Every year in the fall, X’matkuil becomes the main attraction for thousands of Yucateco families. From hot cars to cold beers, from shark tanks to European torture chambers, this year’s fair had more than you could possibly want…
We recently sat down with re-patriate Yucateca, Belisa Barbachano, and her expatriate husband, Bruce Gordon, to learn about the history of Hacienda Chichen and what’s happening there these days…
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…
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…
Thousands of atorchistas running and cycling along Yucatan’s roads, balloons and banners flying, sirens wailing and crowds of weary but smiling faces - it could only mean one thing…
If you thought fireworks were popular north of the border on the Fourth of July, have a look at the events in a small Maya pueblo called Oxtapacab on their saint’s feast day…
Here is a brief clip of presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) giving a speech in the park located at the southern end of the Paseo de Montejo…
This is a “highlights” reel from the final Carnival parade in Merida on Fat Tuesday, called the “War of the Flowers”, where people toss flowers at each other…
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…