This past week our group visited a clinic called Clinica Esperanza. The clinic was founded in the 1960s by 2 young doctors from the United States to provide health care for people in need. The once 2-room clinic has grown considerably in size to a large clinic that cares for expectant mothers and their babies. The clinic was founded as a Christian ministry, and the majority of the doctors and nurses who work at the clinic are Christians. Patients do have to pay to use the clinic, but the cost of the services are very low and the quality of the care is often quicker and better than that provided by the government health system.
Today at La Modelo there was a mixed Day of the Dead and Halloween party on the 2nd floor. There were Day of the Dead altars set up along with what looked like a "haunted classroom". Halloween isn't celebrated by everyone here, as it isn't really a Mexican holiday, but there were some students who dressed up in costumes. These next few days I should get a chance to see how Yucatecans observe Day of the Dead...so, more on that in the future.
Tomorrow night our group is going to a soccer game at Mérida's stadium, which is actually only a few blocks away my house. Supposedly tomorrow night is a "ladies night", so the 19 girls in our group should get in for free. I don't think I've ever gone to a professional soccer game in the USA, so I'm curious as to how things will go. Hopefully the home team wins and everyone can go home happy, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
The front of La Catedral
This bus company reminds you to "respect the ladies" (also not to spit on the floor, not to leave trash on the bus, to pay the fare in smaller bills or coins, to pay upon boarding...etc)
Downtown in front of the Cathedral - an easy to remember meeting spot
Studying? (OK...this was posed)
Restaurant at Progreso - if you order drinks there, you get free botanas (snacks)
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