Comments on: Yucatan News: Seafood, Trucking & Water

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:30:12 +0000

Is there a secure facility to store a motorcycle by the year in Merida? What is the business name and location? What cost would you estimate?

Thanks>

By: CasiYucateco

CasiYucateco — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:41:12 +0000

WGs: I’ve heard that screamed in my ears by bruised and horrified passengers over the noise of the V8, our muffler liberated by one to many too high topes, roaring across the countryside, frightening cattle and people alike on drunken adventures over the dry scrub Yucatan flatlands.

Ummm…. er… yeah….

Jimmie: Merida has a “smoking season.” Notwithstanding wonderful mental images of fine sausages, dried beef and BBQ this may invoke, “smoking season” is not the controlled preparation of meats.

It is the burning off of the above-mentioned dry savana brush by locals clearing land for planting. Sometimes even visible from satellites, the smoke has been known to stretch into the US from Yucatan. (no joke. booze, V8, screaming passengers yes or no). So, March, April and May can sometimes be smoky — literally — in the White City. I’m not asthmatic, but it can be annoying. I imagine those with asthma would best spend those days at the beaches (for the sea breeze) or in air conditioned interiors of houses and cars.

Other times of the year, the air is remarkably clean for a place with a million people. Unless you find yourself behind one of the fewer and fewer black-smoke belching diesel passenger buses, there’s not much in the way of smog. Fireworks, cookouts, small lot brush clearing take place all the time without rhyme or reason. If those don’t bother you, then it would probably be fine.

Just take a vacation back to the states during the burning season.

Hey WGs! Could we get some kinda Burning Man show going during March or April? If you can’t beat’em, join’em!

By: Jimmie Berg

Jimmie Berg — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:42:03 +0000

Great news and good information. One subject I have not seen addressed is air quality. I know the city has over a million people so I am wondering about smog, etc. One report I read talked about the “fine dust” in the air.

I am an asthmatic and smog is one of my triggers. I live about 2 hours from Denver and won’t go into the city on a bad air day.

Anyone sensitive to smog who can give me an idea of how it is in Merida?

Thanks a million.

Jimmie Berg
Eastern Colorado – in a blizzard yesterday and 28 degrees F today! Seeking warmth and sunshine!

By: Working Gringos

Working Gringos — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:33:03 +0000

Dear Señor Casi Y.,
Is that a popular song or did you just make that up?

By: CasiYucateco

CasiYucateco — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:12:52 +0000

Oh dear! The working gringos are working too hard.
Baches and huecos are two words for potholes!
Of course, after hitting one a little too hard, lots of other words come to mind (or out into the air)!

Tododia baches y topes
Topes y baches, ayi!
¿Cuándo somos allí?