Hackers have no mercy, not even on AkumalNow. As some of you might have noticed, our web site was targeted by hackers in mid-December. This resulted in our site serving up some malicious content. Don’t worry, we don’t believe this content was being served to you, but rather was being [……]

Another sad occurrence for Akumal–Gus’s parents own Casa Valhalla. The following was sent to AkumalNow by Steve Clouther: Twin Cities Comic Dies After Fall From Ruins in Mexico Gus Lynch fell while vacationing with his family on the Yucatán Peninsula. Gus Lynch, of White Bear Lake, died Monday while vacationing [……]

Quintana Roo on eastern time? It’s been reported that both legislative chambers of the Mexican congress have approved a change that will put Quintana Roo on permanent daylight savings time. All that’s lacking is the President’s signature and the law’s publication in the Federal Register. There remains the question of [……]

  As of Thursday Dec 11, 2014 at 8.30am, Akumal will have its own Red Cross Ambulance stationed 24 hours a day!!!!  The ambulance will service Akumal and the surrounding areas and will assist locals and tourists alike. This means that emergencies can now be responded to in mere minutes instead of 40 [……]

The Akumal Puño Last Monday a select group of Akumalites was bemoaning the northern flu and cold germs arriving daily in our (germ-free) paradise. The hand shakes and hugs and kisses are standard, and no one wants to totally give them up. But these lovely greetings are laden with illness [……]