Written by El Gallo on March 16, 2001
- Chetumal is more or less the center of the enshrinement of Mayan culture, probably because it is the main political site within the Mayan area. The state government is very much into depicting, glorifying,...
Written by maddaisy on June 27, 2001
- We travelled thru Chetumal twice, on the way to and from Belize.
Originally, it was a place we had planned on visiting and we planned to stay 3 days. We left the next afternoon on...
Written by El Gallo on March 16, 2001
- This is the cutest damn thing. Adorable, bizarre, and wistful all at once. It's right across from the State Congress' huge green dome on the Malecon, the Maqueta de Payo Obispo. It's...
Written by El Gallo on March 16, 2001
- This is the main drag, head and shoulders. It runs through the downtown all the way from the pier up to the Mayab Museum. Once you stroll past the Cultural Ghetto, you hit...
Written by El Gallo on March 15, 2001
- This place is so cool, I don't even want to tell you about it. Nobody goes there, and it is waaaaaaaaaay cool.
Anchored right off the main pier is a pontoon boat with a charming...
Written by El Gallo on March 15, 2001
- This is all most people see of Chetumal. You arrive here from Mexican points and depart for Belize. Or vice versa. It's the new kind of bus station, the kind that sucks....
Written by El Gallo on March 15, 2001
- At the foot of Niños Heroes is a series of state parks, and the municipal pier. Once a ferry landing from Belize, the pier is not used mostly for fishing, making out, tying up...
Written by El Gallo on March 16, 2001
- Another treat for Ucum habitants. Right across from the Pantoja is the Hierbaria Pozo Rico, a natual herb apothecary that cures what ails you, no matter how awful or humiliating your complaint. Infertility?...
Written by El Gallo on March 16, 2001
- Those who follow my writings here (preferably right into the valley of shadow of Death) are aware that I am an ice cream freak. Hang out long enough in the tropics and you'll be...
Chetumal
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