Nearly every week, we see another article in the press about gringos buying real estate in Mexico. Most of these stories are none too pretty…

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Ellyne and her Yucateco husband have come home to Merida to operate their bed and breakfast, Cascadas de Merida…

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We recently received the following email from a Yucateca friend. It contained a “Rosetta Stone” of local, modern Yucatan culture…

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The quintessential Yucatan eating experience is attained somewhere outdoors. The view isn’t great. The tablecloth (if there is one) is oilcloth atop a cheap plastic or metal table donated to the restaurant by Coca Cola. The food is dripping with sauce, hot and tasty…

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Last night, at around 10:30 PM, at the very end of a movie we were watching called Everything Is Illuminated, all the lights went out. Think about it. What are the chances of that?…

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Sometimes, no matter how badly you want something, the system is so stacked against you, it just isn’t worth it…

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Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed. This must be especially true if you’re the president of Mexico…

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An ode (or is it an aria?) to the best little opera house on the Yucatan Peninsula: the Teatro Jose Peon Contreras…

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Nothing we say will ever prepare you for the unique experience of doing what it takes to get Yucatan license plates on your gringo automobile…

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The last time we traveled back to California, we found ourselves sitting at a stoplight in our car and feeling rather thirsty. We were suddenly struck by the absence of something we have come to expect and even appreciate here in Mexico…

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Buying, restoring and building houses is a favorite gringo pastime in Merida, and the Working Gringos are no exception…

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Those wily Trotters have done it again. First it was Pancho’s over 30 years ago; next La Tratto; and now son Paul and father Wayne inaugurate another jewel in their commercial crown: Trotter’s…

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