Comments on: Correo del Otro Lado http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Amy Ricalde http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-164062 Amy Ricalde Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:45:10 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm#comment-164062 Dear Ana, I would be delighted to hear from you and to speak about my great-grandfather Graciano Ricalde Gamboa. My email address is amy@ricaldemedia.com. Amy Dear Ana,

I would be delighted to hear from you and to speak about my great-grandfather Graciano Ricalde Gamboa. My email address is amy@ricaldemedia.com. Amy

]]> By: Ana Rechtman http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-162863 Ana Rechtman Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:43:29 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm#comment-162863 I'm a mexican mathematician currently living in France. I'm looking for information about Mauro Graciano Ricalde Gamboa. I will like to contact Amy Ricalde and share information with her. Ana I’m a mexican mathematician currently living in France. I’m looking for information about Mauro Graciano Ricalde Gamboa. I will like to contact Amy Ricalde and share information with her.

Ana

]]> By: Elvi http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-154638 Elvi Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:53:06 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm#comment-154638 I just went on a cruise to Progreso, a very nice port, a very hot town, it was 107F the day we arrived and few places to cool off. I was very happy to find a soft yogurt place about a block and a half from the malecum (near the beach) they have soft yogurt from the U.S. and filtered water. The little place was air conditioned! It really helped my family to stay there for a few moments as we had small children. Thank you for such a great dessert. Elvi and family I just went on a cruise to Progreso, a very nice port, a very hot town, it was 107F the day we arrived and few places to cool off. I was very happy to find a soft yogurt place about a block and a half from the malecum (near the beach) they have soft yogurt from the U.S. and filtered water. The little place was air conditioned! It really helped my family to stay there for a few moments as we had small children. Thank you for such a great dessert.
Elvi and family

]]> By: Amy Ricalde http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-109315 Amy Ricalde Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:58:49 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm#comment-109315 Dear Moguel Family, I have been researching my father's side of the family since he past away about 6 years ago. His family was from Merida (originally from Hoctun). I write because he is a descendant of Ricalde, Gamboa and Moguel lineages. I have been very fortunate to find a good deal of information about Ricalde and Gamboa living in Yucatan and have even found first cousins. I would be grateful to learn more about the Moguel name and see if there is possibly a direct family relation. My great grandfather Graciano Ricalde Gamboa was born to Don Ambrosio Ricalde Moguel and Doña Insidra Gamboa. That is the furthest back I've been able to trace the name. I think they may have been the first of our branch to leave Spain in the 1800s and arrived in Hoctun before moving to Merida. Besos, Amy Dear Moguel Family,

I have been researching my father’s side of the family since he past away about 6 years ago. His family was from Merida (originally from Hoctun). I write because he is a descendant of Ricalde, Gamboa and Moguel lineages. I have been very fortunate to find a good deal of information about Ricalde and Gamboa living in Yucatan and have even found first cousins. I would be grateful to learn more about the Moguel name and see if there is possibly a direct family relation. My great grandfather Graciano Ricalde Gamboa was born to Don Ambrosio Ricalde Moguel and Doña Insidra Gamboa. That is the furthest back I’ve been able to trace the name. I think they may have been the first of our branch to leave Spain in the 1800s and arrived in Hoctun before moving to Merida.

Besos,

Amy

]]> By: Jason http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-74733 Jason Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:29:27 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/editorial/yucatecans-in-united-states.htm#comment-74733 I visited Yucatan for the first time in the summer of 1997 on a mission trip to the pueblo of Sotuta. I fell in love with Yucatan even after only being there 10 days. I returned with a buddy of mine the following summer (1998) to stay in Sotuta for 6 weeks. During the 3rd or 4th week, I met a lovely, sweet young lady who lived next door to where I was staying. I practiced my limited Spanish with her and her friends, playing basketball daily and visiting afterwards enjoying a Coca Cola (by the way, much better than Coca Cola in the USA). It was very difficult to leave in July. Some friends and I returned to Sotuta for a week or so in December '98/January '99. After finally graduating from college in May '99, I returned to Sotuta, and the sweet young lady and I started dating. I played semi-pro baseball on Sunday afternoons and taught English in two Merida schools for a year and a half. In August of 2000, we got engaged. By November, we realized I wasn't making enough money to pay for a wedding and fiesta, so I returned home (Louisiana) to teach in a high school and to petition INS for her visa. In June, I went back to Yucatan to get ready for the wedding. We got married on July 15, 2001, receiving the first visa approval letter from INS just days before. A few weeks later I had to return to Louisiana for the new school year. At the end of August, my wife and I met again in Ciudad Juarez for her visa interview; she was approved!!! She entered the USA on Sept. 1, just 10 days before 9/11. We now live in Kinder, Louisiana, with 2 beautiful children, right next door to my parents. We return to Yucatan to visit her family every 2 years, and it's time to go again this coming summer (2009), God willing. I visited Yucatan for the first time in the summer of 1997 on a mission trip to the pueblo of Sotuta. I fell in love with Yucatan even after only being there 10 days. I returned with a buddy of mine the following summer (1998) to stay in Sotuta for 6 weeks. During the 3rd or 4th week, I met a lovely, sweet young lady who lived next door to where I was staying. I practiced my limited Spanish with her and her friends, playing basketball daily and visiting afterwards enjoying a Coca Cola (by the way, much better than Coca Cola in the USA). It was very difficult to leave in July.
Some friends and I returned to Sotuta for a week or so in December ’98/January ’99.
After finally graduating from college in May ’99, I returned to Sotuta, and the sweet young lady and I started dating. I played semi-pro baseball on Sunday afternoons and taught English in two Merida schools for a year and a half. In August of 2000, we got engaged. By November, we realized I wasn’t making enough money to pay for a wedding and fiesta, so I returned home (Louisiana) to teach in a high school and to petition INS for her visa. In June, I went back to Yucatan to get ready for the wedding. We got married on July 15, 2001, receiving the first visa approval letter from INS just days before. A few weeks later I had to return to Louisiana for the new school year. At the end of August, my wife and I met again in Ciudad Juarez for her visa interview; she was approved!!! She entered the USA on Sept. 1, just 10 days before 9/11. We now live in Kinder, Louisiana, with 2 beautiful children, right next door to my parents. We return to Yucatan to visit her family every 2 years, and it’s time to go again this coming summer (2009), God willing.

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