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: [……]
More at the Arch. A delegation from Akumal Pueblo cornered Tulum municipal president David Balam this week while he was meeting with several state senators. Participants say that the government has ordered the reopening of the traditional entrance to Akumal Bay. Letters from the Human Rights Defense Council were sent [……]
Daniel Guzmán, the auto mechanic who had a shop on main street in the Pueblo, has moved! He and his assistants, Jaime and César Ek, are now on the Federal highway. Take the retorno immediately before the first Pemex going north, and just a bit south of it is Daniel’s taller. The shop is [……]
BLOG from CEA August 26, 2016 While there are a variety of definitions, for us, voluntourism is an opportunity for vacationers or residents who wish to volunteer on a part-time basis alongside their touristic/personal activities—it could be 10 mornings over the course of a 2-week holiday or once per week over [……]
From Marieke Brown, guiding light of the Akumal Ambulance project — RESULTS OF THE RED CROSS FUNDRAISER DINNER IN AKUMAL THIS MONTH The Red Cross dinner in Akumal this month was a fantastic success, raising $82,413 mx, which is an increase over the $66,000 pesos that we raised at the last dinner. On [……]
As astute readers know, Best Shirt is on Holiday until November 4th. Watch for upcoming details in AkumalNow!
August has been a busy time and also a difficult time for the Tortugueros. The Blanca/Green mommas that normally visit our beaches starting in June, were later this season and have come in force! Reports of 16 Blancas on Akumal Sur in one night, 7 on Playa Tortuga in 45 minutes [……]
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