Find unique things to do in Yucatan Peninsula in the video below. It includes such off the tourist track places as Ek Balam, with its magnificent carvings in the face of a pyramid that you can climb. You’ll also find … Continue reading
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Yucatan Map with Attractions, a video, in which you’ll see a map of Yucatan showing it’s attractions, and also a description of things to do in Yucatan Peninsula. They include Mayan ruins, Riviera Maya beaches, Mexican pyramids, and Colonial cities. … Continue reading

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

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

Author Carol Chapman will be presenting her Atlantis and Its Colonies in Egypt and Yucatan seminar on November 16, 2013 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The event will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Unity of Charlottesville. Cost … 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