- Beginning of the journey in Cancun: Sacha meets Daniel Castellanos who tells her the story of Cancun: they eat a ceviche of fish and seafood.Then Sacha travels to Playa del Carmen where she meets Marcos O. Mier, a diving coach : they go diving and see the coral reef and sea turtles.Later Sacha travels to Muximbaal, a Mayan village: there she meets Muriel Schmitt, a guide of communities tourism: they speak with Angélica Garcia, a Mayan woman who makes embroideries (huipil): then Muriel and Sacha live a cleansing ritual with the shaman Gabriel Mazon.Later Muriel and Sacha goes to the Cenote X'Canché: the manager of the cenote , Benedicto Can Dzui shows them the cenote and they use the zip line in the forest.Near the cenote there is a Mayan site: Ek'Balam (Black Jaguar) with a 34 meters high pyramid: the guide, Aurelio Hao Tun explains them how the archaeologists found the tomb of a Mayan king.Next stop Merida: Sacha meets there Gloria Leticia "Letty", a school director and her daughter Gloria who have a gift for Sacha: a huipil: later they speak about Merida (1.600.000 inhabitants) and go to the market: Sacha tastes a fruit called in Spanish caimito (star apple or purple star apple) and they look at the different chilies ("habanero, jalapeño,etc).In the evening they see a spectacle of Yucatecan folkloric dances (men and women dancing with a bottle and also with a tray with 5 glasses on their heads).They go to restaurant and eat a typical Yucatecan dish: panucho, a re-fried tortilla that is stuffed with re-fried black beans and topped with chopped cabbage, pulled chicken or turkey a, tomato pickled red onion, avocado and pickled jalapeño pepper.They listen to a trio of troubadours and speak also with a mariachi about his big hat.Final destination: Celestun in the Gulf of Mexico: with Henri Dzib Chay Sacha make a boat tour through the mangrove and sees frigate birds, brown pelicans and pink flamingos. Besides we can zooms about the cenotes, about the tremendous growth of Cancun, about the sport fishing in Punta Allen, about the Sian Ka'an marine reserve with a ecotourism project ( local guides, women producing marmalade), about the sisal plantations (the abandoned estates which transformed into hotels or private houses) and about the making of Panama hat in the village of Becal.—zutterjp48
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