Puerto Morelos Beach Bar in Caribbean’s Top 50
We know that you love your own slice of paradise at the Heaven Beach Bar and can’t wait to sink your toes into the soft sand, order your favorite cocktail or beer and enjoy the view. Yet if you enjoy beach hopping and visiting some of the…
More Palm trees for Puerto Morelos and Cancun beaches
The beach reforestation program that began in Cancun in 2014 has now been extended to Puerto Morelos where 8,000 palms will be planted on the dunes and beaches this year. Palm trees and other shoreline plants anchor the sand with their roots…
Merida Bound
On your next visit to Merida, capital of the neighboring state of Yucatan, you’ll probably notice that more dilapidated or abandoned 19th-century and early 20th century houses and civic buildings in the historic heart of the city are being…
Cancun Flight News
Vacation Express has launched a seasonal weekly nonstop flight from Memphis to Cancun until August 3.
In other airline news, as part of its Cielito Limpio environmental campaign, Mexican airline Volaris is investing in cleaner technology to…
Amigos de Sian Ka’an launch Water is Life campaign
Cancun-based conservation NGO, Amigos de Sian Ka’an has launched a new campaign called Agua es Vida or Water is Life to raise awareness of the need for better water management and marine conservation. In order to do this, it has teamed up…
Gold Medal for Spirit Distilled in Valladolid
If you have driven to the colonial town of Valladolid on the toll road you may have noticed fields of blue agave, the plant that gave the world tequila, growing beside the highway as you turn off for the town center. The fields belong to the…
More literary honors for US Chef based in Yucatan
David Sterling, a chef from the United States who lives in Merida has added the prestigious James Beard Foundation award for food writing to the Art of Eating prize for Best Food Book of the Year he won earlier this year for Yucatan: Recipes…
Upcoming Events
Sea Walls Festival: Murals for Oceans, Cozumel, July 17-26
Street art comes to Cozumel in a festival organized by the Municipal Government and Pangea Seed, an international organization seeking to transmit a message of marine conservation through murals. More than 25 artists will paint huge murals in the island capital San Miguel to celebrate the beauty of the oceans and their plight.
