Let’s Retire in Mexico

Tweet Nestled in the rugged hills of central Mexico is the silver mining town of Taxco. Little white homes and shops line steeply sloped streets; the entire town is on a hillside.  Standing above the town is the classic old church, which looks taller than it actually is since it’s located uphill from most of [...]

Tweet As I noted at the end of Friday’s post about bullfights and cockfights, Playa del Carmen had just passed an animal protection act!  Here’s an excerpt from a local news source, dated Friday, May 17: Representatives in the [state's] 13th Legislature unanimously approve the new Animal Protection and Wellbeing Act.  The law presents a [...]

Tweet Today, just for fun, I did a Google image search for “Mexico.”  The first 10 pictures or so are maps, and then the pictures of Mexico’s distinct cultural traits begin to come up – typical food, traditional clothes, festivals, beaches, Mayan pyramids, etc.   Two pictures turned up that reminded me of another side [...]

Tweet “Did somebody die on the construction site?”   That was the question I got earlier this month on a phone call.  It was a Canadian who we helped buy a home in a new development here in Playa.  I have to admit – I was worried, even though I shouldn’t have been. “What do [...]

Tweet This is a a sad, sad situation.  I friend sent me a BBC article about a a 2300 year old Mayan pyramid that was recently bulldozed!  That means the pyramid is several hundred years older than even the famous ones at Chichen Itza!   I guess a construction crew was looking for road fill [...]

Tweet The word is getting out there; more and more Americans are worried that they won’t have enough money to retire comfortably.   Wall Street Journal has taken notice.  Yahoo News did too.  It’s becoming common place to see articles analyzing the situation and offering advice for those who are approaching retirement with lower funds [...]

Tweet Sometimes it’s not only work that distracts you from the simple pleasures of life; sometimes it’s real, important and practical issues like the cost of living, modern conveniences, cheap flights, the cost of health care or even planning your next trip.   The beautiful thing about living in Playa del Carmen is that every [...]

Tweet Now, just so you know, Mother’s Day is celebrated in Mexico on May 10, regardless of the day of the week. But, to share a taste of Mother’s Day in the true Mexican style with you, here’s a bit of mariachi – a special Mother’s Day song: (If you can’t see the video, click [...]

Tweet What’s the best place to retire in the U.S.?  A recent slide show at Marketwatch.com visualized and summarized the findings of a recent Bankrate survey. You can go take a look at at, but a quick glance will show you that the results are … surprising.  The empty badlands and sprawling wheat fields of [...]

Tweet Fishing is a big thing in Playa del Carmen.  In fact, the reason the town was founded in the first place (just over 100 years ago) was as a fishing village, which is what it remained until the 1990s when tourism took off and it became a major expat community.   Fishing is still [...]