Looking for a four-legged companion? Please don’t go to the pet store… adopt one of the beautiful puppies or grown dogs at one of the shelters in Merida. There are many dogs eager to give you lots of love…

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The three cenotes of Cuzama have become a very popular tour… but did you know that the same tour is available from the village of Chunkanan? Here’s why you should know about it and what to do once you know…

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This week, the singing duo of Ha’Ash has a big concert at Chi Chi Suarez. In the centro, a lot of music, a conference about the humane treatment of animals and some very distinctive films that it might be hard to catch anywhere else…

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This week, a new cruise line goes to Cuba, “beer girls” are decried as examples to young girls, a number of outstanding young people are recognized, new rules are being enforced around the state, and much more…

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Along with some great fiestas in Yaxcaba and Cacalchen, there are end of the year recitals, a Consulate meeting, some amazing music and the Werner Herzog film series continues…

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So you have just bought your colonial home in the historical center of Merida, moved in all your furniture and planted a couple of bougainvilleas in the patio. You step up to the bathroom sink to wash your hands, but when you turn on the faucet, nothing happens…

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You see them and dodge them all the time, walking through the centro of Merida. If you’re smart, you will take advantage of them and start using them to get around the city. Here’s how!

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This week we find out more about clenbuterol in meat and how it affects what we eat in the Yucatan, what new programs in Cholul might need your support, some interesting weather related news and a Merida US and Canadian Consular meeting coming up later this week…

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Events this week include the series of women’s basketball games that will determine who goes to the finals, a number of end-of-the-year dance extravaganzas, some Werner Herzog movies and a spate of fiestas in towns outside of Merida. Be sure to go do something this week!

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This week, we bring you fishermen dreaming of big catches, snowbirds dreaming of Merida, weathermen dreaming about hurricanes and storms and turtles, dreaming of the sea…

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A young woman from England recently offered to tell us her experiences while volunteering on her vacation in Merida. As it turns out, her volunTOURing vacation in Merida was everything she wanted it to be…minus the surfers!

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In our second installment of the not-tequila that is being produced in Valladolid, our writer brings you inside the distillery to see how tequila is made, to explain the different kinds of alcohol made from the blue agave and to tell you why you cannot call this elixir tequila…

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Blue agaves are growing in Valladolid… our new correspondent from that area delves into why they are there, who is behind it and what they are planning to do with it. It’s definitely not about tequila…

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The last week of the dance festival, a performance by Barbara Fox, Merida’s only open transgender performer, some interesting and obscure films all sharing a theme about gay rights, and more…

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Beribboned trees, dancing seniors, white tigers, whalesharks, a novel set in Yucatan and Tekax telemedicine… we’ve got it all going on here in the Yucatan…

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