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From the Municipal Facebook site..... ( FB page link)
Boxing match Sunday, Dec. 17 featuring "El Coyote" Salamanca & Guadalupe "El Cachorro" (the Puppy) Motta.
The boxing function "La Conquista", will take place next Sunday, December 17 at the beach club "El Pescador Caribbean Funday", which is part of the championship of the Mexican Federation of Boxing Commissions (Fecombox), and will present the stellar fight between Luis Salamanca, known as the "Coyote", and Guadalupe "El Cachorro" Motta. The director of the Sports and Recreation Institute, Natanael Gallegos Salinas, said that tickets for the event can be purchased by calling 998-202-0570 and 998-170-1413. (El Pescador beach club is in Sac Bajo, not far from the entrance, on the left. See events section for more info & prices).
There's a graphic for the Christmas Caravan...see the Events section below.
The municipal Sports Awards were given out, to recognize the talent of island athletes who have represented the state at a national level.
Among the winners are: María Fernanda Fernández Garrido, who participated in the discipline of basketball, positioning herself as national champion in the Lasallistas 2017 games; and in boxing Juan Antonio Martínez Alonso, who was the state champion in the National Youth Olympiad in February 2017.
Regarding sports as a whole, in the men's categore, in the National Olympiad: Josua Nava Fuentes, Rodolfo Rojas Velázquez, Alexis Cen Tun, Omar Cobos Ortíz and Irving Hernández de la Cruz.
In the women's category, Yoselin Gameba Tun Zi, Jennifer Emire Cutz Chavez, Maria Fernanda Pavon Ortiz, Jessica del Carmen Basto Bautista and Bibiana Concepción Rosado Guemes were given awards, who were regional champions and participated in the National Youth Olympiad.
On behalf of the Mayor, the awards were delivered by the director of the Institute of Sport and Recreation, Natanael Gallegos Salinas.
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From Tvisla Mujeres ( link to photos & articles)
CÉSAR MENDOZA SANTANA SCHOOL WON THE PET RECYCLING CONTEST
More than 7 tons of plastic bottles were collected
After collecting over two tons of PET plastic bottles in two months for the Reci-clar competition, César Mendoza Santana primary school won the first prize of 10,000 pesos. The contest was organized by "PET Island", whose founders, Javier Celis and Armando Alcocer, presented the awards at an event on Thursday evening.
All the schools of the island participated in this competition aimed at promoting recycling and caring for the environment. The César Méndoza Santana Elementary School took first place with 2020 kilos of PET. Second place of 5000 pesos was awarded to the Colegio de Bachilleres high school who collected 1,750 kilos of PET.
The students of this campus expressed a great deal of joy over the award, and the director Nuria Esmeralda García Povedano, thanked the students, teachers and parents for their excellent participation and commitment, saying that the money will go toward rehabilitation of the school library.
She also stressed the importance of continuing to participate in these types of projects, thus awakening interest in young people to recycle, as well as to maintain a clean island with proper handling of garbage and taking care of the environment.
It should be noted that in the two months of collection, more than 7 tons of plastic bottles were collected by the students of the six participating schools, which will be given to specialized companies for recycling.
Javier Celis May, thanked all the students and directors of the island schools for participating. In addition, Andrés Quintana Roo Primary School, both shifts of Julio Sauri Espinoza School,and the Jean Piaget School announced that their commitment to the environment continues in 2018, because they will start with the program "Ricicla Escolar" (School Recycling) which will consist of the collection of PET bottles in the schools and then they will receive tools and materials for the improvement of their schools.
A fisherman from Chiquilá (near Holbox), in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas, lost his life Friday inside the hyperbaric chamber while he was being treated after suffering from decompression at Cabo Catoche.
The fisherman was a member of the Cooperativa Pesquera of the town of Chiquilá, but after suffering from decompression, he was transferred by his companions to Isla Mujeres, where everything was in vain.
This is the third fishermen to have died so far this season, in which the number of cases of decompression already exceeds more than fifty. (The lobster catching season began July 1 and ends Feb. 28.)
The person in charge of operating the capsule explained that the severity of the decompression injury was compounded by the time it took to transport him to Isla Mujeres, which led to his loss of life. He said that the deceased fishermen was bloodied, but that the blood was not a product of decompression, but rather was from an injury caused when he apparently had seizures.
Marinsa ferry company announced their fares
Marinsa ferry company has finished offering courtesy crossings and announced that their fares for local residents will be 76 pesos (not 84) for round trips and 38 (not 42) for one way crossings. Children will pay 14 pesos one way and 28 pesos round trip, while students will pay 16 pesos one way and 32 pesos round trip.
The company clarified that the crossing will take 30 minutes and not 45, as was announced earlier. (Note, these boats don't depart from Gran Puerto. They depart from the API terminal just south of there, where the 'pirate tour boats' dock.)
State residents will pay 78 one way and 146 round trip, while their children will pay 46 one way and 84 round trip. Mexican residents from other states will pay 120 one way and 220 pesos round trip, while their children will pay 98 one way and 185 round trip. Senior citizens will pay 26 pesos one way and 52 round trip.
No discounts are being offered to foreign tourists compared to the rates that were first proposed, with a fare of 160 pesos one way and 300 pesos round trip, while their children will pay 130 and 250 respectively.
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From por esto Link to their Isla Mujeres articles & photos
Nine candidates competing for Taxi Union Director
Nueve candidatos a dirigir el gremio de taxistas+] Ver masFull article at this link
The election is today.
Cold Front #16 is coming
Ya viene el frente frío 16. [+] Ver mas
Dec. 15 The usual advice is given & there is an account of Friday's weather. It is noted that the front was moving across the Gulf of Mexico and effects were expected to be felt in the Yucatan Channel and northern part of Quintana Roo on Saturday, when there could be restrictions for small boats.
Fishermen active but affected by winds
No repunta la actividad pesquera .. [+] Ver mas
Demand is increasing for seafood, however the winds have been interfering, since the fishermen are dependent on good weather to earn a living. In the past few days, the fishermen of the cooperatives Caribe, Justicia Social, Patria y Progreso, Isla Blanca, and Makax have brought in several tons of fresh fish such as grouper, snapper, dorado, jurel, and coronado.
Under 17 category of the Tiburoneros are ready for final match of the first round
Tiburoneros de la categoría Sub 17, listos para su último compromiso Ver mas
The Tiburoneros team, of the U17 category, of the Scotiabank National Youth League, will close out the first round of the circuit tomorrow and announced plans to improve in the next round. They played on Sunday at the soccer field in colonia Salina and won against Atlas of Merida.
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Noticias de Diario de Quintana Roo's Isla articles & photos LINK
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| Kitchen in a large studio. (Sur & Norte are identical) |
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| Kitchenette in small room, Medio. There's a table & chairs across from it & a double bed. |
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| A large slider opens from each of the 3 rooms onto the patio where each has a table & chairs, hammock & clotheslines. The BBQ is behind the pole, and the outdoor shower is outa the pic at left. |
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| Large studio (Norte), I'm standing in the kitchen. A queen & single bed. |
Free amenities such as hammocks, bikes, outdoor shower, portable beach chairs & beach towels, washer, loungers. Breathtaking panoramic views from the rooftop terrace. Upstairs room also available. Downtown is ~ a mile away; if you don't feel like walking or biking, flag a $2 taxi. Parking. You can enjoy the music & crowds downtown, then come home our quiet neighborhood of Bachilleres where you'll sleep to the sounds of the sea.. $275/$325/$425 wk $40/50/$65nt Monthly Discounts
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| Large studio (Sur) with Queen & Single bed. Slider door & view are behind me. |
Fine dining a few steps away at Da Luisa or try the traditional neighborhood eateries a couple blocks farther. Within ten minutes walk are the restaurants Mango Cafe, Brisas, Manolitos, Green Verde, Kash Kechen Chuc, and the large department store-grocery Chedraui. Visit marinas, bars, & beach clubs that are minutes away by bike or on foot. Attend Yoga classes a couple villas away at hotelito Casa Ixchel. Fresh juice, produce & tortillas a few blocks away in the village, as well as a variety of other stores and small local restaurants. It takes 20-30 minutes to walk downtown.
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Provided by MaraVilla Caribe & Isla Mujeres Daily News & Events
Nov. 28-Dec. 8 Annual Festivities honoring the Patron Saint: Our Lady of Immaculate Conception
Which include a small carnival, a bullring, nightly performances on the Town Square (which start at 8p), and a boat procession on Dec. 8th, as well as private celebrations by the 20+ groups involved in the festivities. The horse procession is scheduled for Dec. 2, starting at 1p going to the colonias & the Sacred Heart Church, and finishing at the ring at the north end of the runway, where there will be cowboy-horse performances. Events at the ring begin at 6:30 except Nani Namu.
The comic bullfights with matadors of diminutive stature are Tues. 5th & Tues. 12th. There's a Lasso tournament on Sun, Dec.10th. All events at the ring at the north end of the runway start at 6:30p, except Nani Namu & the horse procession.
Fri & Sat. Dec 1 & 2 M.C. Mala Noche will celebrate their first anniversary this weekend at the Casa de la Cultura starting at 11 am on Saturday and at Playa Centro on Sunday with live music, competitions, and other fun activities.
Sun. Dec. 3 Noches Magicas 8p Town Square with the DIF Senior Citizen Dance Troupe and singers Rebens Garcia and Aldahir Davila
You can drop off donations of toys at Rueben's restaurant, across from the Mercado on Guerrero. Kids in Mexico receive presents on King's Day/Dia de los Reyes on Jan. 6
Full moon Sun. Dec. 3
Sunset ~6p
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| Dec. 3 6:30 Dec. 4 7:30 Dec. 5 8:33 Dec. 6 9:37 Dec. 7 10:39 Dec. 8 11:39 |
Thurs. Dec. 7 Artist Fair Casa de la Cultura 3-8p
Fri. Dec. 8 at 4:30pm Christmas Youth Lightning Tournament on the Comex soccer court for Futbol Rapido soccer, in colonia Salina Chica.
Thurs. Dec. 14 at 9am Public Audience with the Governor at the El Pescador baseball field
Sun. Dec.10 Noches Magicas 8p Town Square
Mon. Dec.11 There will be a gathering in the evening at the coastal chapel dedicated to Guadalupe in Salina Chica, probably with Mariachis, to sing Las Mañanitas and honor her.
Mon. Dec. 11 Town Square 6p. Lighting of the Christmas Lights and performance by the Academy of Jazz, Passion, & Dance
Tues. Dec. 12 Dia de Guadalupe, the Patron Saint of Mexico.There is usually a run in the morning from the downtown church to Punta Sur to the Guadalupe Chapel.There is usually a procession in the afternoon with children dressed up as Juan Diego, shepherds, and shepherdesses, probably between the Chapel Guadalupana and the downtown church,
The holiday period in Mexico from Dec. 12 to Jan. 6 is called Guadalupe-Reyes (from Dia de Guadalupe to Dia de los Reyes/King's Day).
Thurs. Dec.14 Artist Fair Casa de la Cultura 3-8p
Dec, 16-24 Posadas Navidenas
During the Posadas, there is usually a dance on the Town Square, featuring regional dances & costumes from different states of Mexico. The schools may have Posada plays, which are reenactments of Mary & Joseph being refused shelter. Posada means 'inn'.
Sun. Dec. 17 You're invited to join the Christmas Caravan on Sunday with your decorated vehicle, starting in front of the kindergarten "Enriqueta Camarillo" at 6p. (That's where the road is very wide by Casa Ixchel hotelito prolongacion Aeropuerto, just north of col. Salina Chica. & just south of MaraVilla Caribe B&B & the Bachilleres dome.)
Sun. Dec. 17 Boxing Event Sunday at 7pm at El Pescador
Sun. Dec.17 Noches Magicas 8p Town Square the final Noches Magicas performances for 2017. You are invited to enjoy Christmas dances performed by the students of the Women's Institute of Quintana Roo, live music by Hiraldo & his Cuban Big Band, and a comedy show. Free.
Thurs. Dec. 21 Winter Solstice
Sat. Dec. 23 5:30p - 8:30p Golf Cart Parade with residents tossing toys & treats to children
Sun. Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Usually the last ferry is cancelled and some businesses may be closed, especially in the evening, while families celebrate together.Noches Magicas is suspended.
Mon. Dec. 25 Christmas Usually the first ferry is cancelled.
Thurs. Dec.28 Artist Fair Casa de la Cultura 3-8p
Thurs. Dec. 28 Wednesday Dia de los Santos Innocentes A day of practical jokes, similar to "April Fool's Day"
Sun. Dec.31 New Year's Eve celebration on the Town Square. Tables can be purchased in advance, details TBA. The last ferry is usually cancelled.Noches Magicas is suspended.
Jan. 1 New Year's Day People observe the sunrise at Punta Sur The first ferries are usually suspended.
Celebrating New Year's in Isla Mujeres
To celebrate New Year's Eve, some families set up tables in the side streets with pinatas strung overhead, and dine on turkey stuffed with seasoned ground meat, while others crowd the Town Square for live music, dancing, and fireworks. Each neighborhood brings in the New Year with a bang, and the skies explode with color in all directions.
During the NYE countdown, there is a tradition of eating twelve uvas de buenas suerte (grapes of good luck), each representing a month, with a toast of champagne or cider. The party on the town square continues all night long. At the other end of the isle, people gather at Punta Sur to greet the first rays of the sun at the eastern-most point in Mexico.
Other customs include cleaning your house on New Year's Eve & sweeping out bad luck. Wearing red underwear could bring you love in the New Year, or your white undies may bring you peace, while yellow represents wealth. Those who hope to travel should grab an empty suitcase and carry it around the room or the block, and set it by the door. If you drop a shoe on New Year's morn and it lands "boca arriba" (face up) you will enjoy good luck in the upcoming year.
The old year is represented by a life sized character called El Viejo, The Old Man, who is later filled with fireworks and set ablaze. He may resemble a politician, and he is usually holding cigars & tequila. Fireworks are everywhere, and their names are metralletas (literally "machine guns" – but it means fire crackers), cañones (larger fire crackers), voladores (rockets in many different sizes), chifladores (whistlers), and barre pies ("foot sweepers", that spin on the ground & shoot sparks).
Kids receive toys on Dia de los Reyes, January 6, when families, friends, and coworkers share rosca de reyes. King's cake, usually with hot chocolate. If you get the Baby Jesus,it means you'll be hosting a party & providing the tamales on Candlemas Day, Feb. 2.
Sources for Weather Information:
LINK to Civil Protection Q Roo weather bulletin (Spanish)
LINK to Mexico National Weather Service (Spanish)
LINK to satellite images for the Mexico National Weather Service (Yucatan peninsula is under Satellite GOES Este, I recommend "Animacion" (it used to be in my blog margin, until Blogger became incompatible with it).
LINK to a private weather station on Isla Mujeres
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