With every passing year, Progreso’s Carnaval appears to get bigger and better, giving Mérida’s celebrations a real run for their money.
Senior Editor Carlos Rosado van der Gracht is a Mexican expedition/Canadian photographer, adventure leader, and PhD candidate. Born in Mérida, Carlos holds multimedia, philosophy, and translation degrees from universities in Mexico, Canada and Norway.
Still stinging from competition from ride-sharing platforms, FUTV taxis and vans in the city are testing out free wi-fi service for passengers.
Maya from the Yucatán Peninsula have a genetic affinity with a Siberian boy known as El Niño de Mal’ta, who lived 25,000 years ago.
With the summer holiday period officially over, the municipal police report they arrested 922 people for various misdeeds.
Just days before the Easter holidays begin, the Tren Maya, or Maya Train, is registering an average of only two people per day taking advantage of tourist packages, the newspaper Reforma reports. This low turnout comes despite significant promotion from the federal government for Tren Maya tourist packages paired with Mexicana de Aviación flights and…
Hotels in Yucatán are expecting to reach near 60% occupancy over the Easter holidays. Even before the official start of the holiday season on March 29, tourists began to arrive in Mérida in numbers not seen since before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Many families from far and wide in México have chosen Yucatán…
As Hurricane Delta strengthens in the Caribbean and prepares to barrel into the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo has the most to worry about. But the state of Yucatan isn’t out of danger. Here is what we know so far: Some coastal areas are being evacuated. Governor Mauricio Vila announced that coastal residents in the easternmost part of…