Rolfe Schell at the gates of Tulum
"The great landscapes all belong to a tomorrow we have already lived."
Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego
I collect old books. There's no more fun for me than to forage through secondh...
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Cenote daydreams, Yucatan, Mexico
Recollections of stunning ruins, fantastic snorkelling,
exquisite food and friendly people.
The Yucatan is unlike any other region of Mexico. It has unique terrain, climate, cuisine and peop...
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Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes
The Maya produced fibre from the henequen plant since the time of Christ.
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Merida: fiery mistress, seductive city
Merida is a most un-Mexican city. It feels more European; more reserved in a middle class sort of way.
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The Books Of Chilam Balam and the Trojan War Of Yucatan
In writing of the Persian Wars, Herodotus, our earliest Greek historian of note, declared that his purpose in writing of the attempts by the Persian kings Darius and Xerxes to invade Greece was to ensu...
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The Yucatan peninsula links
All regions in Mexico differ from each other, but some are profoundly different. The Yucatan Peninsula is one of the continent's newest territories, emerging from the sea roughly 60 million years ago a...
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Living in Timucuy, Yucatan: birth, death and some in-between
The Setting
Curanderismo
The Inhabitants
The Physical and Psychological
Compadrazco
The Beginning
Love Is In the Air
"I Do"
The End of the Game
Works Cited
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Exploring the Yucatan, A Traveler's Anthology
Exploring the Yucatan - A Traveler's Anthology
By Richard D. Perry.
A Review
Indispensable for anyone heading for the Mayan world of the Yucatan and equally interesting for those w...
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Merida - the white city of the Yucatan
MERIDA'S HISTORY
SIGHTS TO SEE
SHOPPING
DINING
The early inhabitants of Merida "discovered" a plant that had ...
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The Yucatan Express, a cruise ferry service
Ed. This article applies to the Spring 2003 schedule.
The Yucatan Express, a cruise ferry service, has begun twice weekly service between Tampa, Florida, and the Yucatan ports of Progresso and Puerto ...
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Where the Sky is Born: Living in the Land of the Maya by Jeanine Lee Kitchel
This is the story about Jeanine Lee Kitchel and her husband, Paul, who made their first trip to the Yucatan Peninsula in 1985 and fell in love instantly with the place. They had visited various parts of Mexico before that and were quite taken with the country. But the Yucatan beaches were of a different order. It seems that almost from the very start they determined that they would like to build a house and live there.
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Mexicasa : The Enchanting Inns and Haciendas of Mexico by Gina Hyams and Melba Levick (coffee table book)
Gina Hyams and Melba Levick have created a wonderful compilation of photographs of twenty-one of Mexico's most spectacular and beautiful inns and bed and breakfast establishments. This one is a real winner.
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Puerto Morelos, A Yucatan Paradise
Located just 20 minutes south of Cancun on the Riviera Maya, Puerto Morelos is a haven of peace and solitude. It is possibly the last vestige of an authentic, small fishing village on the entire Caribb...
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Did you know? Mayan architects built world's oldest sound recordings
The Pyramid of Kukulkan, Chichen Itza
Photo by Tony Burton
Modern sound recordings usually involve tiny disks which can hold dozens of tracks, specially designed to be easily portable an...
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Living Memories
"Contact with nature has always been my primary inspiration. The energy that you receive is powerful, and at the same time, peaceful."
When Miguel Angel Martínez attended a photogr...
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A Mother And Teenage Son Travel The Yucatan
In March 1998, when Andrew was 15 years old, we took our Mayan trip together. I decided to take him for that month, because his small school in Anchorage, Alaska, was going to the Galapagos Islands, an...
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Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist
Night fell and it got dark with tropical quickness just as I was dropped off in a real VW bug at the bone-setter/massage man's home. On my way inside I almost stepped on a tarantula that seemed as big ...
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Touring Mexico's Yucatan ruins
We took an early morning ferry from Cozumel to Playa Del Carmen. The warm wind and sea spray felt good on our frost bitten faces, fresh from Northern California.
We had previously toured the Mayan rui...
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Mérida
Much of the land comprising Mérida was once dotted with lavish haciendas where the henequen plant was grown. From henequen was produced a fiber called sisal, the main ingredient of twine....
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Update On Economic Development In The Yucatan Fall 2002
It has been several years since I last wrote about the business climate in the Yucatan. Many changes have taken place in Mexico and the Yucatan since then. First, there was the historic election i...
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Merida, 1997: trade opportunities
Merida, Yucatan..I returned to Merida in July, 1997 to follow up on my contacts I had made last year while on my grant to facilitate trade between the Yucatan and the state of Mississippi. ( See pr...
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Yucatan World Class Labor At $3.00 USD Per Day
Yucatan, Mexico -- My mission...to explore the Yucatan to discover business opportunities for trade, manufacturing, and joint ventures. I was to be the liaison between the Harrison County Economic Deve...
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