On Friday 29 April, the Director of CEA and CEA’s Coordinator of their Sea Turtle program gave a presentation to Vecinos of Akumal Norte about the CEA organization and its mission. The idea was to establish better understanding about how Vecinos can participate in the protection of Yal-ku Lagoon and [……]
Día de la Tierra 2016 CEA participated in CicloSiete of Sustainability Week (La Semana por la Sostenibilidad), a seven day Latin America-wide event leading up to Earth Day, 22 April. The focus is on promoting and highlighting experiences that strengthen environmental sustainability throughout Latin America. Each day was given a theme, and [……]
Some of our local divers out for a Saturday Lionfish Hunt just happened to run into the oddest creature- a Pyrosome. This very experienced dive team, some of whom dive all over the world and have many hours under water, were not even sure what they were looking at when they [……]
It is the very special time of year for Akumal….May and the arrival of turtle season 2016. CEA declares the season in Akumal officially open when the first nest is laid. We’ve had two turtles up exploring and testing the sand, but no eggs as of yet. But it is the season [……]
Have you ever wanted to get involved in reef conservation? — Well, become a Science Diver!! Find out more at reef4akumal.org You will learn about reef ecology, species identification, reef restoration, data collection, and scientific diving techniques. This is a wonderful opportunity to help Akumal’s first underwater Coral Garden. Since 2014, Expedition [……]
Out our backdoor —— is a gray fox! The fully grown gray fox has a mix of white, red black and grey fur, while the new born pups are brownish-black. The reddish-brown markings on its sides, chest, and back of its head cause it to be frequently mistaken for a red [……]
A first hand account from Ivan Perez, local diver extraordinare and c0-owner of Dive with Natalie and Ivan. Learn more at http://www.divewithnatalieandivan.com/index.html. Ivan was one of the Lionfish team that met up with the rare Pyrosome (see previous AN article for video and more information). Here is his first hand account [……]
May is a special month for Akumal and one of the highlights is the Silent Auction in support of the library. This event is very important in raising much needed funds to run programs for local children. The auction will be held 4 May at LolHa Snack Bar from 3-5pm. The Salty Snowbirds [……]
Congratulations to Cueva Vodka and its local distillers Bart and Jennifer Smith. Their Cueva Vodka was awarded the Silver SIP award at the Tianguis Turístico event in Guadalajara which was held April 25-28. So much hard work has gone into making this dream become reality! So ko’ox — let’s go to Turtle [……]
Felicidades to AkumalNow‘s Facebook page-we reached 1000 friends in late April! We know we have MANY more friends and loyal readers here on our webpage – but seeing that many of you following us on Facebook is awesome! If you are not on our FB page, please check it out!! Thank [……]
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