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This video is really pulling me back to Yucatan and out to the villages.
this is exactly a fiesta del pueblo. the only thing left is the corrida de toros, but it’s ok. hey i like your voice when u say that you’re working gringa sounds pretty good,and your spanish sounds like it’s getting pretty well. i am glad to hear it. hey send an e-mail. i would like to say thanks in private to you. i feel like i am in yucatan. to be honest i’ve never been in a place like a pig farm or something like that but i think oxtapacab is close to uman isn’t?? i am not sure but email me and let’s talk. thanks! yucatan is so close to me now, thanks to you. another thing is that i like the way yucatecans speak hehehhe. funny isn’t?? i think so, but that’s me. hey working gringa if u ever need an hvac installer to work on your central a/c just send me an email i’ll tell you what to do, or to do it if i am in the yucatan. i am an hvac installer registered in u.s. that’s what i do now for a living.
It’s amazing; worlds and worlds away from the one I live in…here in upstate N.Y.
I’ve been to mexico and this video, though different from what I’ve seen, is imbued with that same sense of purpose and richness I know from my travels. Even just the earth is warmer than all of N.Y.’s smiles put together. My little sister was born in calderitas Mex. She is on my mind…
p.s. I hope this made sense to someone…
what a wonderful video! my husband, in one of his many career incarnations, raised and sold pigs. he’s told me stories about it many times, but i loved being able to see what it may have been like, more or less, in his own experience. i also loved hearing the way yucatecos speak! thanks again for all your good work.
We loved the home movies of Yucatan. It is so good to see pictures of where we consider home. We are permantaly re-locating to the Yucatan in February 2007. Seeing your ” home ” movie with the Mayan family and the pig farm was very personal. You are living our dream. We fully understand the difficulties of our complete re-location.We still have so many un-done tasks before us that MUST be done by February. Learning spanish, finding a place to live, closing down our life here, etc., etc. All the things others before us have already done. At times, it can realy be scary. However, we know this is where we belong.
Perhaps one day we can arrange to meet, in the land ” Where The Sky Is Born “.
….. until then, all the best and THANK YOU!
BenandSharon
Bienvenidos, Ben and Sharon! Just drop us an email when you arrive, so we can get together. Oh, and if you really do find a way to learn Spanish before you get here, would you let us know the secret? Hasta luego…
Loved your video. We have been visiting the Yucatan for past 10 years. We love Merida and Celestun. We recommend everyone to visit and see a peaceful world under a blue sky. Lets see some more video’s. Best wishes to all. Bob Bedrossian
Thank you for making this video.
I’ve been touched for this.
I live in chicago since ‘98.
My mother is an mayan woman and I’m very proud of her.
This movie remind me some times that I spent with my mother when I used to visit her in Tetiz, Yuc.
Thank You very much for the time you spent doing this things. God Bless you!
Gustavo.
Thank you, Gustavo. It is comments like yours that make our work all worth it. We know that there are many Yucatecans around the world who miss this place, and hope that this video (and more to come!) will be enjoyable for you. Que tengas un buen día…
Dear working gringos,
I am a Yucateco, but been living in England with my wife for some times now. Oh man, your video has helped me so much to explain to my wife what life is like in Yucatan. Also, it is amazing to see all those things that are part of me… voladores, el altar, la prosecion… el mayab.
Muchas gracias for allowing me to feel it again.
Hola, Fernando! We cannot tell you how good it feels to hear that. We are happy to make you happy and hope to bring you more in the near future. Be sure to look around the website for lots of photos of the Yucatan (not just Merida) as well. Bienvenidos a Yucatan Living!
I live in Southern California and I would like to live and work in Yucatan. Can you please give me some tips or some advice on how I can make the leap.
Thanks,
Manny
Hola, Manny! So you want to know how to make the leap… Well, our advice would be to start by visiting. If you’ve already done that, and know you like it here, then do a little research. Read all the interviews on our site and see how many different kinds of people there are here. We think that it’s important to have some savings to tide you over while you look for work. But we also think that someone who is bilingual and hard working will always be able to find a job. You can get an FM3 as long as you can prove you have $12,000 US in the bank or an income of $1000 a month.
And then keep in mind something that was our mantra from the minute we decided to move here. It’s a quote from Joseph Campbell:
“Leap, and the net will appear”
Vaya con Dios!
Dear Gringos,
I want to thank you for answering my question and for the words of encouragement. I will make the leap as soon as I save enough money. I will stay in touch.
Asta La Vista,
MANNY
A way of life that is fast disappearing. Their happiness despite little money is evident. Family values seem to abound. I wish them a great life.
Edward Curry
I loved all the videos you made of Yucatan
I was born en Progreso pero creci en Merida
I have veen in Minnesota for 20 years,My kids had visit
there & they loved it Thank you for The Videos again
Laura
I sow your video, My family is mayan
i live in minnesta for 20 year, watching the video
make me feel close to home
Gracias for the videos of Yucatan. I loved them. I was born in Progreso but I grow up in Merida. I’ve been in Minnesota for 20 years and watching the video makes me feel
close to home. Thank You.
Mi nombre es Juan Carlos
vi el video que hizo de Yucatan
y me dio mucho gusto ver Yucatan por este medio
gracias por su trabajo. soy de Merida y radico en USA desde hace ya 20 anos
Buena Suerte Gringa Trabajadora
Hola Gringa Trabajadora;
Me siento tan orgullosa como yucateca viviendo en los Estados Unidos.
Visitare Merida en unas cinco semanas y tomare videos de mi visita al igual que hare una narracion de los lugares que visito. Como te podria hacer llegar estos videos? Te interesaria tenerlos y publicarlos en tu pagina?
Dear Carolina,
If you upload your video to YouTube.com and send us the link, then we can publish it here, as well. Or you can email the video to us in either a MOV or AVI format. We look forward to seeing it!
Me gusto mucho el video de Oxtapacab mi esposo es de una familia maya
y le gusta ver estos videos gracias por su tiempo, si tiene videos de Progreso Yucatan me gustaria verlos Thank you very much for all you do for the people who lives out of their State