Greenbacks: Don't leave home without them
As I walked through the hotel lobby, the weight of the three hundred $100 bills sewn to the waist band of my Jockey shorts pulled my underpants down over my small rear. The money was hanging at my knee...
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Diving in Cancun
Unlike Cozumel with its abundance of dive shops, Cancun is home to only ten. But, as I discovered, this city has much to offer a diver looking for a unique diving experience.
Located twelve miles from...
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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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Atticus: A Novel by Ron Hansen
Atticus Cody is a 67 year old Colorado rancher. He’s a very successful straight-shooting kind of guy. He has a son, Scott, who is a painter, evidently talented. He has gone to Mexico and is out of touch with his father. Atticus cares: Scott doesn’t seem to be concerned. When the story opens, Atticus has learned about Scott’s death, by suicide, in a place called Resurrección, near Cancun. Atticus goes to Resurrección to pick up his son’s body and return it to Colorado. There he meets up with the cast of characters who knew Scott, most of whom are, at best, hippies and bohemians, at worst, drifters and fugitives.
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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,...
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Nature's Artist: Alan Vazquez
"The topics that I address in my artwork are an SOS to protect our scarce natural resources of today."
"Nature is art," says 30-year-old artist Alan Vázquez. "You can find colors in the flowers and t...
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The Art Of Peace
Peace manifests itself through artistic expression in Cancun's "Day Out of Time" celebration.
read moreCancun'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.
Tucked away between the towering hotels of Cancun's sparkling shores is a cultural treasu...
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Evoking The Ancient Maya: Murals Of Otoniel Baruck Sala
Maya-themed murals, which fuse shards of this ancient culture with elements of fantasy, are Sala's current focus.
Costa Real
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Holding On To The Dream In Cancun
First published in The London Observer/Guardian Foreign News Service Jan. 17, 2000
Anita Brown (my beautiful bride these twenty-two years) met a lady from Littleton, Colorado, on the way to downtown C...
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Is Cancun Plastic?
(Photographs by Faera Siegel ©2000)
When I tell my media friends that I am writing a book called "The Real Mexico", they invariably act a bit dumbfounded and frequently ask how I can possibly know an...
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Cancun Today - An Interview With Jules Siegel
An Interview With Jules Siegel
Cancun Today
With Jules Siegel & Tom Mangan
© 2000 Todos Derechos Reservados
Publisher's Note:
This...
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Cancun To Oaxaca - The Bus Ride Of 27 Pedicures
My friends asked, “You’re going by bus? Why?” I rationalized about all the experiences I’d have to write about. After vacationing for a week in the Yucatan, I was heading back to Oaxaca, where ...
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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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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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Mexico Economic Updates May 2006
International Reserves
The nation's foreign reserves stood at 68.678 billion dollars in mid-April, according to the Bank of Mexico, the nation's central bank. The reserves reached an all-time high of ...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - Janaury 2002
Table of Contents
THE SHAPE OF 2002
MORE FOREIGN INVESTMENT
AIRLINE PARTNERSHIPS
QUERÉTARO AIRPORT...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - February 1999
Back Issues:
1999 - January
1998 - January - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - ...
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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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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report February 2006
Inflation at all-time low
The central bank (Banco de México) reports that inflation in 2005 fell to 3.33%. This is the lowest annual rate since the current method of calculation was first introduced ...
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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...
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Link to clickable interactive map of Yucatán Peninsula
Clickable interactive map of Yucatán Peninsula
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Busing From Cancun to Chichen Itza
I was wondering what type of bus service there is between Cancun and Chichen Itza, and if that service accomodates luggage. I'm thinking
that I can possibly catch the tour bus from Chichen Itza to Club Oasis Akumal. Has anyone done this before? I would like to avoid renting a car. Also, I know there
are several nice hotels at Chichen Itza, any suggestions?
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Interactive map of Quintana Roo: Cancun, Cozumel, Tulum
Interactive map of Quintana Roo: Cancun, Cozumel, Tulum
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Hanal Pixan, Maya Day of the Dead in Pac Chen, Quintana Roo
The monkeys, they tell me, are asleep in a cave across the lagoon. But other than that disappointment, my trip to Pac Chen, a micro sized Maya village in the jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula, is the per...
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