living in merida

We left Carrillo at 8:30 and arrived in Santa Elena around 11:30. Through Morelos, Tzucacab, Texax, Oxcutzcab, and Ticul. The mountains in this region are beautiful and the drive is always pleasant. Sunday even more so. Arriving at the Centro de Acopio there were about 10 members...

this photo makes me so happy. in it gustavo (from teabo, yucatán) receives his diploma in comunicación social from the rector of uady. in two of my classes last year, gustavo was just the best. motivated and such a gentle soul.. always good, honest (in a direct non-judgemental...

Yesterday I went to the Mérida cemetary for "Hanal Pixan," the Maya version of "Day of the Dead." I placed flowers on the grave of the socialist governor, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, who was executed by those who were afraid of his policies, including giving indigenous people rights....

One of the most lovely people I have met, Jeannine De Wolf, passed away on September 27th. When I moved to Merida last year, she opened her home and heart to me without question. Although our friendship would last for a little more than a year, she enriched my life in an...

Today is the Grito – the celebration of Mexican independence. Ivonne, the governor of Yucatan, spoke of today’s heroes – the heroes of the fight against poverty, to provide all with equal rights and opportunities, for all to have access to education. The plaza...

This week I began teaching an intensive course. To the students’ detriment, the electricity went out several times. I guess this teaches us to “save.” In any case, during our class break, I went outside before the storms which caused the outages and looked up at...

There is a new campaign where you can vote for what public parks will have wireless internet. It seems that those parks in neighborhoods where people can afford computers will be high on the list. Click here to see the results so far or to vote.

It just started raining. A delicate, light rain. It rarely rains at night here so you know it’s the hurricane rain starting. However, according to the latest path, it appears that Hurricane Dean, which is expected to touch land as a category 5 hurricane, has rerouted itself...

This is one of my favorite signs — for a restaurant in Mérida Centro (Santiago): Peter Pan-cho. Mexicanidad is very prolific and with a sense of humor. LOL!.

Image from the National Hurrican Center, Miami. It is Saturday and preparations have already begun for Hurricane Dean, which is expected to make landfall in Yucatán Monday and hit hard here on Tuesday. I just received a text notification on my cell phone telling me we have a...