alilou's Adventures in Wonderland 2 - all over the map

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A big thank you to all of you @skatesindreams @dinakt and @kwanfan1818
Valladolid is a gem!
It makes me happy that a few FSUers are enjoying the blog :)
US and Cdn Nationals this weekend and I don't know how much I'll get to see - maybe get to watch some late evening. We are at a huge festival in a small town in Mexico and I don't want to miss any of it. OTOH don't want to miss nationals either. Excited!
 

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Skate Canada is posting the live stream videos to its channel for on demand viewing:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCsc7hNfnY3b65mZqXkVKNZw

Enjoy the festival live!
Thanks for the link @kwanfan1818
Tonight at the festival there will be hundreds of men dressed as Spanish colonial women in big flowery dresses! :cheer:

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Great photo's.

Did you get a chance to visit the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza as well? The El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcan) is an incredible site. Mayan architecture is amazing.
Thanks @Maofan7 . Yes we went to Chichen Itza. It is amazing! Next post will be about Mexican folk art and the cenotes, but the one after will be about the Mayan ruins - Chichen Itza, Palenque, Ek Balam, and Edzna. Got goose bumps at Chichen Itza!
 

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Thanks @Maofan7 . Yes we went to Chichen Itza. It is amazing! Next post will be about Mexican folk art and the cenotes, but the one after will be about the Mayan ruins - Chichen Itza, Palenque, Ek Balam, and Edzna. Got goose bumps at Chichen Itza!

Excellent - look forward to reading the posts!
 

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Oh it's a hoot - it's a caricature of Mexico about 50 years ago! And those men in the "field" with the few spindly stalks of corn - not quite the way it is now anyway.

At 28 minutes 6 seconds in, it shows the same road in San Miguel de Allende as in this very old photograph that I showed you a few months ago in post 178. Unfortunately, the youtube copy of the Ironside episode is very poor quality. On my DVD copy, I recognised the road immediately! Just goes to show what a tourist attraction that city has become. I doubt the producers filmed that footage specifically for that episode, as it looks like some stock footage they have just inserted in
 
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At 28 minutes 6 seconds in, it shows the same road in San Miguel de Allende as in this very old photograph that I showed you a few months ago in post 178. Unfortunately, the youtube copy of the Ironside episode is very poor quality. On my DVD copy, I recognised the road immediately! Just goes to show what a tourist attraction that city has become. I doubt the producers filmed that footage specifically for that episode, as it looks like some stock footage they have just inserted in
Oh I completely missed that! :duh: I had another look and noticed the church in the distance. I would never have recognised it as San Miguel. The city has become a HUGE tourist attraction.
I love how he's riding into town on a horse, and the next shot he's driving in in a huge car.
 

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Lots will come eventually about Cuba (we're currently in Trinidad) but I'll have to finish writing about Mexico and Guatemala first - I have this thing about doing it chronologically. We get back to Canada March 1st so decent wifi and time to write and process photos.
 

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