Heavy rains last week resulted in floods that left many residents of coastal Quintana Roo in dire straits. The Maya community of Chumpón about 50 km southwest of Tulum was left without electricity and residents of 300 homes were forced to evacuate as flood waters rose up to 3 m. In Bacalar floodwaters [……]
Asociación de Vecinos de Akumal Norte A.C. Email: [email protected] Web: Vecinos Akumal Norte Facebook Blog: North Akumal Neighbors Mexican Land Line: 984-875-9096 Mexican Cell: 984-177-5709 USA Phone: 302-526-7407 06/21/2018 Dear Vecinos Members and community at large: When I became president, Vecinos had 60 members; today we are 110 members strong and [……]
The tortuga is back at the top of the hill going into Akumal Pueblo. It needed a little crack repair and general refurbishing. Segundo Indio, Juan Indio’s son, took on the task.
A thousand years of history is reenacted annually in the Riviera Maya, and it is called the Travesía Sagrada Maya – the Sacred Mayan Journey. This reenactment commemorates a ritual in which the Maya traveled across the Caribbean Sea in canoes from Pole (Xcaret) to Kuzamil (Cozumel) to worship goddess Ixchel and ask for [……]
Happy Father’s Day! Sunday, 17 June
We welcomed almost 20 people to Best of the Best, May 2018–a few regular snowbirds have flown the coop; however, among those joining in were two returning owners whom Akumal has not seen in recent years—Jeff Jones and Maria Acosta. It is such a pleasure to greet our old and new [……]
Last month the Foodie B-Team drove down to the Tao Beach Club in Jade Bay to check out the new restaurant, Jungle Fish. Tony, Carlos, Ernesto, and the crew from La Palapa in Chemuyil are proprietors and staff of the recently redecorated beach venue. The Club has pool, showers, beach area, and [……]
Akumal Norte can thank our friendly, neighborhood insurance agent for taking steps to help our poor, pot-holey excuse for an entrance road. Luis Lobo donated 3 m. of sascab, the traditional Maya limestone/gravel mixture used for road making and repairing on the Peninsula. Rhett Schober of Akumal Villas, a local rental [……]
Good Morning Members: This was a very busy week. We had a breakfast meeting on May 1st at Casa Gatos with several officials from the Municipality of Tulum and our Akumal delegado. We discussed several Vecinos projects happening in Akumal Norte, from the completing of the solar street lights [……]
Scott Brown first came to Akumal as a baby. But in 1986 when he was 7 years old he returned to live in Akumal full time. His grandparents, Jackie & Dick, co-owned one of the dive shops. Along with mom and siblings Scott’s life became a very interesting. School consisted of [……]
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