The Florida-Yucatan ferry: Don’t give up, but don’t hold your breath
Here is an email that went out to prospective future passengers on that on-again, off-again ferry service to Florida. It’s from Bruce Nierenberg of United Caribbean Lines: I appreciate that everyone who goes back and forth to the U.S. and Canada from the Yucatan will be very happy when we get the ferry started. So [...]
Backlash over T Magazine’s article on Yucatán
The New York Times’ T Magazine, which covers fashion and style, had its own take on Yucatán today. It wrote a frothy, somewhat glib article, illustrated beautifully, but filled with jabs at the state of cuisine and shopping. You get the tone from its home page headline: “Mérida, Mexico, might not offer much on the [...]
An unexpected cruise-ship day in Progreso
Locals know to avoid Progreso on “cruise-ship day,” when streets are overcrowded and restaurants are at capacity. Now, some visitors expecting a quiet day at the beach will be in for a surprise, unless they’ve been following the news. The battered Carnival Triumph will be towed into Progreso’s port after a fire crippled the ship, [...]
Why a high-speed train across Yucatán is more likely than the slow boat to Tampa
Just about everyone has given up waiting for the ferry to Tampa. Now another transportation option is being dangled, and expats are taking it more seriously. Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has announced a high-speed rail project (but not quite the bullet-train that’s been bandied about). It is to be built under a private-public partnership. This is [...]
Would you eat and shop at the Lucas de Galvez market?
To live in the Centro histórico of Mérida, you have two general choices when it’s time to fill your pantry. South to the traditional markets, or north to Costco. The expats of Centro tend to head to Costco, or to the many other modern supermarkets that have sprung up in the last 20 years. They’re [...]
