Gabo Lujan
Street & Catholic Photographer
La Ciudad Blanca, or the White City, probably named after the common color of its old buildings or how the residents keep the city particularly clean. No one really can explain the nickname.
Merída is considered the safest city in Mexico. It is also, the second safest city in North America (Quebec, Canada being number one.) Merída is also the only city in Latin America included on several lists of the 100 safest cities in the world.
When most people think of travel to the Yucatan they might think Playa del Carmen or Cancun…but this city, is the hidden gem of the peninsula.
Merída, Yucatán, Mexico
September 2021