Yucatan Mexico | Carol Chapman

Our favorite breakfast restaurant in Cancun

Carol and John Chapman enjoying breakfast at our favorite Cancun breakfast restaurant

First, I took a photo of John sitting at the table. Then John took a photo of me sitting at the table. Then, I kinda, sorta put the two photos together in PhotoShop so it kinda, sorta looks like we’re both sitting at the table together at the same time. We actually were sitting at the table at the same time except when we took the photos of each other. This is where we had breakfast every morning outside at Natura Restaurant on Boulevard Kukulcan while in Cancun. They had marvelous omelets and fantastic service. Our corn tortillas are keeping warm in the woven basket with the colorful lid in the foreground. John’s favorite omelet was a Chihuahua omelet. Before you think that means a little dog rolled up in cooked eggs, let me assure you that the Chihuahua is actually Chihuahua cheese, which is similar to Monterey Jack cheese, and comes from the Mexican state of Chihuahua, just like the little dog. John also liked slices of nopal cactus (prickly pear cactus) accompanying his Chihuahua in his omelet. Not surprisingly, since it’s the city most people fly into when visiting Yucatan, Cancun is in the Yucatan Travel Movie.

My Favorite Restaurant in the World

Tea and a Purse Rack at El Meson del Marques, Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico

Not only is the food magnificent and the service supreme, but imagine that when you sit down, the waiter/waitress not only pulls out the seat for you to sit on, but also brings out the purse rack so you don’t have to put your pocketbook on the floor. My favorite meal? Guacamole made at the table and sopa de lima–a traditional Mayan chicken soup with strips of tortillas soaking in the broth and a slice of lime adding that certain special flavor. El Meson del Marques is in Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico. It is a little-frequented gem that many tourists miss. But it is heavenly. It too is in the Yucatan Travel Movie.

Videotaping Zaci Cenote in Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico

Carol Chapman videotaping Zaci Cenote in Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico Photo by John Chapman

Here I am videotaping the cenote, or sinkhole, in Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico. This Valladolid cenote, called Zaci, is featured in the Yucatan Travel Movie. There are many of these sinkholes throughout the state of Yucatan and its nearby state of Quintana Roo. The fresh water within the cenotes provided water for the indigenous Mayan people, because the northern Yucatan Peninsula does not have rivers, streams, or lakes–no surface water. Rainwater trickles down through the limestone earth of the northern Yucatan Peninsula to form underwater rivers. The cenotes provide openings to the underwater rivers. I love the deep turquoise color of the water.

Cenote Swimmer in Yucatan

A swimmer enjoys Cenote Zaci in Valladolid, Yucatan.

Zaci Cenote appears in the Yucatan Travel Movie. Here, I am looking at a woman below me who is looking at a swimmer below her in the beautiful turquoise-green water of the cenote. Cenotes formed millions of years ago when sinkholes formed in the thick limestone surface exposing underground rivers below. This cenote, called “Zaci,” the original name of the city in which it is found, is in Valladolid, an inland city west of Cancun.

Izamal Horse &Buggy Taxis and Apparitions of the Virgin Mary

Horse and Buggy Taxi in the lovely Colonial Town of Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico

Horse and Buggy Taxis in the lovely Colonial Town of Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico

When traveling in Yucatan earlier this month, we visited one of my favorite Colonial cities, the lovely town of Izamal. Early December is the perfect time to be there, because the town celebrates a many-day-long festival in honor of “Concepcion,” a statue of the Virgin Mary who is the patron saint of the state of Yucatan. Supposedly, she has amazing healing powers. Hundreds of thousands of people come to Izamal in December to honor “Concepcion.” In fact, Izamal is the site of an apparition of the Virgin Mary involving this lovely statue. We were able to shoot some supplemental footage that will be useful in future movies. Izamal is already included in the Yucatan Travel Movie.

Carol Chapman’s Seminar Topics

For a list of my seminar topics, please click here. I can talk about these topics for an afternoon or evening lecture, an all-day event, or be the keynote speaker for a weekend retreat.

Tom Cruise in the Riviera Maya Yucatan

Tom Cruise and his family visit the Riviera Maya in Yucatan so often, that the owners of the resort they frequent have build a special suite just for him, Katie Holmes, and their daughter Suri.

The online article titled Mexico’s Riviera Maya: What Celebrity Families Vacation There? says that Julia Roberts, Mark Wahlberg, Salma Hayek, Anjolina Jolie and Brad Pitt also enjoy the Riviera Maya.

The Yucatan Travel Movie shows vacation hot spots, such as Tulum where Mick Jagger visits.

Sarah Albee at Book ‘Em Waynesboro 2010

Sarah Albee, New York Times Best Selling author of children’s books, her latest: Poop Happened!, also attended Book ‘Em at Waynesboro, Virginia last weekend. I enjoyed her delightful presentation called, “The Scoop on Poop” where I learned how knights in armor pooped and how astronauts poop – great stuff of great interest. If you read my October 13th post, you know that I videotaped many Yucatan bathrooms when filming Yucatan Travel because I have a fascination with beautiful tiled Mexican bathrooms. No, the bathrooms did not make it into the travel documentary. Sarah graciously posed with me for the following photo:

Carol Chapman (left) with New York Times Best Selling children's author Sarah Albee at Book 'Em in Waynesboro, Virginia, on October 16, 2010

Carol Chapman Event: 2012 and the End of the World

Here’s a description of my up-coming talk at Book ‘Em Waynesboro, Virginia, on October 16th.

2012 and the End of the World

by Carol Chapman

The media buzzes with 2012 and the end of the world. A “2012” Google search brought up 353 million listings! After seeing the 2012 movie, some people wondered about euthanizing their pets before the fatal date. What is going on! Will the world really end on December 21, 2012? This prediction is based on ancient Maya prophecies. While in Yucatan researching my books, When We Were Gods and Arrival of the Gods in Egypt, as well as filming my documentary, Yucatan Travel: Cancun to Chichen Itza, I interviewed Maya people, including shamans. Come out to my talk and find out what the Maya really have to say about 2012 and the end of the world.

The Story of the Maya Sorcerer at the Edgar Cayce Forum Tomorrow

My talk at the Edgar Cayce Forum tomorrow, Wednesday, September 29th, 7:30 p.m., at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Virginia, will also include a snippet of a videotaped interview with a Maya man describing the story told to him by his mother, told to her by her father, about the Sorcerer who built the Pyramid of the Sorcerer in Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico..

Come to the Edgar Cayce Forum tomorrow night for the The Yucatan Connection to Atlantis and Lemuria Using Cayce Clues and Mythology and hear Santiago Dominguez recount the story of his ancestors.

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