Pacific Coast

PE - Surf

Here’s where you’ll find the some of the best surfing beaches in the world.  And, the well-known, glamour beaches, like Acapulco, Puerto Escondido, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and, of course, the surfer haven of Sayulita. The Pacific coast of Mexico is rugged terrain falling into beautiful, and sometimes dangerous, beaches.  If the ocean is your bag, [...]

Uxmal and Chocolate

Umal

By Ron Burdine We got a late start from Tulum for our getaway weekend to Uxmal.  The estimated drive time was about 4.5 hours and we were making good time as we passed through Valladolid.  As we started out of Valladolid, the sun had just set on an unseasonably cool day at the end of [...]

Buying stuff for your home, Mexico style!!

Tight-Budget

When we moved to Tulum, there was only one grocery store and it only sold food. There were absolutely no “home” stores. So, to buy anything for the house, and I mean anything (a carrot peeler, can opener, bath mat), required a trip to Playa Del Carmen for a complete day of driving and searching since [...]

Temporarily Bringing Your Car Into Mexico 2013

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If you are coming to Mexico as a tourist or as a new immigrant, the first thing you need to do is go to the INM and begin your temporal application process.  To obtain, renew or change your immigration status, you must start here by filling out an online application, being accepted and receiving a NUE. At [...]

Adios, Amigos! (The Road to Bali)

sayulita surfer

by Justin Henderson, ex-pat writer and surfer-extraordinaire When I moved here a few years ago with my family, the first friends we made came from two subcultures of the Sayulita community: Costa Verde International School (“CVIS”) parents, and surfers. There were a few characters who bridged the gap between those two worlds, as I did. [...]

Crime: USA vs Mexico

US vs MX

The following are opinions, arguments, and anecdotes from on-line American ex-pats in Mexico about the latest USSD Travel Warning for Mexico. From Gary and Donna’s Pictorial Driving Guide to San Carlos, Mexico (http://www.mexicodrivingtips.com/) Look closely at the data for the northwestern part of Mexico which had 42 Americans killed from all causes (there were at least [...]

The Old Man in the Sea

Sayulita

by Justin Henderson, ex-pat writer and surfer-extraordinaire In 2010, my first year in Sayulita, I made friends with a couple of other Costa Verde International School parents, and ended up surfing with them a lot. We surfed almost every day, it seemed, as the fall/winter/spring season of 2009-2010 offered up week after week of solid [...]