Sea Turtle season is just around the corner, so here are a few tips to ensure the females and their eggs are kept safe.Please read below for a list of guidelines!
May usually marks the beginning of turtle season on the Riviera Maya as the first loggerheads begin coming ashore at night to nest on area beaches. A month or two later they will be followed by green turtles, and the last hatchlings will emerge from their nests in September or October. Although hawksbills can also be seen feeding in the reefs of the Riviera Maya, they prefer to nest on the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. These shores also see the occasional leatherback, the largest of all turtles, but only very rarely.
Coatimundis You Have Seen Them But What The Heck Are They
Monday, 04 April 2005
Who lives in our back yard?
We have all seen them, and these funny raccoon like creatures have become part of our day to day life while living here in the Riviera Maya. My husband and I have one that comes and visits our yard in search of treats, and he is now known affectionately as Sherman aka “The Sherminator.” I decided to do a little research on the Coatimundi, and here is what I found out....
After the last article I wrote in Playa Maya News on building a home in the jungle and living among the Mayans, we were often asked how we ended up in this part of the world. We all, at one time in our lives, dream of leaving our mundane world in search of an exotic paradise. My husband and I have a dream to build our new home on a gorgeous piece of property we purchased two years ago on Santa Fe Beach in Tulum. After the border crossing in Laredo, we embarked on a fabulous adventure on what we like to call the “Mariposa Trail”. We made a conscious effort to let the mariposa (butterfly) be our guide. We wanted to make sure that it was the journey, not the destination we would reflect on at the close of each day.
I first came to the Yucatan in the early 1980´s. At that time, the highway down Cancun Island ended at the Convention Center. It was a dirt path to Club Med at the South end of the island. Club Med was the only Hotel on the beach. We rented dirt bikes and traveled to the end. Along the way we discovered El Rey and believed that we were the first adventurers to discover this ruin.
CHAPTER 3: MY LIFE IN THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM IN PLAYA DEL CARMEN
Monday, 21 March 2005
By Joey B "The Cicce" Bevacqua
Chapter Three: "Knock, knock ... Who' s there?... F.B.I...."
All names have been changed, in order to protect the innocent as well as the guilty.
The truck came to a screeching halt in front of our house, out jumped Chicken Harry, Gene Rags, and Matty B. They lugged a huge cardboard box into the house. Dad and I opened the box, and inside was a television console in Italian fruitwood. This was a piece of furniture!!! For the next 3 days I did not leave the TV set.....
A strong familial bond crosses over cultures and borders.
My wife and I have coming to Playa del Carmen for the past 17 years. We discovered it by chance, and by chance wandered into a bar on 5th Avenue called The Chicago Connection. Many things have changed since then; all inclusives, big grocery stores, nice roads, but several things have not. The beautiful blue water is still beautiful and blue, the people are still happy and generous, and there is one young Mexican man who has become a special part of my family
What happens when 4 locals from Playa del Carmen emabark on a road trip adventrue?
Here's the way I remember it.....
Four of us were sitting around Captain Dave’s on the beach drinking beer when someone said:"Why don’t we rent a car and drive around the Mountains of Chiapas?” “That’s a great idea!” we responded, and The Misadventure began. The characters in this drama are as follows. The names are changed to protect the guilty......
Check out these two books, at Alma Libre Bookstore, and find out valuable information about living in Mexico.
When we decided to start a new life in Puerto Morelos, one of the most difficult things was getting good, reliable information on subjects like, buying real estate, buying or starting a business, getting your FM3, and of course, the always important health care. Everyone seemed to know a little bit about it, but we heard different things from different people. It was all very confusing.
Beach clean up in Cozumel, information on passport renewal, IRS tax information. how you can help save the ocean views, and an English Teacher is needed at Colegio Americano, read more below for details!
A visit to the USA proves to be a bit of a culture shock!
I’d been living in Spanish speaking countries for almost five months. So when my visa ran out, it felt like a breath of fresh air to head to the first world for some creature comforts.
It proved to be cheaper to fly to Tijuana and then walk across the border into Southern California. And my first trip to the city,which most people think is really Mexico, confirmed my worst fears. It’s ugly, owns none of regional Mexico's beauty and is simply not very nice. About the only good thing about it is the huge flag .From just about every point on both sides of the border you can see it. I wonder why the Americans have not entered the pissing contest with a flag of their own. There’s a hill right there which would be perfect to raise the stars and stripes.
EVERYBODY HAS A DREAM
By CSP
By Joey B "The Cicce" Bevacqua
By Jim Fry aka Jaime Frito
By CSP
By Robert & Joanne M. Birce
By Anne Harris
