Welcome to our 7th Blog from our Uaymitun 2015 winter!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
Continuing on our trip to visit Uxmal, we stopped for lunch at Hacienda San Pedro Ochil!
San Pedro Ochil is one of the seven former estates in the town of Abalá, “Place plums” region whose chronology goes back to pre-Hispanic times, as evidenced by numerous archaeological remains that are still preserved in the area.
Like most haciendas of Yucatán, San Pedro Ochil was built in the seventeenth century and was first cattle ranch, then corn before becoming henequenera when agave cultivation was consolidated at the beginning of the century.
We didn’t know what to expect, but were pleasantly surprised by both the hacienda itself, the great meal and a surprise! After parking, we were led on foot past some building that housed artisans…
… and along a small gauge train track that had been once used for moving the agave leaves in for processing. If you ask, they’ll let you hop onto the small train and take you through the gates to the restaurant.
After lunch, we walked around the grounds which had many pretty courtyards.
Then we passed through another archway and were dumbfounded!!!
Once we tore ourselves away, we toured the rest of the grounds!
What a wonderful place to spend a quiet lunch and be amazed!
That’s all for today!
The next blog will highlight our visit to Hacienda Uxmal where we spent the night!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-doug and elaine