Comments on: A Visitor’s Experience of Merida

By: Nelly

Nelly — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:15:04 +0000

I’m going to Merida for the first time next Friday for about 8 days. I will be traveling to Campeche and Cancun…how safe is public transportation?…what do you recommend? What sites do you recommend?…going to try to hit as many as i can in 8 days!

Thank you!

By: Marie-Andr�e

Marie-Andr�e — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:35:03 +0000

I’m going to study in mérida in August and I was wondering if it’s easy to find a apartment to rent for a couples of months or if someone knows if there is any kind of house or residence for student..

Thank you!

By: Inge

Inge — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:25:43 +0000

I just want to tell you how much I enjoy your articles
and all the info you give us. We (my hubby and I) have been
visiting the yucatan for about 7 years now and the last 2 years
3 months at a time. We have nothing but the best to say about
Merida and the surrounding area.
The people are the most generous and welcoming people we have met on our
travels.

By: el_toloc

el_toloc — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:42:28 +0000

To those worried about the “decapitated” in Merida, let me tell you that it was a one time occurrence (the exception to the rule so to speak) and Merida is still one of the safest cities in Mexico.

Sometimes the drug violence found in cities/resorts such as Cancun, spill into other regions and the media makes it sound as if it is a daily occurrence (which is far from the truth).

Granted, the are regions in Mexico (specially along the Mexico/USA border towns) where drug killings/violence is a way of life but there are other parts of Mexico where such violence is the exception to the rule and nothing more, and Merida is one such region/place.

I am sure that if Merida was an icon of drug cartels/violence most posters would let other people know to stay away from Merida but as most of you can tell is just the opposite, most people rave about our city.

As a yucateco (Merida born) and extremely proud of it, I can tell you without reservations that for the most part people from other parts of the world can come into Merida and have a great time and find the Yucatecan hospitality we are famous for.

This is not to say that Merida is crime free, no city in the whole world is crime free, but for the most part my city is still to this time an oasis waiting for visitors to come and enjoy everything it does offer.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:05:55 +0000

For Doreen, M and L, Grace or other visitor’s of Merida,

We (my yucateca esposa and I) have some very nice accomodation for rent on different locations. The prices are low and the quality level is high to very high.

I started as a visitor/tourist some 4 years ago now. On fiesta Mexicana (every saturday night at the end of Paseo de Montejo) I met my yucateca lady and now I’m living 3 years happily in Merida. One year after we met I quited my job at a banc in Holland and moved to Merida after spending another holiday here. Very soon we started to look for a business opportunity and found a big house in downtown area to start a B&B. We also start to live there and started to rent our old house in the north to foreign people. I also helped to make promotion for a nice holiday house in Motul. It’s running well and i think it’s because we are not charging the jackpot..

I know the area very good, I know much about construction now, as a vegetarian I know what restaurants are good for them even if you want to find a house i can help you find a honest broker in what i consider the real estate shark pond… If you want to find a good constructor can bring you in contact with Don Humberto, he constructed for me and give you some advice what to do and what not. I have learned my lessons which you can profitize.

See you all in Merida, Jan