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Even the mannequins are checking their junk.

It is a joyful time to be in México, that is true all over the country.  This last week of celebrations for the Virgen de Guadalupe culminated yesterday.  The joy and the love that surrounds every manifestation of her seems to permeate the air.   Here in Yucatan, the season is accompanied by the return of [...]

I know I have friends and probably readers that think I live in a drug war zone. I feel like I escaped one when I left San Francisco. Tonight though, we had some action on my street.  It seemed controlled to me. Of course, I’m not getting paid to pay much attention [...]

Here in Yucatán, the Day of the Dead is called Hanal Pixán.  It has many of the same beliefs and traditions as in the rest of Mexico but it also has some things that are different, it’s done the Mayan way.  One of the traditional foods usually eaten on the 1st of November is Mucbil [...]

We returned to Mérida for the ¡Grito! and the Independence holiday. We’ve been in other cities and towns for this most important of holidays but never in Mérida, I really wanted to be here.
It was fantastic! We were jammed into the Plaza Grande with thousands of others, watched the Gobernadora give the Grito and [...]

The Amazing Race is taking votes on which Latin American country to hold the next race. It is between Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and México. It would be a huge boost to Mexican tourism to have the race here, I think México deserves it. Right now, we are in last place with [...]