Tag: Yucatan
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Happy Halloween: How to Visit Yucatán’s Incredible Bat Tornado (Volcano).
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It’s Halloween, Day of the Dead, and (tomorrow) Día de los Muertos. All over Mexico (and even many other parts of the world), Catrinas (those delightful white skull faces, often elaborately colored and bejeweled) appear, the candy baskets are filled, costumes are worn. In so many ways Halloween is my…
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Chichen Itza: 5 Tips for (not?) Visiting
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The moment people start thinking of a trip to Cancún, Yucatán, or even Mexico, friends and family start asking if you’ll be visiting Chichen Itza, arguably the most famous Maya ruin in the world. (Read to the end for my most important tip!) Rediscovered in 1841 by famed explorers Stephens…
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5 Insider Tips about buying Mexican Hamacas (Hammocks)
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I arrived in Yucatán, Mexico, in 2005, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and one of my top goals was to buy myself a quality hammock. (Full disclosure, I now have about 8 or so. I’m kind of an expert at this point.) I’d gotten one in Mexico City years ago…