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My unforgettable holidays in Mexico

'16.08.2017'

Mexico ... how colorful and ambiguous it is! In the first few hours of my stay, I seriously thought about why we came here at all, why we had not gathered, for example, in Miami! Or even better - to the Dominican Republic! True, I started comparing prices in the Dominican Republic, having already booked and paid for Mexico, and the prices turned out to be about the same!

But now, having seen this sea, this azure water, I understood why the majority of tourists come here! This is love, at first sight love! I have never seen the sea of ​​this color, I have never felt such a salty-sticky wet air! And even the devastation in the center of the city and the total poverty of the population cannot spoil the general impression of the country, of my long-awaited holidays.

Photo from the personal archive of the author.

I have made my old dream come true - swimming with dolphins. While still living in Moscow, my husband and I wanted to swim, but there it was very expensive! And during the training camp in Mexico, it was the number one goal!

I will not write about how clever dolphins are, but what impressed me most was the big beating heart of a dolphin when it sailed and lay down in my arms! At this moment you understand the reality of what is happening, that this is truly a living being with its own feelings and emotions!

My instructor said that he has been working with this pair for 14 years, one dolphin is 25 years old, and the second is 30, that they are very attached to him and do not let any other trainer approach them - they are his second children with their habits and habits.

And I'm really happy that I spent almost an hour with two dolphins alone, not counting the trainer, of course.

Well, of course, as always, I was lucky - the sun was shining all day, and when it was my time to swim, it was just a downpour.

Photo from the personal archive of the author.

One of the points of our plan was a museum of underwater sculptures.

Immediately make a reservation, took a photo on the Internet! Husband shot on GoPro, but we have not yet seen what happened there, maybe later I will cut and show the video.

Yes, and much more interesting to consider the figures with the help of diving, as with a tube we swam on the surface.

More 400 sculptures in full size. Slowly but surely, an eerily beautiful process of changing works of art takes place. Nature changes the underwater creations of man from concrete, covering them with algae, which are then covered with corals, turning into reefs and creating new and new houses filled with the most diverse sea creatures.
The composition “Silent Evolution” appeared at the bottom in December 2010 of the year and covers an area of ​​more than 420 square meters, and the total weight of all four hundred sculptures exceeds 200 tons.

Interestingly, facial casts are taken from real people. Most models are from locals. The characters were a Mexican carpenter, a three-year-old boy, a 85-year-old nun, an accountant, a yoga instructor and many others. People of different races and professions.

Every year, this museum is visited by more than 750 thousands of tourists.

My personal opinion is that just going exclusively to this point is not the most interesting decision! Our excursion included three different points in the sea plus lunch on the island with grilled fish and plus a sea turtle farm (everything is still in the stories), and in general we enjoyed the excursion very much!

Photo from the personal archive of the author.

Anyone who comes to Mexico in any souvenir shop can find magnets or statues in the form of skulls or such skeletons like women painted with all colors (see stories). This is one of the chips of Mexico. And the thing is that this attribute refers to the holiday Day of the Dead.

This holiday is dedicated to the day of remembrance of all the dead and takes place on November 1 and 2 every year. On the first day, all dead children and babies are remembered, and on the second - all the adult dead. On these days, a carnival is held, sweets are prepared in the form of skulls and figurines of dressed female skeletons, and cemeteries are decorated with ribbons and flowers, the roads to the houses of the deceased are forced by their relatives with candles so that the deceased can find his way home.

This festival began to celebrate in the territory of modern Mexico even the ancient peoples, such as the Maya. According to scientists, the rituals associated with the veneration of the dead, were noted 2500-3000 years ago. Previously, local residents often kept in their homes real skulls of the dead as a kind of family heirloom, they were often shown during various rituals, they had to symbolize death and resurrection.

For me, this is all pretty creepy, to some extent reminiscent of Halloween. But the Mexicans perceive this holiday on the contrary fun, arranging a noisy feast.

In fact, it is incredibly interesting to learn any traditions of different countries and expand your horizons!

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