Yucatán is a paradise, but maybe paradise isn’t perfect. Maybe it has potholes, mosquitos, and humidity that makes your hair frizz. Realistic, direct-from-the-locals’-mouth is what comes to mind when we think of the travel tips Yucatán Today has been issuing for the past 35 years. And its co-founder, Judy Abbott Mier y Teran, was inspired…
Vanessa Rivero always knew that art was her life’s path. “I experimented a lot and delved deep into self-study. I also studied in New York for a few months but returned to Mérida because it was important to me that, if possible, I should find ways to grow professionally and learn in Yucatán.” When her…
My mother and I are talking about how much life has changed in the 47 years since she moved to Yucatán. “I’ve come a long way since North Vancouver,” she says. “My city is a cosmopolitan hub now, but in the 1970s, North Van was a pretty small place.” In 1976, Joanna van der Gracht…
Right before I moved to California in 2020, my best friend Laura and I decided to take a girls’ trip. We wanted to go somewhere neither of us had been and set our minds on El Cuyo as the destination for my last hurrah in my home state. Now, I have been to every beach…
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