It used to be hard to find an accurate map of many places in Mexico, especially the hinterlands of the Yucatan Peninsula. Nowadays, the Internet has changed all that. There are accurate maps of most of the inhabited places in Mexico, and a few fun things to do with maps as well…

We all get our electricity here in Mexico from the same place: CFE. We recently learned something very important about how rates are calculated and we thought we would pass on our hard-earned information…

Colonial homes in a tropical city like Merida are nothing like most of the homes we extranjeros are used to living in. We fall in love with these stately beauties… but then we have to take care of them. We have a lot to learn. Let’s start with what to look for at the very beginning with some tips from Jorge Sosa, the Handyman…

Have you been looking for some creative folk art in the Yucatan? We thought so… so have we. Here’s some news sure to make you save your pesos for two dates: June 15 and November 29…

The Working Gringos are often too tired to go out late at night. Luckily, Sid and Emily Heilbrun don’t have that problem when they are visiting Merida, and they made a fabulous late night discovery on Paseo de Montejo…