Comments on: El Maloso http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews-yucatan/el-maloso-interview.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:38:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Yucatan Living - Yucatan News: Benito Juarez Day http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews-yucatan/el-maloso-interview.htm/comment-page-1#comment-110971 Yucatan Living - Yucatan News: Benito Juarez Day Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:59:02 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews/el-maloso-interview.htm#comment-110971 [...] Mayan Xic Scores Big Around the World! After Merida hit the Guiness Book of World Records with the world’s biggest cochinita pibil, Mayan Xic produced a tee-shirt emblazoned with:  I “Heart” Cochinita. The shirt has been an immediate local and international success, for which we heartily congratulate the owner. You can read our interview with him here. [...] [...] Mayan Xic Scores Big Around the World! After Merida hit the Guiness Book of World Records with the world’s biggest cochinita pibil, Mayan Xic produced a tee-shirt emblazoned with:  I “Heart” Cochinita. The shirt has been an immediate local and international success, for which we heartily congratulate the owner. You can read our interview with him here. [...]

]]> By: Grant http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews-yucatan/el-maloso-interview.htm/comment-page-1#comment-25494 Grant Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:12:59 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews/el-maloso-interview.htm#comment-25494 I began reading Notthenews almost 10 years ago, and it got me interested in Merida. The fact that the author doesn't sugar coat the experience of living in 'the formerly white city' shouldn't be taken as simple detraction. You don't have to read too long to see that the author finds mostly good in the place. He's simply giving a balanced account that was otherwise unavailable for many years, and is still a rarity (and after all, it wouldn't be fair to expect the realtors to talk about the difficulties.) The restaurant reviews, recently expanded into more general destination reviews, are particularly articulate and useful. I began reading Notthenews almost 10 years ago, and it got me interested in Merida. The fact that the author doesn’t sugar coat the experience of living in ‘the formerly white city’ shouldn’t be taken as simple detraction. You don’t have to read too long to see that the author finds mostly good in the place. He’s simply giving a balanced account that was otherwise unavailable for many years, and is still a rarity (and after all, it wouldn’t be fair to expect the realtors to talk about the difficulties.)

The restaurant reviews, recently expanded into more general destination reviews, are particularly articulate and useful.

]]> By: Tito http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews-yucatan/el-maloso-interview.htm/comment-page-1#comment-25421 Tito Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:30:52 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews/el-maloso-interview.htm#comment-25421 The Working Gringos are to be complimented for their presentations of varied perspectives on contemporary live in Mérida; this was yet another superb interview. From the Mexican perspective of one with strong ties to Yucatán, I do find, however, the criticisms of this article and its interviewee to be quite condescending. It appears that some folks still live in a dream world when it comes to the realities of Yucatán, and Mexico, which have some very serious social, economic and environmental problems, and who seem oblivious to the completely backward government services for property transactions, birth certificaties, car registrations, license plates, tax payments, government health care and the like in Mérida, which is light years away from the digital advances of e-government that have taken quantum leaps in other parts of Mexico. Just check out those hot and humid public offices where ordinary folks have to stand in line for hours and be subjected to a plethora of inefficient government bureaucrats who offer an Only in Mérida take of the Peter Principle. These criticisms appear to be a mirror of the LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT reaction to objective criticism, and a sense of propietary ownership by others who tend to feel that since they have bought property in the area, they now own Mérida. Bravo, Sr. Ralf, you have hit the nail on the head. The Working Gringos are to be complimented for their presentations of varied perspectives on contemporary live in Mérida; this was yet another superb interview.

From the Mexican perspective of one with strong ties to Yucatán, I do find, however, the criticisms of this article and its interviewee to be quite condescending.

It appears that some folks still live in a dream world when it comes to the realities of Yucatán, and Mexico, which have some very serious social, economic and environmental problems, and who seem oblivious to the completely backward government services for property transactions, birth certificaties, car registrations, license plates, tax payments, government health care and the like in Mérida, which is light years away from the digital advances of e-government that have taken quantum leaps in other parts of Mexico.

Just check out those hot and humid public offices where ordinary folks have to stand in line for hours and be subjected to a plethora of inefficient government bureaucrats who offer an Only in Mérida take of the Peter Principle.

These criticisms appear to be a mirror of the LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT reaction to objective criticism, and a sense of propietary ownership by others who tend to feel that since they have bought property in the area, they now own Mérida.

Bravo, Sr. Ralf, you have hit the nail on the head.

]]> By: Khaki http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews-yucatan/el-maloso-interview.htm/comment-page-1#comment-25385 Khaki Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:29:52 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews/el-maloso-interview.htm#comment-25385 I just read El Maloso’s review of Kelly’s Cajun Grill – and loved it. I am a French Creole (often confused with Cajun - but not even close to the same thing). It is hilarious to see Cajun food on a menu – especially gumbo. I have seen it as high as $18 USD per cup in some “fine” restaurants! Kinda funny to us, since that’s what “poor people” eat for “plain supper” back home… By the way – “real” Creoles and Cajuns don’t put noodles or potatoes in gumbo or jambalaya. I just read El Maloso’s review of Kelly’s Cajun Grill – and loved it. I am a French Creole (often confused with Cajun – but not even close to the same thing). It is hilarious to see Cajun food on a menu – especially gumbo. I have seen it as high as $18 USD per cup in some “fine” restaurants! Kinda funny to us, since that’s what “poor people” eat for “plain supper” back home… By the way – “real” Creoles and Cajuns don’t put noodles or potatoes in gumbo or jambalaya.

]]> By: Terri http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews-yucatan/el-maloso-interview.htm/comment-page-1#comment-25370 Terri Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:49:44 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/interviews/el-maloso-interview.htm#comment-25370 Interesting interview. So I checked out the site Not-The-News.com. Seems like it should be the Cynics Guide to Merida. Agree with the concept that people should always have their eyes wide open when looking at other places to live as everyplace has positives and negatives to deal with. As to Vancouver, BC all I can say is that maybe a more current view on how it really is would be worthwhile. The city workers have been on strike for many months now and garbage is piling up, the people in the city are dumping their garbage in the parks and on the road sides and so on. Gangs are running free with weekly stabbings, shootings and kidnappings. Local parks have used syringes and condoms laying around depending on the neighborhood, and so on. Yet on a clear day after rain it can be a very beautiful city. So again its all a matter of perspective. Don't get me started on the water supply or politics (the water has so many chemicals in it that when a faucet is turned on the water actually reeks. And lets not forget this last winter when a boil water advisory was in place due to water purity or lack of). Interesting interview.

So I checked out the site Not-The-News.com.

Seems like it should be the Cynics Guide to Merida.

Agree with the concept that people should always have their eyes wide open when looking at other places to live as everyplace has positives and negatives to deal with.

As to Vancouver, BC all I can say is that maybe a more current view on how it really is would be worthwhile. The city workers have been on strike for many months now and garbage is piling up, the people in the city are dumping their garbage in the parks and on the road sides and so on. Gangs are running free with weekly stabbings, shootings and kidnappings. Local parks have used syringes and condoms laying around depending on the neighborhood, and so on. Yet on a clear day after rain it can be a very beautiful city. So again its all a matter of perspective.

Don’t get me started on the water supply or politics (the water has so many chemicals in it that when a faucet is turned on the water actually reeks. And lets not forget this last winter when a boil water advisory was in place due to water purity or lack of).

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