The house has a funny set up. One part of the house is in the front. Living room, dining room (this will become my art studio when not eating) a kitchen with a screened opening to the sky on one side (yes, it rains in there) - nice breeze, though. A bathroom, a second bedroom - come on down. After that you walk through an open courtyard and 'my' hammock. The master bedroom with a nice king bed is in the back in a different building. how weird is that?
Going outside to get back inside to the bathroom took some getting used to. So didn't the sometimes hot and mostly cold water. more on that later.

The next day we took a house tour from the Merida English Library. there's enough expats here to have a call for a English library. It's a wonderful resource. 
http://www.meridaenglishlibrary.com/

anyhow, the houses were to die for. These houses were restored Spanish colonials in Centro Merida. There's hundreds (maybe thousands, I don't know) of these amazing houses.

Some fairly modern and some exact replicas of Merida's glory days.

Typical Mexican kitchen - lots of handmade tile or cement countertops

Bathhouse under construction - Seems like everyone except us has a pool here

Cement sofa supports - This is an outdoor living room

This pool belongs to the above house