Sarah Bogdanski left New York to come to Merida for a taste of life abroad. But unlike most expatriates here, she has family in Yucatan who she has been visiting for most of her life…
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Hurricane Dean filled the newspapers this week. We tell you how you can donate both money and goods. Other items in the news include hunting, the local press and investments from around the globe…
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This week, Merida begins to come alive again. La Temporada is over, kids are going back to school and the Symphony is back in town…
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Baseball season is almost at an end, which means the games are getting very exciting. Yucatan’s team, Los Leones could make it big again this year…
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This video is for those who have family, friends, homes or businesses in Merida or the northern Gulf Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula but were not here during Hurricane Dean…
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We woke up to a little more rain and some wind… but nothing to write home about. More later when there’s more to see…
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The city of Merida and all the outlying villages are as ready as they can be as they wait for Hurricane Dean to arrive…
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The biggest event this week is Hurricane Dean, of course, but we can’t predict when that is going to happen or where. There are a few things we do know about, however…
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Hurricane Dean seems to have changed its trajectory slightly… but that could make a big difference to Cancun and Merida.
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Beautiful colonial villa available for vacation rental. Why stay at a hotel in Merida, when you can have your very own home instead?
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As Hurricane Dean begins to look more certain to hit the Yucatan, residents are hunkering down and preparing for the worst… but hoping for the best!
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Hurricanes are a fact of life in this part of the world. As Hurricane Dean heads for the Yucatan Peninsula and Merida, the Working Gringos reflect on hurricane preparedness…
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For those times when you just don’t want to go out that front door, Merida serves up lunch servico domicilio . Here’s your chance to tell us which is the best in town…
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Even though there aren’t a lot of new events, the traditional recurring events in Merida are still going on… it’s a great time to enjoy yourself without crowds.
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The best news we’ve heard in a long time: the new mayor is beginning a project to spruce up the Centro and Paseo de Montejo. And there’s more good news…
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A favorite pasttime for many expatriates in Yucatan is photography. One resident expert give us his approach to capturing those special moments and images we often find here…
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Our baseball reporter, Julia Kalmon, gives us the blow-by-exciting-blow of the most recent games of Los Leones, Yucatan’s winning baseball team…
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It’s time once again to update our readers on the progress of building our house in Merida. Yes, it’s time, but we don’t seem to have enough of it. So as a teaser for the article to come, we offer this video…
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The governor was sworn in last week. And what was the first thing she did? You’ll be surprised. Lots of animals in the news because the people are all at the beach…
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Buy a cup of coffee for a cause, listen to guitars or learn how to play them, and take some time to run with the dogs. It’s summertime in the city…
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Something all expatriates living in Merida have in common is that we were all tourists once. When we first arrived here, chances are the first meal in Merida was at one of these restaurants…
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