Interactive map of Yucatan, Mexico
Interactive map of Yucatan, Mexico: Merida, Valladolid, Chichen Itza
read more
Interactive map of Campeche, Mexico
Interactive map of Campeche, Mexico
read more
Interactive map of Quintana Roo: Cancun, Cozumel, Tulum
Interactive map of Quintana Roo: Cancun, Cozumel, Tulum
read more
Honey: A sweet Maya legacy
The Maya people of the Yucatan have practiced beekeeping for thousands of years. The ancient Maya considered the bee to be a link to the spirit world, given to them by the bee god, Ah Muzen Cab. The honey was used as a sweetener, an antibiotic, and to make the fermented honey drink called balché, a ritual alcoholic beverage similar to the European mead.
read more
Yucatán Style Baked Marinated Salmon: Salmón Pibil
Ingredients
2 banana leaves, passed over a flame to soften
2 pound piece salmon filet
1 brick achiote paste (100 grams, about 2 ounces)
¾ cup bitter orange juice (or use half sw...
read more
Touring the Yucatan by motorcycle
"Ai-ee!" I yelled as the motorcycle flew into the air. We were riding double at 55 mph between Tulum and Playa del Carmen and I didn't see the sign for the elevated crosswalk ahead. My years of d...
read more
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...
read more
Yucatecan Baked Fish: Tikin-Xic
This visually appealing dish calls for achiote paste, a classic Yucatan spice paste made from the hard, orange seed of the annatto tree, blended with cumin, cloves and pepper. The market in Merida has ...
read more
Did you know? A plastic island is constructed in Mexico
An entire island has been constructed, not by Bob the Builder, but by Richie the Recycler!
Amazing but true: off the coast of Quintana Roo, Richie Sowa has painstakingly constructed an entire island,...
read more
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...
read more
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort
Mexican kapok trees once helped the U.S. war effort.
During the Mexican dry season, a peculiar and very distinctive leafless tree often attracts attention because it appears to have large balls of flu...
read more
Cooking in the Yucatan: bright flavors and unique ingredients
One of the regions of Mexico most indelibly fixed in my mind is the Yucatan, probably because the sights, sounds, flavors and aromas are so sensual that they create truly visceral memories. When my hus...
read more
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...
read more
Beyond spring break: Cancun has something for everyone
Crystal clear waters that caress white sand beaches, wild spring break partying, Mexican food, Spanish petitions to clean your car for a quick peso… for the average American traveler these images com...
read more
The Mayan Civilization Time Line
Based on the 'Mystery of the Maya'
OVERVIEW
B.C.
1000-1000
Olmec
...
read more
Ask an old gringo: Mexico City, Cancun and moving to Mexico
Questions and answers about life in Mexico
read more
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...
read more
Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes
The Maya produced fibre from the henequen plant since the time of Christ.
read more
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.
read more
Cozumel - Island Of Many Faces
For many visitors to Cozumel, the island's downtown is merely a cruise ship stop or a blur out the taxi window on the way to one of the resorts that cluster on the north and south end. However, if you ...
read more
