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I often hear others say they couldn’t live in Mérida because of the heat. I’m pretty sure that the main reason I do live in Mérida is because of the heat. I liked lots of other colonial cities in México, but I couldn’t stand the cold winters. The weather has been spectacular [...]

It’s one of the things I love about this city, the commitment to public art. One of the things we did while Dupre and Koren were here is walk around the Plaza Grande and go to the Macay museum. The pedestrian walkway in front of it, the one that runs alongside [...]

One of the things that we have been worrying about is where we are going to park our RV, Tortuga.
She’s been out at the beach at the house of friends of the Dodwell’s but they are coming down in a few weeks and we need to move her. We’ve looked at a lot of [...]

I really enjoy the rainy season, it always amazes me that the sky can be blue with a few puffy clouds all day – and very hot – and as it gets close to sunset dark clouds congeal from nothing. Wind blows, rain pours, temperatures plummet and the smell is wonderful. It’s [...]

Can you believe how cute this picture is? The cat is completely melted, it was really hot and we were all hanging out on the terrace kind of stupefied. Mimi and I were at least wet and cool and getting in and out of the pool, the pets were just melted.
About the time [...]

I took pictures today of the incredible Flamboyán (Delonix regia) and Lluvia de Oro (Cassia fistula) trees in bloom on all the streets of the city. The Flamboyán is known in English as the Royal Poinciana and the Lluvia de Oro as the Golden Shower tree, both are tropical and only survive in zones [...]

I took the camera with me today but I admit to forgetfulness.