News

Akumal Ambulance Update: Changes!

March 31, 2018 0

The following is a letter from Marieke Brown, who has been the guiding hand behind our local ambulance service for some years now.   Dear Awesome Akumal Community: For those of you who were able, thank you for attending the presentation Thursday from Hector Juarez Garcia and PSP (Provider of Protection Services), [……]

Events

A Baptism at Casa Cenote

March 31, 2018 1

— submitted by Shirley Since it is the season of Easter, I thought the  baptism I witnessed at Casa Cenote would be apropos for AkumalNow readers. Scott Ghan  was singing with the two jazz musicians when I got to Casa Cenote one fine Sunday.  I asked some friends who was [……]

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Mayan Garden Club March 15 Meeting

March 13, 2018 0

Mayan Garden club -March meeting -Visitors Welcome     The March meeting of the Mayan Garden Club will be held for lunch at Lunita in Akumal.  It is on March 15 at 1:00pm. They have wonderful food if you have never eaten there. Paul and Marjorie have arranged this for [……]

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Best of the Best, February 2018

February 28, 2018 0

Friends, locals, and visitors appeared at La Buena Vida (LBV) for Best of the Best, February 2018 for a lively Happy Hour to share conversation and, of course, to be part of the competition for those coveted awards of Best Shirt, Best Sandals, and Best Clever Tee.  Thanks to these [……]

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Vecinos de Akumal Norte Update

February 28, 2018 0

Asociación of Vecinos de Akumal Norte A.C. Email: [email protected] Mexican Land Line: 984-875-9096 Mexican Cell: 984-801-637     Dear Vecinos Members and Non-Members: As my second term as president begins, I see Vecinos coming of age. From the beginning volunteer organization, we are taking on more and larger projects. Our job as [……]

Akumal Foodie

Akumal Foodie at Casa Cenote — one more time!

February 28, 2018 2

Twenty-eight years ago, Gary Phillips, along with Lark, opened Casa Cenote.  Many of us who consider ourselves “Old Timers” in Akumal remember the sheets of paper, stuck under our windshield wipers, telling of the barbeque on the upcoming Sunday.  Would it be brisket or chicken or ribs.  In the early [……]

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Hekab Be Monthly Newsletter, March 2018

February 28, 2018 0

Have you seen the signs on the recycling boxes by the colectivo stop on the highway? They were made by the children of Hekab Be! We helped the Pueblo community and Akumal snorkel cooperatives to clean trash from the path between the highway and the beach, and have been painting [……]

Events

Cancun’s Symphony Orchestra

February 28, 2018 0

  Originally founded in late 2017  the Camerata de Cancún has taken a step forward on its path towards excellence as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Cancún.  Currently comprised of some 55 musicians from many different countries, the program announced for the 2018 season is varied and offers something for everyone [……]

Nature and Critters

MGC Tip of the Month: March 2018

February 28, 2018 0

               Sago Palm The Sago is not a true palm tree but a Cycad, plants that were around with the dinosaurs during the Jurassic period. They are a seed plant with a crown of large compound leaves and a stout trunk. The mature plant can eventually reach 10 feet, [……]

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Medical Tourism in Cancun

February 28, 2018 0

From Riviera Maya News on February 21, 2018 Over the past five years, medical tourism in Cancun has seen its numbers increase since it is much less expensive for patients to have procedures done in Mexico than in their home country, says president of the Cancun Medical Tourism Association, Servando [……]