If you want to contribute something a little bit different this year to a Halloween part, think about making some Pan de Muerto for your guests or as a Halloween party gift. This is a historical sweet bread recipe (pan = bread) and is only served during Day of the Dead rituals. The bread is [...]
Detoxing on your Tulum vacation the natural way!
We have talked about having an electronic detox on your holiday, putting away your smart phone, closing the computer, turning off the phone and stepping away from those gadgets that we seem to gravitate to every second, it is not minutes these days, our addiction to our gadgets are now reaching the seconds not the [...]
Sunset at Cesiak in the Sian Kaan Biosphere – video blog
We really don’t need to say anything as the video speaks for itself. This was one of those spontaneous evenings where a bunch of Casa de las Olas guests decided to high tail to the Sian Kaan and watch the sunset at Cesiak from the roof top. A bottle of wine, some roasted pumpkin seed [...]
Food discovery in Mexico – raw cacao – a Tulum moment
Okay many of you may already know the benefits of cacao, the bean that produces chocolate and is grown throughout South America. I did not know the benefits or taste of the raw cacao bean and a serendipidous moment in Tulum on the Tulum beach road has changed all of that. The taste was incredible, [...]
Mayan Monday – An easy Mayan recipe you can cook at home!
Cochinita pibili is a popular recipe within the Mayan culture and becoming more popular internationally. IF you live north of the border, Cochinta Pibil is called Pulled Pork, a popular dish that chefs are adapting and using in their dinner menus. What many diners don’t know is that pulled pork is from the Mayan culture! [...]
Find the ultimate sustainable vacation – Check out Tulum
People say it takes a while to find us. They search and search for the perfect vacation destination and then the perfect lodgings that match their need for a break, their belief system, their vacation needs and somewhere that they connect to before they arrive. Sorry it took you so long to find us, but [...]
Kayaking in the Sian Kaan in Mexico – guided or unguided tour
When people think of Tulum they have a mental image of large, white sand beaches, cool places to stay, ecclectic community and a night sky that has more stars than most people have ever seen. This is picture is true, all of it, but what many don’t know is that the landscape is much more [...]
Doing things the Mayan way in Tulum
I had to stop the other day and smile. After living in Tulum for a while now, I realized that I have adopted different ways of doing things. I have sunk into the culture that predominates this area. I will not go as far as saying that I am Mayan, I am not, but I [...]
