Uaymitun 2009-Blog Post #5 “Chicxulub!”

Welcome to a blog post that captures highlights from our jaunt into Chicxulub!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

As usual, mornings were spent relaxing…

In the afternoon, we made our first visit to Chicxulub… Chicxulub Puerto that is! There’s a Chicxulub Pueblo about 20km inland, which raised some questions about beach front property the first time I looked on Google Maps for our destination! 🙂

This was our first foray into a typical Yucatecan village, so it was a bit of a culture shock, I must say! Dusty, pot-holed roads… cinder block buildings… and a plethora of dogs roaming the streets.

But once you took a closer look, most of the homes were well tended. The school children were all dressed in clean uniforms. All the people we met were friendly! Nowadays, it’s just our village and we love it!

The Cyber Cafe and the Laundry! The Cyber Cafe is no longer, but the Laundry is where we go to this day!

Corner of Calle 20 and 21… from our pictures

Through the wonders of Google Maps Street View, here’s a comparison of the same corner from 2009 and 2019… not much has changed, except for the large white building on the left which has now been replaced by a Donususa Mercado!