Topic - Living & Lifestyle

Even with the recent price increases, taxi fares in Mexico City are inexpensive in comparison to some other capital cities around the world.   Taxi meters have different bands, depending on the type of taxi and what time of day you are traveling. Meters on street cabs in the capital begin with a standing charge, known [...]

From April 2013, fares on Mexico City’s micro buses, buses, the Metrobus, and taxis have been increased. Microbuses will cost from MX$4 to $5.50 depending on the distance to be traveled. Bus fares will cost from  MX$5 to $6, also depending on the distance. The Metrobus will increase from MX$5 to $6 per ride.  Fares [...]

If you’re planning to live in Mexico full or part-time, or planning to buy a home here, sooner or later you will need to set up a Mexican bank account. Mexico’s banking infrastructure has been transformed in the last two decades following banking crises in the early 1980′s and again in the mid-1990′s which left [...]

Mexico has a wide variety of dichos or refranes – sayings, maxims, or phrases – some of Mexican origin and others evidently not. By analogy or through rhyme, the dichos are supposed to convey time-honored truths that admit no argument. But they can be, and often are, pronouced in such a smug manner as to [...]

A new edition of the English Speaker’s Guide to Medical Care in Mexico has been released today. This new third edition has been fully revised and updated for 2013, and also takes into account the recent immigration law changes. If you have already purchased a copy of the English Speaker’s Guide to Medical Care in [...]

Coffee is among Mexico’s important crops, with the country producing 240,000 metric tons a year of the beans, of which it exports about three quarters and consumes the rest. Along with its wide variety of coffees, Mexico has an ample choice of places to drink them in. In years past, the coffee shop/restaurants run by [...]

Many countries have an embassy and/or consulate based in Mexico.  Embassies, and their Consular sections, are set up principally to facilitate trade and diplomatic relations in a foreign territory, and the consular sections also provide a number of services in support of their citizens abroad. The United States, Canada, the UK and other European countries, [...]

If you are a passport holder of country participating in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program and plan to travel to or from Mexico via the USA by air or sea, you need to complete an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) form online and get pre-authorized to travel before you arrive in the United States.  [...]

The phone rings when you weren’t expecting a call, so you pick up the receiver and mumble the usual “bueno” into the mouthpiece. ¿A dónde hablo? (where am I calling?) comes a sharp, testy voice. The easiest way to clear up wrong numbers is to say where the person has called, but usually you don’t [...]

With the rapid development of the Internet, and increasing numbers of people working in “knowledge” trades, business today is more portable than it ever has been.  Modern communications technology, and the digitization of knowledge, has given rise to some unique opportunities for people with the skills, expertise, and aptitude for working on a freelance basis. [...]