Author Archives: yucalandia

Do you enjoy shifting your perspectives? I LOVE how this overhead image of El Observatorio – “El Caracol” at Chichen Itza … shows how crazy-inconsistent the Maya mis-aligned the building’s stairs … ~ Shows how crazy-inconsistent the Maya mis-aligned the … Continue reading →

Aug. 23, 2023:A good issue was just raised in one of the smaller local expat FaceBook forums about how to safely make a left turn, when on a rural highway in Mexico. Sadly, foreigners reported innocently, yet-proven-guilty**, getting into accidents … Continue reading →

August 19, 2023 The issue of paint blistering off of Yucatan walls has recently come up about 7 times in various local expat FB groups, where people new to Yucatan are very worried about patches of paint coming off damp … Continue reading →

The Piedra de Tízoc, a stunning piece in Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, was found in 1790 under the Plaza de Constitución. This big piece, 93 cm tall, 2.65 meters diameter, and circumference of 8.31 meters, … Continue reading →

Tren Maya Information: There are lots of recent comments & posts popping up on various expat FB groups here, inquiring about the details of next year’s upcoming Tren Maya services for Yucatan, Q. Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas & Oaxaca … … Continue reading →

May 22, 2023:A very small study** from Zambia just found that “high attractiveness (to Malaria mosquitoes) is associated with whole body odor profiles from humans with increased relative abundances of the volatile carboxylic acids butyric acid, isobutryic acid, and isovaleric … Continue reading →

May 20, 2023:There are many basic things about Mexican home construction, Mexicab home design, & home maintenance that don’t seem to be documented on the Internet. This article serves as a repository for some of the answers to these issues, … Continue reading →

Jan. 26, 2023:As of this week, the USA has a new dominant mutant COVID substrain called Omicron XBB.1.5 … yet another highly contagious strain out of South Africa. In further COVID news: The CDC just announced that the “bi-valent” vaccines … Continue reading →

A recent post by a foreigner here reported that they were *shocked* to find that their tinaco was secretly overflowing into their pool’s disposal well – wasting 1,000’s of gallons of treated water … and she commented: “…how were we … Continue reading →

Jan. 14, 2023 Have readers seen this latest CDC update on COVID vaccine problems? ~ COVID Booster Shots Causing Elevated Ischemic Stroke Risks for Patients over age 65 ~ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/bivalent-boosters.html Because the ‘latest’ COVID vaccine shots showed no real efficacy … Continue reading →

Jan. 6, 2022:As we watch expat Message Boards & FB Groups, posts from people seeking a Spanish teacher, keep popping year after year, which leaves me wondering about how much Spanish language do typical Americans & Canadians already know, without … Continue reading →

Jan. 5, 2022:Looking for something new to do, or a place to go, that’s not on typical tourist agendas? aka … Where to Go … Fun Places Around Yucatan …~ where local people specialize in making some fun products ~ … Continue reading →

Jan. 3, 2022 Yet more new heavily-mutated COVID Omicron subvariant strains are driving new mutant Omicron COVID waves across the USA, unimpeded by the USA’s failed vaccination strategies.** Omicron XBB.1.5 is now causing 40% of COVID infections across the USA, … Continue reading →

December 27, 2022 UPDATE: Rather than the previous minimum 6 legally required paid-vacation days off work for Mexican workers, it’s now a minimum of 12 “continuous”** total paid-vacation days off work for all employees in 2023. D.O.F. 12/26/2022 (Diario Official … Continue reading →

Dec. 3, 2022 New heavily-mutated COVID subvariant strains are now driving a new 6’th COVID Wave in Yucatan, including the Omicron BQ.1, BQ.1.1 subvariants, along with Yucatan’s own surprising new Omicron BW.1 subvariant … all & all of which even … Continue reading →

Nov. 27, 2022 UPDATE The CDC announced this weekend that COVID is surging in the USA, with the relatively new OMICRON BQ.1 and OMICRON BQ.1.1 subvariants causing 57% of new COVID cases nationwide. This is really significant (as described below), … Continue reading →

Updated 2/17/2025 … Original August 19, 2022:The US Social Security system requires all people receiving Social Security benefits who are living abroad*, who have a foreign address, to file a form SSA–7162 every year in July or August. Fortunately, SSA … Continue reading →

August 16, 2022:If your Yucatan license plate has a green stripe and a pyramid at the top, it’s high-time to get new plates. If your plate looks like the plate above, the Yucatan police have already “temporarily arrested” (temporarily detained … Continue reading →

August 15, 2022 COVID Update:We are now back to just under 500 new COVID cases in Yucatan State.This likely means it’s safe to get back to ordinary life when out of doors, yet wearing masks when indoors with strangers. * … Continue reading →

July 29, 2022 COVID Updates:It has been a very busy past 3 days in COVID scientific news reporting, with no less than 5 critical updates. Summary: ~ As many as 1 in 5 Americans are now experiencing long COVID, as … Continue reading →