A nice dessert submission from Taverna Akumal. Fried Sweet Milk Ingredients: 1 quart whole milk 3/4 cup flour 3/4 cup sugar 4 eggs, beaten 2 egg yolks, beaten lemon zest breadcrumbs (Panko is good) vanilla bean Canola oil Procedure: Boil the milk, then slowly add the flour. Stir with a wooden [……]
As a throwback in honor of our legacy publication we decided to post a little piece listing all of the obscure, worthless, and appropriately under-appreciated days in August. What day should we christen International Akumal Day?! 1 National Raspberry Cream Pie Day – Created by someone who made Raspberry Cream Pies 1 [……]
The following essay is taken from Randy’s Planet with permission from the author. Take a look at this guy. Isn’t he a cutie? Especially for the most ferocious predator in the sandy beach habitat! He’s called a ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata), and if you walk the beaches of Akumal in the [……]
The History Not anymore! Back in 1938, president Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized all oil companies in Mexico. This was done to help improve wages and working conditions of oil workers and stabilize the price of oil. Workers had tried to unionize, but oil companies pushed back and rejected demands. This came to [……]
This year the Perseid meteor shower is strongest in the pre-dawn mornings of August 11 – 13. If it’s moonless, and it’s supposed to be, you may see 50 or more meteors per hour in the northern hemisphere, and about one-third as many in the southern hemisphere. The meteors will come in spurts with some down-time between. Since eyes may need [……]
August Dates to Remember 2015 2 Peter Titze 4 Bob Mather 6 Rudy & Cathy Pérez, Anniversary 7 Lucy Gallagher 7 Richard Glenn “Ricardo” Northcutt 8 Steve Wandler 8 Shari Jackson 8 Fermina 9 Donny Hall 9 Ryan Wolfe 9 Pat & Cheryl Reagan, Anniversary 10 Sherri Musser 13 Mike [……]
Want to donate to the Akumal Ambulance? Click the link below to make a secure PayPal payment directly to the Tulum Red Cross. This payment will be earmarked to ensure the funds go directly to run the Red Cross Ambulance that serves Akumal. The link above will take you to [……]
Lest we forget —
The end of June has brought the Blancas/Greens!! These mommas love to move around on the beaches, so please remember to keep all obstructions off the beaches at dark. This year we have seen a turtle under a large umbrella pole, turtles under lounge chairs, turtles running into kayaks, and turtles [……]
We all know that Akumal “Place of Turtles” is overflowing with turtles at this time of year – the population of turtles in Akumal grows as the nesting season begins and the mommas come onto our beaches. And so does the need for help on the beaches. Communication if very important betweeen [……]
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