Dear Akumal Family, Who could have imagined the fantastic success of the first annual Akumal Arts Festival and Residency?????? Our number one goal was to #beautifyakumal. Who doesn’t love the murals and the good feelings they generate? There is no final tally for total murals painted as local and traveling [……]
Oyster Plant Wood-pole fence bordered by Oyster plants (Bahia Principe A-Nah residential area) As a transplant to Mexico, and as an experienced Zone 2-3 urban gardener in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to a Zone 11 garden in Quintana Roo, I was more than a little overwhelmed with the thought of gardening [……]
May was a very exciting, eventful month for the Akumal Turtle Camp 2019. Our nest count had grown to a total of 55 by the end of May . We welcomed our first two Tortugueras, Marifer Alemán Gutiérrez from México State and Lupe Rodríguez Beristain from Puebla State, both biologists. [……]
Saving The Turtles Over Lunch When most think of vegetarian food, a flavorless experience of some squishy unpleasant tofu dish they once tried comes to mind. But tucked away on a small street in Tulum is a colorful little vegetarian restaurant whose dishes offer anything but flavorless food. Our experience [……]
If you have a few minutes to spare, open the link to the current NYT editing quiz. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/insider/copy-edit-this-17.html
Let’s begin with the rest of the news . . . Mexico wins gold and silver at Central American-Caribbean math olympiad https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-wins-gold-and-silver-at-math-olympiad/ Politics blamed as fewer U.S. tourists visit Yucatan Peninsula https://yucatanexpatlife.com/politics-blamed-as-fewer-u-s-tourists-visit-yucatan-peninsula/ Quintana Roo signs multi-destination tourism deal with Cuba https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/quintana-roo-signs-multi-destination-tourism-deal-with-cuba/2019.html Yucatan study shows how [……]
From Jennifer y Bartley Smith at Turtle Bay Café & Bakery: Next month construction will start on the interactive art park with a water play fountain for kids in the empty lot across from the park. We just had the inauguration of the Cooking Classroom at the TeleSecondary School where [……]
AkumalNow sends a big thank you from the Committee on Street Names to all of those who made suggestions. The committee will turn over its report to the leadership of Vecinos de Akumal Norte; and, in turn, Vecinos will submit this list to the government of Tulum who has the [……]
How delightful to see old friends and meet new ones at the Best of the Best, May 2019 event held at La Buena Vida (LBV) Restaurant the first Friday of May. The restaurant seated us again in the breezy upstairs section; and, as always, the waiters kept our libations in [……]
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