Akumal Resident Liz Conover died in New York City on Monday August 29, 2016, at the age of 71, after living two years with lung cancer. She kept tending to her beloved gardens overlooking Holly Pond in Darien, Connecticut. She continued to shine her light and energy on her surroundings, [……]
Here’s some darn sad and (insert adjective of your choice) news. We know that thieves target tourist areas, so we usually pay attention to our belongings and our surroundings. Thieves recently have availed themselves of techno devices that allow them to detect the presence of electronic devices inside vehicles. There [……]
The Paca The paca, a large rodent also known as the spotted paca, can be found at altitudes ranging from sea level to 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) in tropical forests from eastern Mexico to eastern Paraguay, northern Argentina and northern Uruguay. In most of Mexico and Central America, it is known [……]
October Dates to Remember 2016 1 Jenny 3 Cathy Perez 4 Stefanie Fredette 8 Maureen Miller 9 Pat Reagan 10 Gary Phillips 11 Hollis Hines 11 Lynne Fanshier 13 Kazue Hayashi 13 Peggy & Mike Stone, Anniversary 14 Denny Mahan 17 Nancy Poor 17 Alison Keegan 19 Verana Titze 20 [……]
THE MAYAN GARDEN CLUB IS BACK The new season of the Mayan Garden club started off with a great success. After a fun meet and eat at Bev’s place, we ventured to the two-year-old vivero in Sirenis. The vivero has an amazing amount of work put into the landscape, marking the plants [……]
Today might be a tough day to get a cab in the Riviera Maya. Uber announced it was starting service in Cancun and the Taxi syndicates are not too happy. Today protests began. So far protests have amounted to hundreds of taxis taking turns driving up and down the freeway [……]
NOTES FROM THE VECINOS KITCHEN CABINET, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 NOTES ABOUT OUR MISSION AND GOALS Akumal Playa and Akumal Norte are truly unique locations in the Yucatan Peninsula – it has one of the last free beaches that is still close to pristine. Vecinos’ mission is to [……]
Mayan Garden Club October 2016 Locusts: What are the clouds overhead? Perhaps you noticed, a few weeks ago, a sudden influx into our area of very large grasshoppers, flying through the air, chomping on your plants, dying in the radiator grill of your car. They’re locusts, and the locals call [……]
AKUMAL INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY presents: SUNDAY SALON/Salon de Domingo Come share in works-in-progress with our artists around a theme, all while drinking complimentary Cueva Vodka cocktails! Australian artist: painter EMMA WHITE U.S. artist: sculptor CALVIN BABICH & local artist Karl Saliter will also join us at this event! Sunday’s theme: [……]
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