We flew down to Cancun on Sunday, Jan. 4, and took a cab to Puerto Morales, where we spent the night at our favorite hotel, Ojo de Aqua, on the beach. We met up with our dear friends from previous trips: Beth, Don Diego and Jiva Falcon. They brought along another friend, Sundance. All are Rainbow Gypsy performers connected to Dona via the Renaissance Faires, where Dona has vended her beautiful mirror plaques for the past 50 years—longer than any Rennie alive!

At dinner, Diego pulled out his guitar and entertained the entire restaurant with rousing renditions of popular Caribbean songs—to which everyone enthusiastically joined in.

3. Dinner with Pagan friends—David, Jiva, April, Russell, Dona, OZ, Patricia, Beth, Diego, Sundance, Ryan

After dropping off our suitcases, we were immediately whisked away to dinner with a bunch of locals: April, Russell, Ryan, Patricia, David. We’re all Pagans, and after dinner we went to Russell and April’s lovely home for a drum circle. Sundance is a virtuoso drummer, but all we had was a 5-gallon plastic bucket, which he played masterfully, accompanied by Diego on guitar and flute.

Continued in Yucatán Pilgrimage: Day 2