Reply
Kristine Ellingson tells her stories about life in Tales from the Yucatan Jungle. She describes how she needs to get away after a devastating marriage breakup, but she doesn’t lose heart. … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Tales from the Yucatan Jungle
Do Yucatan Peninsula expats enjoy living out of the U.S.? How do Americans living in Yucatan fare? Kristine Ellingson describes 21 delightful, but challenging, years in a Mayan village married to a Mayan man in her Yucatan Peninsula expat memoir, Tales … Continue reading
Twenty-one years living in Yucatan has given Kristine Ellingson a different opinion of safety in Yucatan Peninsula for women than the U.S. media leads us to believe. In this video excerpt of a interview with Kristine, she gives safety tips for women … Continue reading
Having lived in Yucatan for 21 years, Kristine Ellingson understands safety in Yucatan Peninsula compared with the U.S. In this video, she describes her Mayan husband Santiago’s experiences while guest lecturer at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in the United … Continue reading
One of the first questions people ask before they go to Yucatan is, “Is it safe to travel in Yucatan?” In this video, Yucatan resident Kristine Ellingson describes her experiences with safety in Yucatan. She includes what she calls, “Checkpoint … Continue reading
by “Mexico Mike” Nelson I admit to having a certain number of prejudices. Had I not exchanged emails with Kristine before knowing about her book, Tales from the Yucatan Jungle, I probably would not have read it. In our discourses … Continue reading
Here are some reviews of Tales from the Yucatan Jungle: Life in a Mayan Village by Kristine Ellingson. Jane Kirkpatrick Award-winning author of Homestead: Modern Pioneers Pursuing the Edge of Possibility and A Daughter’s Walk “Kristine Ellingson’s memoir is one … Continue reading
Tales from the Yucatan Jungle: Life in a Mayan Village by Kristine Ellingson Chapter Fifteen Curanderos The next time I am to come up against something I cannot explain it is a shamanic experience, a curandero. * * * I … Continue reading
Tales from the Yucatan Jungle: Life in a Mayan Village by Kristine Ellingson Table of Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter One: AN IBIS AMONG THE FRIJOLES Chapter Two: WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITIES Chapter Three: A SLIGHT DETOUR ON THE WAY TO … Continue reading
Tales from the Yucatan Jungle: Life in a Mayan Village by Kristine Ellingson is available in both paperback and Kindle. Where would you go if you needed to get away from it all? What would happen if you never came … Continue reading