Lunita Restaurant and its Chef Christian Reyes have been accepted as participants in the prestigious WINE and FOOD FESTIVAL 2015 created by David Amar and sponsored primarily by American Express. ¡¡Wow!! Akumal, long the scene for excitement, innovation, and a “wow” factor has another coup to celebrate. With a dash [……]
1 Wally Koenst 3 Nash Cost-Knod 4 Betty McElhatten 4 Sharon Goby 4 Kai White-Brown 4 Elle Jolie DeAngelis 5 Paige Wright 8 Harry Bittner 10 Salvador 11 Kathy Sonheim 12 June Sloan 13 Richard Mazzola 14 Ellen [……]
On Thursday May 29, the Akumal Summer Mobile Spay/Neuter Campaign starts up again. For the third year in a row, Jennifer Smith (Turtle Bay Bakery) and Michaela Vargas are running a biweekly program to pick up dogs and cats from Akumal Pueblo and take them for the day to Centro [……]
Gabriel Najera is an inspiring and humorous motivational speaker who has the instinctive ability to capture and lift the spirits of people, empowering them to reach toward goals and dreams they once thought were impossible to accomplish. This amazing man, born without arms and legs, has inspired and motivated people [……]
A VERY successful year for Akumal Comedy Festival 2014! This year, venues spread beyond Akumal businesses to sites in Tulum and Playa del Carmen. The Red Cross, which is in such desperate need of funding, was the lucky recipient of $95,778.85mx, about $7,500.00 usd. This money will help to build [……]
Travesía Sagrada Maya, the Sacred Maya canoe journey to Cozumel, will take place May 22-24. This annual event will be the 8th Journey to relive a part of Maya tradition. The opening evening event will host a Maya market. Then the air will be filled with blessings by Mayan dancers, warriors and shamans in [……]
Who is AkumalNow? That is a great question. We are a group of locals that got together and wanted to build a platform for sharing great information, stories, and most of all providing details on upcoming events. If you want to know what is going on in Akumal and the [……]
Is it customary to tip maids? Yes. How much? It is up to the guest. However, it’s usual to leave at least $20 pesos/day for each guest; often guests leave 5% of their rental total. Of course, if you really liked the service, then show them. Is it safe to [……]
On April 14, 2014, Jose “Pitón” Dzul of Chemuyil was in a tragic car accident outside of the town, sustaining severe head trauma, a punctured lung and was hospitalized in Playa Del Carmen. Sadly, he succumbed to his extensive injuries on the morning of April 18, 2014 after being transferred to [……]
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