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Día de Muertos

The true celebration of Dia De Muertos or Hanal Pixan in strict traditional sense is celebrated at home or at…
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Tikin Xic

Many years ago, before my arrival to live full time in Mexico, I used to visit Playa 3 or 4…
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EASY DAY TRIPS FROM PLAYA – PART 3 CHICHÉN ITZÁ

Chichén has got to be my all-time favorite of day trips to plan.  Located a good 3 hours from Playa…
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EASY DAY TRIPS FROM PLAYA – PART 2 COBÁ

Welcome back to Part 2 of this series of easy day trips.  This time we will look at making a…
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EASY DAY TRIPS FROM PLAYA – PART 1- THE BASICS 

There are lots of options for easy day trips from the Playa del Carmen area.  So, let’s look at four…
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COFFEE TIME

Coming from small town in New York, one of the things I enjoyed growing up was the local diner in…
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The Joy of Coconuts

In all my years in Mexico, I never gave it a thought to buy a Coco from a street vendor. …
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EK BALAAM AND VALLADOLID – PART 4

I am a big fan of Colonial Cities here in the Yucatan, and I am equally amazed and drawn the…