Tag: Culture
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Climbing in Coba
Heading out at dawn New Year’s Day, techno music remains pumping upon the horizon and the rumbling of the gigantic crowds roar to the beat. Playa hadn’t slept all night. Mascara smeared Mexican girls wobble by in sky-high heels as my husband and I debate if each girl that stumbles past actually kept their shoes…
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Mexican Inspired Popcorn
Let’s talk spice. You know…zing, zest, pizzazz. Tajín is a company in Mexico that produces a tangy, spicy “fruit seasoning” powder (salsa en polvo) consisting of chile peppers, salt and dehydrated lime juice. You can find this stuff everywhere in Mexico. I mean EVERYWHERE and it is most certainly a staple down here so it only seems…
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The Exploration of Foods in Playa Del Carmen
I won’t say that moving to Playa Del Carmen was much of a culture shock but I will say that everyday things I am accustomed to in the United States definitely seem different. Most people do not embrace change easily or they have a hard time adjusting in an environment unlike what they are used…
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Let’s See If We Can Get the Gringos to Eat the Worm
It turns out the liquor-logged worm lying at the bottom of the tequila bottle is not an ancient Mexican tradition after all.Not only is the “worm in the bottle” myth old and exhausted, there is never supposed to be a worm in Mexican bottled tequila. The worm belongs only in bottles of Mezcal. However, various American…
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Maya, which in Sanskrit, means, dreamlike, the earth, all living things in the Universe must be regarded as Maya, the reflection of the moon on the lake – Jack Kerouac
There has been much buildup of the Mayan calendar ending this year and what (if anything) will happen. I guess you can say curiosity led me, my husband and son to Playa del Carmen. I imagined I’d be much older visiting the Mayan ruins. We arrived in Playa a couple of days before visiting the Tulum ruins…
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