Events
Happy New Year!
— from the Staff of AkumalNow
Month: December 2021
Events
4th Annual Akumal Arts Festival
4th ANNUAL AKUMAL ARTS FESTIVAL & RESIDENCY WILL BE HELD Jan 28-30, 2022 More than 100 Mexican and international artists will join our community to make art, teach workshops, perform, participate Akumal Arts Festival has grown into a phenomenon. Unprecedented change has evolved in the social development of [……]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle: BR-ing it on
THE WEEKLY QUIZ FROM NPR PUZZLEMASTER WILL SHORTZ https://www.npr.org/2021/11/28/1059517658/sunday-puzzle-br-ing-it-on On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word, name, or phrase in which the only consonants are B and R, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. Ex. Prickly bush –> BRIAR 1. Material in an automobile [……]
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Ask Allyn . . . Tips, Tricks, Observations and Rants + Homemade Tomato Paste
GREETINGS all. hope you had a merry Christmas and New Year’s party was a rager. TODAY’S Tips, Tricks, Observations and Rants. When proofing my yeast or waiting for the dough to rise, I set the bowl on top of the router while I give a thumbs down vote to various [……]
Culture
A Robot Did What?!?
Applications using artificial intelligence to create content seem to be all the rage today. One could be forgiven for brushing off such automation as a fad, but sometimes these technologies deliver some very interesting results. One example is the mobile phone application WOMBO Dream, which takes images from the Internet [……]
Tourist FYI
Cancun Airport Arrival & Departure Tips
Cancun was the #2 most visited city in the world throughout the pandemic. Despite the rest of the world shutting down, not only has Cancun airport stayed wide open the entire time, but they’ve actually surpassed passenger numbers from 2019, breaking arrival records for incoming tourists. No negative test or proof of [……]
Events
To Benefit the Children
Gilley’s Tequilaville Christmas Fiesta was another success! Over 600 kids lined up to choose their presents in Akumal. Remaining gifts were taken to a nearby pueblo. #GivingTuesday 2021 Fundraising Recap For the first time in 2021, we decided to focus our fundraising efforts around this initiative and we set [……]
Health
Spices & Herbs: Garlic
Throughout ancient history, garlic was used mainly for its medicinal properties. Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician, used to prescribe garlic to treat a variety of medical conditions. Modern science has confirmed many of these beneficial health effects. It is garlic’s sulfur compounds that bring these benefits. Garlic supplements have been [……]
News
Bits & Pieces – January 2022
A little this & that from the media. • Chignahuapan makes 70mn holiday ornaments a year — one at a time! https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/chignahuapan-makes-70mn-holiday-ornaments-a-year/ • More Maya Train modifications announced for section 5 north https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/more-maya-train-modifications-announced-for-section-5-north/2021.html • Cancún airport close to record-breaking flight numbers! https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/cancun-airport-record-flight-numbers/ • Foreigners in Mexico on tourist visas can [……]
News
Just Another Day in Paradise: Akumal
— The following few paragraphs are taken from an article in International Living emagazine by Don Murray: Akumal…Where the Jungle Meets the Sea. Go to https://internationalliving.com/countries/mexico/akumal-mexico/ to read the full article. The secret is out. Located where the jungle meets the beach, Akumal is learning to cope with increasing numbers of returning vacationers [……]