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 […]
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 […]
Chinese driver in Merida collides with crossing car due to confusion in new traffic lights
Mérida, Yucatán, November 1, 2021. – A motorist of Chinese origin caused a collision in the streets of downtown Mérida when she got confused with the green light of the pedestrian traffic light and processed to cross the intersection and hit a crossing vehicle. The oriental woman was traveling on 62nd Street in a Mini Cooper […]
SWITZERLAND AND MÉRIDA STRENGTHEN TIES WITH PROJECTS TO PROMOTE TOURISM
The representatives of the Swiss Confederation in the southeast of Mexico are interested in promoting sustainable projects that expose the cultural richness through the use of cutting-edge digital technology, to expand the tourist attraction of the region since it will be part of a virtual museum of the aquifer informed the mayor, Renán Barrera Concha. […]
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 […]
TEXAN Turned Expat in Mérida Launches Local Tour Business from Her Highly Successful Life in Merida Blog
After making her permanent move to Mérida from the U.S. solo, Amy Jones knows a thing or two about Life in Mérida. She shares what she has learned openly on her blog LifeinMerida.com. She also welcomes a variety of guests to Mérida via the tour site MeridaMexicoTours.com. Mérida, Mexico, June 1, 2021 – After garnering […]