Average Lifestyle rating: C (range from D- to A-) At the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula on the “Flamingo Coast” is a string of small fishing communities. Beginning at Chuburna and running east on Carreterra 27 for about 50 kilometers to Telchac Puerto, these villages vary in size and modernity. Progreso, largest of them, has a […]
Todos Santos
BIG Surf in a Small Beach Town Average Lifestyle Rating: B- (range C- to A-)Click here to view our directory of Todos Santos local resources Some old-hands believe that Todos Santos is not what it used to be (what is?). As its popularity has burgeoned and its gringo/mexicano ratio has tilted less sharply, it’s no longer […]
Cozumel
The Sleepy Island is Waking up To Tourists and Cruise Ships Average Lifestyle Rating: B+ (range B- to A+)Click here to view our directory of Cozumel local resources How does living on an island in the Caribbean Ocean sound? Exotic, glamorous, stress-free, infrastructure-deprived? Isla de Cozumel, off the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula 20 kilometers […]
The Mayan Riviera
The Riviera Maya area of the Yucatan Peninsula stretches from Cancun through Playa del Carmen southward to Tulum, and includes the island of Cozumel, located 20 kilometers from Playa del Carmen into the Caribbean. Many people, both visitors and residents, believe this is the best place to live in Mexico for gorgeous, sandy beaches. The Mexican […]
Central Mexico
In the central region are two of the most popular places for expats to live in Mexico: the Lake Chapala area and San Miguel de Allende. Both places have large gringo populations – large enough to affect the local economy. San Miguel de Allende has been around a long time, but after its colonial architecture was discovered in the 1930s, […]
The Yucatan State of Mexico
Unique among the mix of peoples who have become Mexico, are the Yucatecans. Once an independent country, by mutual agreement, Yucatan became part of Mexico in 1821, went independent again in 1823, and finally rejoined Mexico for good in 1825. However, the defining observation about this blend of Mayan, Spanish, Caribbean, French and Middle Eastern (yes, Middle Eastern!) cultures […]
Coba Ruins
Overgrown with tropical forest, the Coba ruins (pronounced coh-ba), the once great city that for a time, dominated ancient Mayan society in northern Yucatan is almost forgotten. Aside from a gentle stream of explorers flowing through each year the ancient city is one of the few visited ruins that has been left relatively untouched. Some, expecting a […]
Baja California Sur
There is a lot more to Baja California (Sur) than surfing, sand and rocks. Wonderful wine growing areas and fresh seafood make the tip of the Baja peninsula a great place to live. In fact, this is the best place in Mexico for fish, oysters, clams and scallops you’ll ever taste. Winter brings the whale […]
Living in Playa Del Carmen
Average Lifestyle Rating: B+ (range – B- to A+)Click here to view our directory of Playa del Carmen local resources To get to Playa from the U.S. or Canada, you will use the International Airport in Cancun. Cancun Int’l has many flights from different US cities. To get to Playa del Carmen from the U.S. […]
Things I’d Wish I’d Known
Mexico; It’s Like Another Country! There are a lot of things about life in Mexico that are very different from what you are used to back home, especially if you are from the US or Canada. Many of these things are the reasons we chose to live in Mexico; the good weather, slower pace of […]