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Every Picture Tells a Story

Look around you, you may be basking in the warm Caribbean sun under a palm tree but you’ll still see all the trappings of Christmas and smiling people ready to celebrate the season together with alegria or joy. Nochebuenas or poinsettias,…
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In Search of Flamingos in Rio Lagartos

Go somewhere new this season to restore your bonds with nature. Visit one of the Yucatan’s great wild places, Rio Lagartos. Witness one of its natural wonders, thousands of flamingos feeding in the salt flats or taking wing; there are so…
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Puerto Morelos, One of the 10 Coolest Places to Retire in the Caribbean

According to Caribbean Journal, your peaceful waterfront community Puerto Morelos is one of the 10 coolest places to retire in the Caribbean. With a photo of the iconic leaning lighthouse and the sea, the editor had this to say about “PoMo”: “This…
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Alma Libre Bookstore is Open for the Season

Have you already run out of books for the beach? Call in at Alma Libre Bookstore on the main square in Puerto Morelos. Run by Canadian couple Rob and Joanne Birce, Alma Libre stocks an extensive selection of second-hand and new books ranging…
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More Flights to Cancun from Four US Cities

American Airlines has announced four new Saturday flights between Cancun and Raleigh-Durham, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Kansas City to begin on March 5, 2016. In other flight news, Lufthansa will start flying from Frankfurt to Cancun this month…
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Cancun wins at the World Travel Awards

For the fifth year running, Cancun scooped up a World Travel Award as the Best Beach Destination in Mexico and Central America. The Cancun Visitors and Convention Bureau was also a winner in its category. The awards ceremony took place at the…
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Quintana Roo Breaks World Record for Number of Cruise Ship Passengers

From January 1 to November 15, the cruise ship ports of Cozumel and Mahahual welcomed 3, 118,207 passengers on 1,013 ships, a world record in the cruise sector. This also consolidates the state’s position as the leading cruise ship destination…
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New Water Park opens in Mahahual

An attraction for cruise ship passengers and families exploring the Costa Maya, the Lost Maya Kingdom is a new water park in Mahahual with a dash of Indiana Jones adventure thrown in. Nine water slides down the side of a 112-foot pyramid, four…
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Excavations Planned for 5 Mayan Sites in 2016

Archaeologists working for INAH, the National Institute of Anthropology and History will continue with excavation and restoration projects in Chichen Itza, Dzibilchaltun, Ek Balam, Mayapan and the Izamal area in 2016. They will be searching…