Health
Month: December 2025
Events
Akumal Holidays-2025
On December 6th, a group of the children who attend the Paal Ki’maki Akumal after-school program performed at Lol Ha Beach Bar. A great rendition of Jingle Bells, along with a lively Mexican song and dance, rounded out their special performance. The children then circulated among the guests, selling cards [……]
News
What’s New in Akumal & Further
Que Onda Deli is open for business! It’s located where the Que Onda restaurant used to be, at the top end of Akumal Norte across the street from Casa Christianson. Bagels, pastries, sandwiches, focaccia, tiramisu and more are served up with a smile by a lovely young man. Hours are 9-4 Monday [……]
Nature and Critters
Sky Excitement – January 2026
See if you can spot three bright stars making up a shape known as the Winter Triangle. Although it’s not an official constellation, it is a familiar pattern known as an asterism. Throughout the month at around 20:00, look southeast to [……]
Tourist FYI
New E-Gates at Cancun Airport
For years, the most dreaded part of a Cancún vacation wasn’t the flight or the sunburn—it was the immigration hall at Cancún International Airport (CUN). Stories of two-hour lines snaking back up the escalators were the norm. Enter the E-Gates. These automated kiosks have quietly revolutionized the arrival experience, turning [……]
News
New Cell Phone Rules
Starting January 9, 2026, all Mexican mobile phone numbers, both prepaid and contract, must be linked to an individual or legal entity through official identification. While postpaid lines already require ID and some prepaid SIMs already ask for identification at the point of sale, the difference now is that registration [……]
Culture
Chichén Itzá ≠ Uxmal
Chichén Itzá is a Wonder of the Modern World, and for good reason. But for many travelers, the experience has become a test of endurance. Between the three-hour drive from Cancun, the oppressive heat, and the armies of vendors blowing jaguar whistles, the magic becomes a bit jaded. But what [……]
Events
Nature and Critters
All Quiet in the Peninsula
The Quiet Season: Why Yucatán Was Spared in 2025’s Unpredictable Hurricane Year When the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended, we breathed a collective sigh of relief. For the first time in five years, the Peninsula had escaped relatively unscathed from the annual six-month gauntlet of tropical weather that typically [……]
Tourist FYI
Social Media Herd Mentality, Tulum Edition: A Perspective
In many ways, Tulum provides us insights into the perils and pitfalls of herd mentality and group thinking that is so prevalent on social media today. Allow me to explain. I have been going to Tulum every year now for 25 years. That much consistency, over that long of a [……]