Yucatan Living
Expatriates living, working & playing in Merida and the Yucatan
Destinations
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Best Lunch in Merida Servicio Al Domicilio
For those times when you just don't want to go out that front door, Merida serves up lunch servico domicilio . Here's your chance to tell us which is the best in town...
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Best Restaurant Near Merida's Zocalo
Something all expatriates living in Merida have in common is that we were all tourists once. When we first arrived here, chances are the first meal in Merida was at one of these restaurants...
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Yucatan Spa Route
Like a modern-day Stephens and Catherwood, the Working Gringos set out to explore the seemingly sudden and quite welcome appearance of spas in the Yucatan...
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The New Merida City Museum
Have you been to the new Merida City Museum? Take a tour with us while we take a tour at the center of Merida's history. Then take our Merida history pop quiz...
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The Stones of Dzitya
You'll probably notice it if you've been here more than a week or two: stone is used in almost every house in Yucatan. We visit the popular stone carving town north of Merida to see why...
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A Stroll Around Merida's Zoo
Before there were shopping malls and video games, Merida's children always had a special place to go for fun, the Parque Zoologico del Centenario, also known as the Merida Zoo...
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Discovering Uayma
Generations of adventurers have been discovering Yucatan since the first European set foot here. Now and then, we get to think we're making a “discovery” ourselves...
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Haciendas in the Yucatan
One of our favorite things to do with guests on a day trip is to take a tour of some of the local haciendas. Just one more thing we love about living in Yucatan...
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Playa del Carmen
A modern Mexican beach princess, with a cell phone in one hand, a shopping bag in the other and soft white Caribbean sand between her painted toes...
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Cancun
What can we say about Cancun that hasn't been said a brazillion times already? Plenty...
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Teatro Peon Contreras
An ode (or is it an aria?) to the best little opera house on the Yucatan Peninsula: the Teatro Jose Peon Contreras...
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Los Tres Caballeros a Chichen Itza
We think somehow it is our duty to mention that today the three most powerful men in North America visited Yucatan's most important tourist attraction: the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza...
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To the Beach!
Yesterday, as the world was reading about Merida and the cheap real estate here, some of us lucky residents decided to get out of Dodge for the day...
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Working Day in Cozumel
The Working Gringos were working in Cozumel today. Yes, we really were. This week, we are researching Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Tulum to update a travel guide for this area...
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The Ghosts of Mani
Mani is a sleepy little Mayan pueblo. As in many places in the Yucatan, there are ghosts here, but you'd never know it...
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Between Tulum and Valladolid
If you're leaving from Valladolid and heading for the coast, or looking for the fastest way to Tulum from Merida, this is your route...
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Recovering in the Sunshine
After the devastation of Hurricane Wilma, there's no lack of activity or money pouring into the Mayan Riviera...
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A Writing Tour Around Merida
Yesterday we played host to a few friends from the States, one of whom is thinking of writing about Merida...
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Why They Call It Sisal
Remember the old days when people used rope? Remember that it was called "sisal rope"? Well, it's called that because back in the heyday of the Yucatan, the rope that was made from henequen was shipped out of a port on the Gulf of Mexico called Sisal...
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Yunku Afternoon
Working Gringa was lucky enough to be invited out to Hacienda Yunku yesterday for lunch...
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Salvador Alvarado Sports Park
Early in the morning, this sports park is surprisingly well attended. At 5:30 AM, Merida is cool and fresh. By 7:30 AM, it gets hot and muggy. When would you rather exercise?..
