In Case You Missed This –
Lachlan Ansett, or whatever his name is, was in Merida about eight months ago running his scam. He is particularly dangerous as he claims to be a doctor and research geneticist, and has apparently “treated” a number of people. (He is not a doctor.) When he was here, he [...]
January, 2010
Crime – Con Man on the Loose
A Cancun Experience
Why would anyone go to Cancun to have fun when you can be in Merida? If you want water, go to Progreso. If you want to shop, go to Miami. If you want to walk the streets safely, stay here.
This past weekend, LG and I went to Cancun to hang around the edges of a [...]
Crime In Merida: A Mean Con
Stories from the Calle
A man we’ll call Oswaldo was sitting in a restaurant with his friends early one afternoon when his cell phone rang. He took the call and a gruff voice told him that they were holding his cousin and would kill him if he didn’t deposit $50,000 MN to a bank account to [...]
A personal shift – to living day-to-day in Merida
YUCATAN YENTA CROSSES THE LINE
I realized this week for the first time that I am more comfortable here than in the USA. This has taken years to change.
A few days ago, I went to Gran Plaza, paid my CFE (electricity bill) on their spiffy new machine, paid my property tax at the little module in [...]
Places
Merida Mansion
Temozon wall
Teabo Yucatan churchyard
The following series of pictures are of Detroit’s Heidelberg Project. For more information on this artist’s effort to make a palette out of a crumbling neighborhood, look here. The artist who created this project is Tyree Guyton. Read more about Tyree by pressing here.
Heidelberg
People
Young farmer at Puyallup Fair, WA
Brisa doing Kenny’s hair
Nicholas Pech Canul
Fidel Garcia
Minako Yamamoto and her parents, Tokyo
Shoshanna and friend
Maya woman, Poxila, Yuc.
Medicinal herbs vendor, Merida
Update on Deadly Awakening 1/17/10
I’ve sold a few copies. Some to people I don’t even know!
I’m still not widely marketing this because I have to fix some format issues. I’ve been busy with my blog, www.gorbman.com, which is gathering a readership and I’m hoping that the two entities will feed into each other as time goes by.
Amazon sent me [...]