Mexican Independence Day

After returning from Celestun to Merida the city was heating up for it's annual Independence Eve and Day celebrations. That evening Merida was kicking off the party about 10 o'clock at night so we all had a pre-Independence Eve party on the balcony of the hotel overlooking the central park, or zocalo, where all the action was taking place. From there we went to get something to eat and find a place in the park to watch the festivities. At one corner of the park there was huge stage set up with opening acts before the governor came came out to really get the party started.






















The whole event was spectacular. Before the governor came out to kick off the party, from the balcony right above us, tons of green, red, and white confetti were thrown from the roof. The street was absolutely covered in a storm of confetti.

















The party went on until about 2am that night then about 8 o'clock the next morning I heard band music, marching, and drumming from the door of the balcony. The hotel room was right above the parade with arguably a better view than what the judges had. That was a fun surprise. The parade started with about 50 different school bands marching by. After that it was mostly civil servants such as the local and state police, fire, army, and navy. It seemed like it was all of the civil services showing off there toys more than anything else but it was a nice show, especially from the hotel balcony with a cup of coffee and breakfast.

Confetti falling at night