karmicdragonflyRoom and board was included in the price we paid to attend this trip. We stayed in a place called the Dreaming House -- the proprietor and his wife were very good people, and we were well treated and fed the entire time we were there. The man is an artist, and I bought several souvenirs from his shop.
The guest house was actually walkable to the pyramids site, but the roads were not great for walking -- both from a security standpoint, and also from a muddy standpoint. Also, once you got to the site, there is a ton of walking. The Dreaming House provided transportation each day to where we were going.
Cute courtyard -
Huge Century Plants --
Cute room --
Remember toilet paper does not go in the toilet, but in the trash can next to it --
One thing to keep in mind...this guest house is about simplfication, and no distractions. So there is no TV in the room. And there is only hot water in the shower, not the sink. I rather enjoyed the room -- except for maybe the TP thing, lol!
Our last night at the Dreaming House, there was a celebration of the Lady of Carmen, who is evidently the patron saint of the Meatizus -- mixed race people -- of Mexico. (Brazilian Portuguese also has that word, but it is Mestiços in Portuguese.)
First we were given these sort of crosses -- they had a word for them, which started with an X, but I can't remember right now. There's a picture of the Lady, and a bag of bread, which we could eat later. We danced a conga line round and round the compound with these crosses bobbing up and down...then the main event started.
The Lady was positioned in the courtyard to face El Toro -- the Bull -- 3 times. Each of the 3 Toros (someone who has put on the Toro costume) lights up the fireworks attached to his costume, and charges the Virgin (our Lady of Carmen) while selected women stand to guard the Virgin and withstand the sparks, and while the crowd runs away so as not to get burned. After the attached fireworks burn out, Toro bows before the Lady.
Here is a video of one of the 3 Toros. The reason for pointing the phone down 1/2 way into the video is because the crowd was pressing into me as they ran away from the fireworks sparks!
The guest house was actually walkable to the pyramids site, but the roads were not great for walking -- both from a security standpoint, and also from a muddy standpoint. Also, once you got to the site, there is a ton of walking. The Dreaming House provided transportation each day to where we were going.
Cute courtyard -
Huge Century Plants --
Cute room --
Remember toilet paper does not go in the toilet, but in the trash can next to it --
One thing to keep in mind...this guest house is about simplfication, and no distractions. So there is no TV in the room. And there is only hot water in the shower, not the sink. I rather enjoyed the room -- except for maybe the TP thing, lol!
Our last night at the Dreaming House, there was a celebration of the Lady of Carmen, who is evidently the patron saint of the Meatizus -- mixed race people -- of Mexico. (Brazilian Portuguese also has that word, but it is Mestiços in Portuguese.)
First we were given these sort of crosses -- they had a word for them, which started with an X, but I can't remember right now. There's a picture of the Lady, and a bag of bread, which we could eat later. We danced a conga line round and round the compound with these crosses bobbing up and down...then the main event started.
The Lady was positioned in the courtyard to face El Toro -- the Bull -- 3 times. Each of the 3 Toros (someone who has put on the Toro costume) lights up the fireworks attached to his costume, and charges the Virgin (our Lady of Carmen) while selected women stand to guard the Virgin and withstand the sparks, and while the crowd runs away so as not to get burned. After the attached fireworks burn out, Toro bows before the Lady.
Here is a video of one of the 3 Toros. The reason for pointing the phone down 1/2 way into the video is because the crowd was pressing into me as they ran away from the fireworks sparks!
