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What’s New Around Akumal – May 2020
Great lantern to have on hand for the frequent power outages in Akumal Norte. Available in Costco. Just like the old days! And a puzzle that’s making the rounds —
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Balance & Flexibility Exercises – 2 More
Lateral lunge Stand with your feet together, hands clasped chest high. Take a big step (about 2 feet) out to the right. When your foot hits the floor, hinge forward at your hips, push your butt back, and bend your right knee to lower into a lunge. Pause for a [……]
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Women Of Akumal, 2
IT’S IN MY SOUL! There seems to be a theme about discovering Akumal – it tends to be a tertiary thought in the minds of first-time travelers to the area, especially back in the 1970s and ’80s when it was merely [……]
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CEA Newsletter Highlights
— from the CEA Newsletter
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Vecinos News
Asociación de Vecinos de Akumal Norte AC Hi Everyone, The government has put out phase 3 rules: 1. Face masks must be worn outside and in stores or offices. 2. Rental properties are not to accept rentals from April 1 to April 30th. At the end of April, the government will [……]
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Elephant in the Riviera Maya: Part 3
A Series On What It’s Like to Give Birth To A Mexican Elephant Part 3: A Home In Isolation Well, it happened! Three weeks into the birth of this elephant and a nasty global pandemic hits our lives and sends the world into a tailspin. Boom, life as we know it, [……]
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CEA: Sea Turtle Camp 2020
Sea Turtle Camp 2020- Coronavirus-Covid 19 — by Linda Mulgrew Back in January of this year I had the pleasure of meeting with a group that has been volunteering with the Sea Turtle Camp on the beaches in Akumal. In 1993, the first sea turtle protection began in Akumal and [……]
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Bits & Pieces – April 2020
A little this & that from the media. • Mexico asks residents to stay home for a month to slow coronavirus as cases rise https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally-idUSKBN21G02B — full text of the edict: https://wp.me/pa80GY-nKA • 3D Model Tracks Earth’s Second Largest Contributor to Greenhouse Warming https://weather.com/science/environment/video/3d-model-tracks-earths-second-largest-contributor-to-greenhouse-warming?isSubsequent=true [……]