izamal and progreso

today we went to Izamal and it was a pretty good visit. Not only does Izamal have the church and the virgin Mary sighting but it also has a huge Maya pyramid. After Izamal we went to Progreso which is a great beach town on the Golfo de Mexico. It´s a very shallow waterway and it´s the main port of the Yucatan. There are lots of trucks picking up cargo. It made me think of the TV show The Wire Season 2 so now I gotta find out when that comes out on DVD.

For lunch today I ate a pescado frito, which is a fried fish. Danny would love this--it is served whole with the head and eyes and it has big creepy teeth. I also ate a botana from the market at Izamal, it was made up of a fried pocket of dough with beans and cilantro in the middle and it had pickled onions and tomatoes on top. Last night I ate at Restaurante Amaro and ate a bowl of gazpacho which was quite tasty.