Yucatan

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall on Yucatan Peninsula

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Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very busy Atlantic season, made landfall on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico late on Monday while lashing the resorts around Tulum with rain and wind. The US National Hurricane Centre said Zeta came ashore just north of Tulum with maximum sustained winds … Read more

A trip to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula away from the party animals

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Standing barefoot on a wooden jetty on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, I am being helped, one leg at a time, into an upside-down life jacket. Once I’m strapped in, it looks like a boxy, neon nappy. But our guide says it’s the best way to travel this freshwater lazy river. Worn like this, we’re vertical in … Read more