Today we took the Bonanza Ranch tour. All of the animals are rescued from abandoned ranches or from previous owners who no longer want them. They are nursed back to health, loved, and given a new home on the ranch.
Guests can pay an extra fee and come back later for horseback riding equipped with riding helmets that look like cowboy hats.
We saw cenotes (pronounced seh-no-tays). One is closed, resembling sink holes I am used to where I grew up. One is filled with crystal clear water teeming with fish and turtles. I understand that the horseback riding tour includes swimming in the cenote. Many cenotes are connected by underground rivers.
Our guide explains the spiritual significance of the cenotes for the Myan culture. Just let me say, with common sacrifices of virgin girls, I would have been encouraging my daughters to marry very young.
We see goats, pigs, peacocks, and donkeys. We even get to feed the donkeys.
Dinner was at Santa Fe Grill
For appetizers, Hubby had potato and chorizo croquettes and spicy potatoes.
I chose cassava, potato, and sweet potato chips along with rustic flatbread.
For the main course, hubby had beef short ribs with asparagus. (Notice the one sprig of asparagus), and I had grilled chicken.
Tonight’s entertainment was a circus show. These performers are amazingly talented. The two women did not just have six packs, they had cases! There was a juggler, a man balancing on a tower of metal tubes, jump roping acrobats, and three performers showing amazing feats of strength suspending themselves from a vertical pole.
A great show.