A Resource For Expat Lifestyles in Mexico
Places to go! Robert Brady Museum The Robert Brady Museum shows the collection of the artist, antiquarian, and decorator from Fort Dodge, Iowa. Ceramics, antique furniture, sculptures, paintings, and tapestries fill the restored colonial mansion, all beautifully arranged in rooms painted with bright colors. Note that the building numbers on this street are out of [...]
Things to do! In August: August 3-August 19, 2012 – San Miguel de Allende: The 34th International Chamber Music Festival 2012. Considered the top chamber music festival in Latin America, the Festival’s home base, the intimate and acoustically pleasing Angela Peralta Theater seats 400 people, with tickets ranging from $15.00 for balcony seating, to $42.00 [...]
Things to do! In September: September 9, 2012 – Ajijic, Lake Chapala: Regatta de Globos (Hot Air Balloons) is always held on the Saturday before Independence Day, which is September 16 this year. It is held at the soccer field on Calle Revolucion. This event is the beginning of the Fiesta Season that lasts [...]
Average Lifestyle rating: B (range C to A) Situated in the central part of Mexico, Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos. Fifty-three miles south of Mexico City, and almost directly west of Veracruz, Cuernavaca sits in the center of the Mexican portion of the Central American isthmus. It is a charming colonial [...]
Average Lifestyle rating: C+ (range D+ to B+) Built in 1517 AD, and located on the southeastern side of the Yucatán Peninsula, Campeche is the capital city of the state of Campeche and an excellent retirement destination for several reasons. The most important are the low cost of living, affordable real estate, high degree of safety and a [...]
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 [...]
by Layna Segall de Velez, Feature Writer Try as I may, I cannot pinpoint my favorite “neck of the woods” in Mexico. I have traveled throughout eleven states, to many pueblos, colonial cities and, of course, the astonishing beaches. I have melted at the remarkable beauty of the turquoise Caribbean waters, toured the Sea of [...]
Places to Go! Cenotes In the Yucatan, there are over 2,400 cenotes that have actually been studied and registered. Here are some of the most popular: Ik-Kil – Located less than 2 miles from Chichén Itzá. Called the “Sacred Blue Cenote,” it is a perfectly round well-type cenote with magnificent hanging vines and waterfalls. This [...]
Things to do! In August: August (Annual) 2012 – Rosarito Beach: Rosarito Fish, Seafood and Tropical Drink Festival. All day and evening. Families piles their plates high with different fish and seafood dishes. Regional chefs compete with one another to have their recipe reign as the supreme for this event, at Rosarito Beach every year. The Rosarito Fish, [...]
Places to Go! Parks Xcaret!! What’s to do at Xcaret? Underground Rivers, Beach, Lagoon & pools, Tropical Jungle Trail, Main Plaza, Stained-glass Plaza, House of Whispers Rotating Scenic Tower, Butterfly Pavilion, Regional Wildlife Breeding Farm, Coral Reef Aquarium, Living Museum of Orchids & Mushroom Farm, Mayan archaeological sites, St. Francis of Assisi Chapel, Hacienda Henequenera, Mexican [...]
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