Category: Mexico
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El Rey Ruins in Cancún Through the Lens
Tourists go from driving through a lengthy strip of retail shops such as Louie Vuitton and Dolce&Gabbana to a hidden ruin site located in middle of the sleepless city where condos replace skyscrapers. Visitors can still experience small Mayan remnants of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization at El Rey (Las Ruinas del Rey) located in the…
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Hecho En Mexico: Playa del Carmen’s Thriftiest Bikini
I had been eyeing a $250 dollar bathing suit in a storefront window for a month when it happened. Lying on the beach, a woman walked right in line of my ocean view with the bathing suit. It looked horrible. Ok maybe horrible is a bit extreme, but it did not look $250 dollars worthy.…
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Ek’ Balam Through The Lens
Ek’ Balam is located in beautiful Temozón, Mexico and exhibits 45 Mayan ruin structures. The site lacks sightseers and gigantic tour busses as it is one of the less known ruin sites in the Yucatán making it an intimate experience for the visitor. The astonishing and remarkably well-preserved sculptures uncovered at Ek’ Balam date from…
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Dreaming in Mayan Blocks of Chichen Itza By Way of Valladolid
My life was a vast gleaming empty page and I could do anything I wanted. I grab my faded blue Chuck Taylors and hop in a rental van with my husband and three-year-old son to pick up my two brothers in Cancun. Our intention is to explore ruins in central Yucatán. We spend the night in…
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Thrifting at Segunda Vida
Downtown Playa del Carmen is not absent of boutique shops, but it is missing an abundance of thrift stores. In America, consignment shops seem to be on nearly every corner but here in Playa I was only able to find one: Segunda Vida (Second Life). The tiny, eclectic shop displays racks of specialty items from…
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Add Some Color To Your Life With A DIY Piñata
You don’t need a reason to take a whack at making a piñata. While time consuming, it is fairly easy to make on your own. People that see this round, colorful ball will be seriously impressed with your paper crafting skills. You might even impress yourself. What you’ll need: Newspaper Scissors Glue Colored tissue paper…
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Quick & Easy DIY Valentine’s Day Treats
Today is Día de San Valentín (St. Valentine’s Day) and children, friends and lovers all over the world will be celebrating.Valentine’s Day began as formal worship celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrs in history is Saint Valentine as he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were…
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Dolphins: Dying to Entertain You
Throughout Playa Del Carmen and Cancun, the streets are lined with pushy vendors promising tourists an amazing swim-with-the-dolphins (SWTD) experience. A decent looking woman smiles on a sign behind a dealer, and appears as though she is making a connection with the grey-skinned creature swimming close to her. Vacationers are quick to hand over their…
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DIY Child Art Birthday Tag
So (in my opinion) you don’t need to fetch fancy gifts these days. It is totally about the thought. My son celebrated a birthday party at school involving bags of candy, cake, a piñata and of course, gifts. I’ve never actually met the birthday girl, Natalia, but Hayes knew her, which, is why the gesture needed…
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