We remember the first time we saw Carnival here four years ago. It seemed hopelessly commercial, terribly tacky and badly executed. Yesterday, we took photos and video of the last parade of Carnival 2006 and the whole thing seemed fun, joyous and beautiful…
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So here we are again, sitting in our nice air-conditioned renovated colonial office in Merida, thinking we *should* get out there and see Carnaval…
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The experience of banking in Mexico is nothing if not frustrating. And yet, it has improved SO much over the few years since we moved here…
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We met Chris on the Internet and discovered he has a passion for following his heart…
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Once again, the Merida English Library’s Annual Big Chili Cookoff was a big success!..
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Our first reaction to this was, wow! Its art! This would not be out of place in a SoHo gallery…
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No, it’s not misspelled. The Spanish word around here for sweater is sueter, believe it or not…
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Arielle, an expatriate living in Playa del Carmen, is a one-stop shop for what ails you. Yoga anyone?..
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When we first moved to the Yucatan, we noticed how people often didn’t work on Monday. We were told that it was Santa Lunes (Saint Monday), a very old tradition here…
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We just found out about a fellow expatriate who is writing a blog about living in Mexico, Ruminations of an Expatriate…
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We decided that in all good faith we couldn’t ask other expatriates moving to Yucatan for an interview if we hadn’t done it ourselves…
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To break the ice at a rally in Merida’s zocalo, Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos did something he has never before done in public. He took off his mask…
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