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Category: Mexico, South & Central America

Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories about Mexico, as well as South and Central America. Areas covered include the Mexican Yucatan, Peru, Ecuador, and more.

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Where remodelers settle in, Mérida, Mexico

Posted onNovember 12, 2015October 17, 2018Leave a comment

All of the homes we toured last fall on the Mèrida English Library’s House and Garden Tour underwent substantial remodeling at some point. A major remodeling project is a challenge in the simplest of situations, Read More …

CategoriesMexico, Mexico, South & Central America, Yucatan

It’s house tour season again in Mérida, Mexico

Posted onNovember 2, 2015October 17, 20184 Comments

It’s November again. That means the English Library in Mérida, Mexico, is once again offering expats and tourists a chance to peek into some spectacular homes.

CategoriesMexico

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Days of the Dead in Minnesota: These are your neighbors

Posted onOctober 30, 2015October 17, 20182 Comments

I’m lucky to have traveled to so many wonderful places around the world, but some of the most beautiful and fascinating cultural experiences I’ve had have been right here in Minnesota. There is a lot Read More …

CategoriesMexico, Minneapolis / Saint Paul Twin Cities Metro Area, Minnesota, USATagstraditional culture

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House of Halach Uinic, Tulum, Mexico

Posted onSeptember 8, 2015October 17, 2018Leave a comment

Not surprisingly, I took way too many pictures when we visited the Mayan ruins at Tulum, Mexico, last December. It was hard not to just keep shooting, the stonework was interesting and the changing light Read More …

CategoriesMexico, Mexico, South & Central America

El Castillo, Tulum, Mexico

Posted onApril 13, 2015December 15, 20202 Comments

It’s hard not to be drawn to El Castillo (the castle) when visiting the Mayan ruins at Tulum, Mexico. Although not particularly tall by Mayan standards, it still quietly dominates the site and I regularly Read More …

CategoriesMexico, Mexico, South & Central America

Photo of the cut-out “audience” of historic figures in the Chapel of Guadalupe at Xcaret park in Playa del Carmen, Mexico © Cindy Carlsson at ExplorationVacation.net

The Chapel of Guadalupe, Xcaret, Mexico

Posted onApril 11, 2015March 14, 20234 Comments

Xcaret (located near Playa del Carmen on Mexico’s Caribbean coast) emphasizes that it is a cultural park as well as an eco-adventure park. The Chapel of Guadalupe at Xcaret is part of its cultural side. Read More …

CategoriesMexicoTagsreligion and religious architecture

Frida the Mexican mermaid

Posted onMarch 10, 2015October 17, 20183 Comments

Seen in a shop on Isla Holbox, Mexico: Linked to Wordless Wednesday at image-in-ing All Isla Holbox posts

CategoriesMexico

A kiss in Mérida, Mexico

Posted onMarch 5, 2015October 17, 20185 Comments

A sweet bit of street art in Mérida’s historic core: This post is linked to Travel Photo Thursday at Nancie’s Budget Traveler’s Sandbox. All Yucatán State posts All Mexican Yucatán posts

CategoriesMexico

Our 2014 Yucatán Itinerary

Posted onMarch 4, 2015June 14, 2021Leave a comment

This is, as I have titled it, our itinerary. It is not necessarily the itinerary I would recommend.

CategoriesMexico

A construction project in Mérida, Mexico

Posted onFebruary 24, 2015October 17, 2018Leave a comment

I happened to have worked my way up to the front of the group at our Mérida English Library’s House and Garden Tour last November when our guide asked if we minded waiting for a Read More …

CategoriesMexico, Mexico, South & Central America

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