Below Tulum
The vast majority of visitors to Cancun never make it south of Tulum. Yet to many, that's where the adventure starts. The relatively empty region south of Tulum is a delight to nature lovers, ruin buff...
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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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Mexico's Pyramid Power - Chichen Itza, El Tajin and Teotihuacan
Consider El Tajin's famous pyramid of the Niches, built by inheritors of the Olmec culture. Thousands of small stone blocks came together just so, like a Chinese block puzzle, to produce a structure th...
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Turkey in Piquant Herb and Spice Broth: Pavo en Escabeche
Two years ago, along the road from Palenque to the Campeche, passing the small campechano town of Esmarga, we stopped at a roadside palapa restaurant - one of the small, thatched-roof eat...
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Yucatecan Style Chicken: Pollo Ticul
This tip was taught to me by a restaurant owner on a trip to the Mayan ruins of Uxmal, near where the town of Ticul is located. She explained that the inner, smooth side of the banana leaf always faces...
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Baked Marinated Pork: Cochinita Pibil
This is the quintessential Yucatecan dish, from a region that is quite possibly the "capital" of leaf-wrapped foods. The color and flavor of the marinade are characterized by achiote, or annatto seed. ...
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The cuisine of the Yucatan: a gastronomical tour of the Maya heartland
The Mexican state of Yucatan, located on the peninsula of the same name, is the home of one of the most distinctive regional cuisines in the country. A long tradition of fine dining, going back to the ...
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Yucatecan Salbutes: Salbutes Yucatecos
These delicious antojitos, sold in markets in Merida and other peninsula towns, are small, thick tortillas with a variety of toppings, including the local versions of moles, made with gro...
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Cancun's cultural oasis: La Casa del Arte Popular Mexicano
Depicting death in situations of the living is an artistic tradition for which Mexico is renowned.
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The art of peace: Art, music and theater in Cancun
Peace manifests itself through artistic expression in Cancun's "Day Out of Time" celebration.
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Six books by Karen Witynski and Joe Carr
These six wonderful books hit a real soft spot because I'm an ardent admirer of Mexican creativity as it exhibits itself so lavishly in art, architecture, the design of everyday objects and the bold approach to color. And I particularly enjoy good photographic books, which these essentially are.
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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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Shredded venison salad: Salpicon de venado
This dish is found on restaurant menus throughout Mexico, but particularly in the western part of the country and in the Yucatan, where it is called zic de venado. This recipe is a good buffet dish,...
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Did You Know? - Henequen - Sisal
One of the greatest gifts the Indigenous peoples of Mexico shared with the world was their discovery and cultivation of natural fibers. One of these, henequén, continues to be used throughout the...
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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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Mexican yucca in orange sauce: Yuca en naranja
Yucca has always been a staple in the cooking of the Caribbean and the Yucatan peninsula. Fairly bland on its own, it takes well to the flavor of other ingredients. In Mexican yucca in orange sauce, it...
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Link to clickable interactive map of Yucatán Peninsula
Clickable interactive map of Yucatán Peninsula
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report September 2003
Table of Contents
STOCK MARKET FINANCING BOOM
BILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAYA MUJERES
TELMEX FREEZES ITS RATES
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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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Bliss, paradise and no tipping
Maria Mukul washes the family laundry in her village at Pac Chen, Quintana Roo
I'm drifting away and feeling mighty fine about it, I don't mind saying. For the last hour or so my brain's been telling ...
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The Umbrella
(While traveling to the Yucatan Peninsula on vacation in 1985, the author and her husband meet an adventurous contractor who offers to sell them a beachfront lot in Playa del Carmen. After accepting hi...
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Tortillas with Shredded Fish and Black Beans: Pan de Cazón
We first tried this dish at a restaurant near the seawall in Campeche. Perhaps because pan means bread, we were expecting something like a tuna or salmon loaf, but these stacks of tortillas spread...
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Campeche: Cocktails and Seafood in a Pirates' Paradise
Picture a small tropical city nestled up against sparkling coastal waters, surrounded by fortress walls, complete with drawbridges and moats to keep out invading buccaneers. Where, in the twenty-first ...
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Campeche-Style Pompano in Green Sauce: Pampano en Salsa Verde a la Campechana
Fish and salsa verde make a great combination. Serve this with black beans and rice for a classic campechano meal.
Ingredients:
1 2-pound pompano, cleaned and scaled (snapper may also be u...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report March 2002
Table of Contents
UPGRADED RATINGS
STREAMLINING OFFICIAL PROCEDURES
BUSINESS REGISTRATION IN A DAY
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