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  1. 3 hours ago, threesheets said:

    Tell me more. Everything I'm reading is that resorts are safe and that being out and about at night is where people get in trouble. I'll have two teenagers with me, so we won't be doing much. It would suck not being able to get out least once during the day though.

    I obviously didn't finish my thought here. I was just saying I watched a travel guy on youtube tour the hotel and all the restaurants last year. It passes the eyeball test at least.

    The resort is a 30-40 minute drive from Tulum proper. You'll be plenty safe, unless you decide to actually go party in Tulum.

  2. 1 hour ago, threesheets said:

    Family and I are looking at Barcelo Maya Palace for a trip later this month. Anyone stayed there by chance?

    You know that's in Puerto Aventuras right?

  3. 4 hours ago, Superhero said:

    The hotel in Mexico where I’m currently staying DEFINITELY needs a bidet system, especially since I can’t throw TP in the toilet. 

    get some Huggies baby wipes

  4. 1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Good thing he ain’t in charge no more. Not that it can salvage any of the damage done. 

    the new president is "eco-friendly" like aggy are "champions"

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    Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist who leads the race by a comfortable margin, has portrayed herself as a champion for the environment, but has supported López Obrador’s fossil-fuel agenda and made few remarks about the environmental damage the train has wrought.

    Little more than a week before the presidential election, Sheinbaum said she was meeting with leaders of neighboring Guatemala and Belize in talks to extend the Maya Train to Central America.

     

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  5. This is a good article for anyone that cares about diving cenotes in the Yucatan, or just thinks maybe we shouldn't destroy aquifers for a fucking train.

    https://apnews.com/projects/mexico-tren-maya-climate-yucatan/

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    In a violation of Mexican law, the government didn’t carry out a comprehensive study to assess the potential environmental impacts before starting construction. That’s led to blindly plowing into caverns with no clue what’s being damaged, scientists and independent lawyers say.

    “Our president has little respect for the law. He’s in a sort of tug of war for power and he does what he wants,” said Claudia Aguilar, a lawyer at Mexico’s Free School of Law.

    When a judge ordered construction of the line be suspended until an adequate report of how the train would affect the caves was carried out, López Obrador ignored the ruling, and the work continued.

    At the same time, much of the project has been cloaked in secrecy as López Obrador has charged Mexico’s military with construction and blocked the release of information in the name of “national security”.

    While Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that unconstitutional, López Obrador disregarded that ruling, too, saying it was to protect his project from “corrupt” critics.

    When the AP requested an interview with leadership of the Maya Train project, spokesperson Mariana Galicia said they were “ordered that we cannot give interviews” but could respond to questions sent over email to “better control” the information shared. They did not respond to questions sent by email.

     

  6. On 5/28/2024 at 8:58 AM, brownboy said:

    yeah I'm definitely going to wait for some real experiences of people like us taking it

    This is a well written apnews piece about it.

    https://apnews.com/projects/mexico-tren-maya-climate-yucatan/

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    In a violation of Mexican law, the government didn’t carry out a comprehensive study to assess the potential environmental impacts before starting construction. That’s led to blindly plowing into caverns with no clue what’s being damaged, scientists and independent lawyers say.

    “Our president has little respect for the law. He’s in a sort of tug of war for power and he does what he wants,” said Claudia Aguilar, a lawyer at Mexico’s Free School of Law.

    When a judge ordered construction of the line be suspended until an adequate report of how the train would affect the caves was carried out, López Obrador ignored the ruling, and the work continued.

    At the same time, much of the project has been cloaked in secrecy as López Obrador has charged Mexico’s military with construction and blocked the release of information in the name of “national security”.

    While Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that unconstitutional, López Obrador disregarded that ruling, too, saying it was to protect his project from “corrupt” critics.

    When the AP requested an interview with leadership of the Maya Train project, spokesperson Mariana Galicia said they were “ordered that we cannot give interviews” but could respond to questions sent over email to “better control” the information shared. They did not respond to questions sent by email.

     

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  7. 2 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    Yeah this.  I don't do it a lot, but if I've stuff to load into the back of the truck...I'll select a spot farther away from the store so I can take my time to get the vehicle backed up proper without a buncha pedestrians.  And that way I can take my sweet time loading mulch or a bunch of groceries without people waiting on me to get my old ass out of the way.  Plus you can usually grab a shaded spot by parking farther away since they tend to plant more trees in the egress/ingress areas of retail/strip centers/hardware stores/etc.  

    My biggest parking pet peeve is no matter how far away I park, and how many spaces I leave on either side of me.  Invariably, someone will park right next to me despite there being 100 open spaces.  I don't get it.  

    So you back your truck into a spot....so you can load a ton of shit into the back of your truck. You plus this thing are shocking.

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  8. 8 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

    the rest of my family loves torchy's . . . I think it's very meh (their queso is quite good though).  Anyhoo, last time I was there I did notice their tortillas were different than the store bought walmart-level shit they used to use.  They tasted and looked home-madeish (by somebody).

    Yeah, they have been a lot better lately (at the Escarpment location anyway)

  9. On 5/28/2024 at 4:37 PM, nineliveslost said:

    The action was good in Atlas , acting not so much

    JLo literally shed 0 tears in every scene she "cried "in 

    She is a shoe-in for the 2024 Razzie. She was fucking awful.

  10. 48 minutes ago, Okie State said:

    Reinstalled Nextdoor to find a sprinkler repair guy. Need to delete again before I engage too many of the psychopaths who post on there.

    You don't have to use an app, the website works fine for engaging with tards.

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  11. 13 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    At my local HEB they were giving samples of that precooked burnt ends and if you wanted to do something quick and easy with that for like a sandwich they'd be perfect.

    And there's a $2 coupon for them this week, ends tomorrow.

  12. 25 minutes ago, brownboy said:

    I'm ambivalent about what that water ferry from Mexico will do to Ambergris Caye since I'm thinking a trip starting in the Cancun area, spending the night at a few stops wherever the train goes, and then ending in Caye Caulker (have stayed on Ambergris enough times).  I presume immigration/customs will be smooth between Mexico and Belize.

    The tren maya is a hilarious piece of shit eco-nightmare/nationalist boondoogle. Don't base any travel plans around riding that thing.

  13. 1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said:

    Not Isla or even Quintana Roo, but has anyone ever stayed at Chable Yucatan near Merida? Thinking about doing that for our next trip and it looks like a really chill place.

    I avoid Merida like the plague during the summer. Hot as fuck. Looks like a cool resort though, and less than an hour drive to Uxmal.

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