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Looks kind of like sapodilla
https://strongwithplants.com/sapodilla-exotic-fruit-health-benefits/
Might be a tropical kingbird
https://ebird.org/species/trokin
Vespids... (paper wasps)
https://bugguide.net/node/view/198
You are right - parts of Merida (centro in particular) are chaotic and loud, and sometimes its hard to see beyond that when your senses are under assault. But in general we love the city for many reasons and we are willing to put up with the not so pleasant (we see it but don't focus on it) in order to experience the good. Kind of like bluecheese. It stinks but I love the taste.
2 years agoIt did taste really good!
2 years agoThe one on the right looks so good I had to google "pan imposibile". I found this "Mexican Chocoflan Impossible Cake is a dense, rich chocolate cake stacked with creamy vanilla flan, dripping with a delicate layer of cajeta caramel sauce" and one of these days I'm going to give it a try!
Apparently it's impossible because with the layers one way and then comes out with the layers different.
Thanks Marvin!
2 years agoAh, the sacred tree in the Green Cross story!
2 years agoWonderful picture!
2 years agohttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220855785760553&set=a.10220811564975061
2 years agoYellow headed parrot
https://ebird.org/species/yehpar
Cieba tree.
https://www.maya-archaeology.org/pre-Columbian_Mesoamerican_Mayan_ethnobotany_Mayan_iconography_archaeology_anthropology_research/sacred_ceiba_tree_flowers_kapok_spines_yaxche_incense_burners.php
Fruits look like chestnuts, but leaves are way too big and smooth.
2 years agoAnd beans and a nice little skipper butterfly... (Seems there are hundreds of species of them).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper_(butterfly)
2 years agoMaybe Achiote?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixa_orellana