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Sept 12, 2023 COVID Booster News: Pfizer & Moderna are still chasing the all the rapidly mutating SARS-Co-V-2 virus subvariants … as they release a “new” set of boosters this Friday – by offering us vaccine-boosters that were designed for … Continue reading →

Oct 14, 2023 Update:akj Eclipse fun with good friends, Mark & Marcelo:I just got home from a lovely little eclipse-viewing party, where we shared welding helmets to watch this quite*special annular eclipse from Mark’s patio in Merida, Yucatan. Besides using … Continue reading →

Sept. 3, 2023Do you enjoy shifting your perspectives? Consider how the stories reported by modern “news” outlets, miss so many key facts & key details, that they often don’t even come close to reality. = = = = As we … Continue reading →

Do you enjoy shifting your perspectives? Consider how the maps of Merida have changed over time. How many readers have believed the many past supposed “old” maps of Merida that show Merida’s Plaza Grande (aka “Plaza Principal” or “Zocalo”) as … Continue reading →

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 →