The day Yucatan broke the Guinness World Record for Cochinita Pibil

On January 25, 2016, a group of Yucatecan Chefs prepared the world’s largest serving of roasted pork in the form of Yucatán’s famous Cochinita Pibil in the quest to win back a world record, that should’ve never left the Land of Mayab… A group of Yucatán chefs regained the Guinness World Record for Mexico that […]

How easy it is to do business in Merida, Yucatan (VIDEO)

Jose Arteaga a Travel Expert with 2.32K subscribers, describes how easy is it to set up a business in Merida, Yuc. There are so many people actively participating in true capitalism in this giant unregulated country that allows entrepreneurship to really flourish, so what does it mean to you as an ex-pat looking to settle […]

Charismatic Chicago girl makes Yucatecan “Terno” viral

In Yucatán, Taylor, a girl from Chicago, United States, went viral after posing in a typical state costume with pride in Izamal, where she spent her birthday. It was the same photographer, Julio Leal Ortiz, who lives in Merida, who shared the beautiful images of Taylor, the girl from Chicago who wore a Yucatan “Terno” […]

Yucatecan family stars on Netflix documentary

They star in the documentary series Once Upon a Bite how to prepare PIB. Mérida, Yucatán (March 16, 2021).- Yucatán will be part of the spectacular Chinese documentary series “ Once Upon a Bite ”, which travels the world through food and which is filmed by a Chinese production company for Asian television and for various multimedia platforms such as Netflix. The […]

INAH and the Yucatan Peninsular China Association formalize cultural collaboration agreement

It highlights the efforts to continue promoting interdisciplinary meetings The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Asociación China Península de Yucatán AC signed, in compliance with health protocols, the academic and cultural collaboration agreement that aims to establish coordination between these institutions. This agreement formalizes various common efforts aimed at interdisciplinary meetings […]

Yucatan Governor inaugurates school, but when will students be able to go back?

Tizimín, Yucatán, February 17, 2021.- More than 13,000 students from Tizimín and its police stations will benefit from the new educational spaces, furniture, and equipment that Governor Mauricio Vila Dosal delivered so that the students of the public schools of this municipality can count on the appropriate facilities and environments so that, when the epidemiological […]

Crime wave unstoppable in Celestun, Yucatan

Man about to be lynched for causing damage to a church in Celestún Celestún, Yucatán (January 5, 2021). – Tired of the frequent robberies in the port, residents of Celestún were on the verge of lynching a subject, allegedly from Veracruz, who caused damage to the chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe, located in this coastal […]

Viva Aerobus launches new Mérida-Havana route

MÉRIDA, YUCATAN (December 20, 2020).- “We have a new route with Havana “, expressed the State Secretary of Tourism, Michelle Fridman Hirsch, when she welcomed the inaugural flight from Havana-Mérida of the Viva Aerobús Mexican air carrier. With this flight, the airline will link both cities twice a week: on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The airline will operate the route with […]

PAN Governors agree on new Covid measures

Mandatory face masks and increased Covid-19 testing are among five measures Mexico’s nine National Action Party (PAN) governors have agreed to implement to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The governors of Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas and Yucatán announced that a common health policy will be implemented in the nine […]