” Mi casita mexicana”: the dream of a Canadian couple in Merida

More and more Canadians are choosing to live in the sun for six months of the year. Some are even building the house of their dreams. One night, after a long day at work, Rhoda Lordly Manser and Robin Manser were quietly watching television in their Toronto home. The reality television series House Hunters International presented that day an […]

Vets, clinics, and PET shops in Merida (video)

By Raul Curmina If you have a pet, either a dog or a cat, let me tell you that in Merida we have very good veterinarian services as well as pet stores where you can find everything you need for your pet. How to transport your pet to Mexico if they cant fly. Here are […]

Mérida is one of the favorite new spots for Expats and tourists alike

Mérida is a Spanish-colonial city. But Mérida is very different from all other Mexican cities. Mérida is a metropolis of almost a million people, with universities, major corporations, museums, and its own international airport with direct flights to the U.S. In addition, Mérida is in the semitropical Yucatán Peninsula, in Southeast Mexico. It’s just a half-hour […]

”Suspicious” man in Mérida turns out to be from the United States; detained and taken to INM

The subject detained in a Reforma building comes from Michigan and would be taken to Immigration for processing. The “suspicious” man, hostile and uncommunicative, arrested in Mérida turned out to be a person from the United States who arrived in Mérida for unknown reasons. He only provided officials from the Ministry of Public Security with a document […]

Expats stop buying houses in downtown Merida

Foreigners do not buy properties due to the uncertainty that prevails until today due to the coronavirus pandemic The gentrification process that has been taking place in the Historic Center of Mérida for some years slowed down with the arrival of the pandemic since the conditions of uncertainty that exist until today are not viable […]

The whitening of Merida’s Historic center

Mérida, Yucatán. – The appropriation of space in the Historic Center of Mérida by new foreign residents has brightened an area of ​​the city that had previously lost its luster and grace. However, urban planning specialists assure that the situation has generated a lifestyle that ends up expelling Yucatecan people who have lived in the area for decades, simply because current dynamics do […]