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May 20, 2024: Among people who enjoy watching & exploring the natural world around us, there are those who love to jump into the sea; there are others who enjoy tramping around jungles to see exotic insects, exotic birds, exotic … Continue reading →

March 24 Updates: Here are the latest current needs at Estancia Nueva Vida   Girl’s Program for 18 poor girls in south Merida.   The girls range in age from ages 6 – 12. Estancia Nueva Vida  An Erie, PA – Yucatan … Continue reading →

March 21 Updates: Here are the latest current Tren Maya Stations & Stops into and out-of Merida including all the new stops opened since March 1, 2024… plus the current prices for Merida-Teya voyages: Jan. 20 News: Mexico unveiled special … Continue reading →

March 21 Updates: Current Prices into & out-of Merida-Teya: Jan 29 Updates: Current The Tren Maya track sections between Cancun airport and Playa del Carmen are scheduled to open on Feb. 29. Also: The new official ON-LINE site to check … Continue reading →

Jan. 2, 2024   INM has published it’s 2024 Fee Schedule: *           *           *           * Feel free to copy while giving proper attribution: YucaLandia/Surviving Yucatan.© … Continue reading →

Dec. 18, 2023 Mazatlan … Sinaloa … April 8, 2024. NASA says this will be the best viewing spot in North America – to experience the ‘totality’ of this years Full Eclipse. Why report this NOW? … Hotel-accomodation booking are … Continue reading →

Dec. 17, 2023Welxome to an introductory presentation about the Estancia Nueva Vida Girls program in south Merida, Yucatan.  Please note that this presentation was created over a year ago, and some of the information is not current:   *   … Continue reading →

Dec. 15 News: Public Service Announcement: The  first Tren Maya trains started running on schedule this monring on some special INAUGURAL ROUTES between Cancun – Merida- Campeche one just subpart … of just one level …  of Tren Maya’s 5 … Continue reading →

Nov. 27, 2023 Early Germans were making & throwing sharpened boomerangs … 300,000 yrs ago – outside of Schöningen, Germany. The blood stains on the … carefully seasoned, carefully shaped… sharpened ends of several early German-boomerangs confirm their use & … Continue reading →

Nov. 27, 2023AGUINALDOs … and Vacation Days-Pay … UPDATED for 2023’s Change of a 25% Vacation Pay Premium** As Christmas holiday chatzkies are appearing on store shelves …. as we make our holiday plans … It’s time to remember our … Continue reading →

Nov. 19, 2023 Will Yucatan’s coastal towns & resorts be underwater by 2035 … or 2050 … unless we change?** Here’s a fun graph from 4 yrs ago … 2019 … that ironically does not include the last 4 years … Continue reading →

Nov. 13, 2023 The No Fun Group is roaming our snacking landscapes again, pointing out that almost all chocolate contains some Cadmium & Lead, yet many of our beloved DARK chocolate brands (like HERSHEY’s) are contaminated with unhealthy levels of … Continue reading →

Nov. 13, 2023 Just like all the fun emerging news on our Government’s 5 new Tren Maya systems, there’s also emerging news on on our Government’s Maya community development, Ecotourism development and cenote development programs. This COMING FRIDAY & weekend … Continue reading →

Dec. 4 UPDATES: The Tren Maya Program’s 5 levels of service … on 7 sections of tracks … will be starting on different dates, starting on Dec. 15 for the Campeche to Cancun round trip TOURIST service. Tickets for the … Continue reading →

Sept. 16, 2023Saturday morning musings … as I enjoy my spoonfull of sugar in my coffee … = = = = Humans … Where genes go to die … Seriously, over 50% of your DNA’s genetic coding genes … are … Continue reading →

Jan. 14, 2016 Because we know more than 12 people with Dengue, along with way too many people in the hospitals with Dengue … along with the nasty DEN-3 Variant of Dengue being the most common variant circulating in Yucatan … Continue reading →