Magnificent Maya ruins in Mexico
Where Canadians are buying real estate in Mexico
It is no secret that Canadians love Mexico; for years, thousands of Canadians have been fleeing cold winters to the warm beaches and colonial towns of Mexico. Over the past few years, more and more Canadians have called Mexico their home.
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Yucatan State, Mexico - Resource page
Principal articles for the State of Yucatan, Mexico
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- Touring Mexico's Yucatan Ruins
- Touring the Yucatán by motorcycle
- Where the Sky is ...
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Jicama and mandarin orange salad: Ensalada xec
This refreshing Yucatecan-style salad uses winter fruit in season. It comes to us courtesy of Chef David Sterling of Merida's Los Dos cooking school.
Ingredients
1 ½ pounds jicama,...
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Interactive map of Yucatan, Mexico
Interactive map of Yucatan, Mexico: Merida, Valladolid, Chichen Itza
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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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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 ...
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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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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...
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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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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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Yucatan Fish Panuchos: Panuchos de Pescado
Combining the classic Yucatecan ingredients of achiote seasoning, black beans and pickled red onions, true panuchos need to be made with fresh tortillas that will inflate when placed on the comal or gr...
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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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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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