The last day of the tour was originally planned as an abbreviated day, with one morning shoot ending with a farewell lunch. However, because of our scheduling hiccough at the hacienda, and the interjection of the extra guerrilla shoot, our last day ended up being a fairly long one. We began the day with the originally planned shoot at a Mayan ruins at Xcambó near the north Yucatán coast. We gained entry before the general public which was cool both from the private access aspect, as well as being able to shoot unhindered. It was to some degree in he process of being restored. It was not a vast area, and the pyramidal structures weren’t extremely tall, but it was very interesting. We shot there for a couple of hours, then headed back to our home hacienda to pack up and check out.
On our original itinerary we would have then headed to our farewell lunch, however instead we headed back to Izamal and went to lunch at a nice relaxed Restaurante Zamna (¡Un Sabor Ancestral!). Then in the mid-afternoon we headed back to the special hacienda for our originally planned second shoot. We were able to take advantage of the late day sun shoot outside including in and around the pool, and I was able to get some flash shots in the fountain room with Dasha. After a few hours of shooting, with night closing in, we packed up and headed of to Mérida for our farewell dinner. It was nice and relaxed. We got there a bit late and were the last ones there. It seemed to take the staff as long to figure out how to split the check as it did to prepare the dinner. Finally we all said goodbye, and Dimitriy distributed the last of us to our hotels. I spent a few days chilling out at a beautiful Airbnb not too far from the tourist center and not far from the airport. A very enjoyable trip with a good bunch of people.
