Topic - Lifestyle

There is a growing trend among foreign residents worldwide—including those who reside in Mexico: staying home for six months . . .

While the supply of medical care choices is plentiful in Mexico, there remains a unique challenge for foreigners seeking healthcare services here. If you’re sick or in pain, you need help immediately and information about where to go for the care you need is essential—and sometimes urgent. To help foreign residents and frequent visitors to Mexico connect with medical services locally, a new guide has been published: The English Speaker’s Guide to Doctors & Hospitals in Mexico . . .

Unlike wet summers in northern Europe, for example, Mexico’s seasonal rains are one of Mother Nature’s treats to experience and enjoy. As temperatures rise above 25 degrees centigrade (80F), there’s nothing quite as refreshing as drenching quantities of water falling from the sky within the space of an hour or two in the late afternoon . . .

When foreign expatriates are asked why they moved to Mexico, among the most common reasons they cite is ‘a desire to simplify our lifestyle’. And when people move to Mexico to simplify their lifestyle, they usually come to realize that the complexity of their ‘previous life’ was quite expensive . . .

Since 1996, Mexico has been adjusting its clocks in the spring and autumn to account for Daylight Saving Time (DST); the only exception is the Mexican state of Sonora, that borders Arizona and, like its U.S. neighbor, chooses not to indulge in clocks changes . . .

Mexico’s peso has been surprisingly stable against the dollar in the past year or so, more surprising even given that markets have been fairly volatile for fear that the U.S. Fed could start raising interest rates at any time . . .

International Living’s Global Retirement Index for 2014 just ranked Mexico in the top five for “best healthcare in the world”. Of course, it is one thing to know that affordable quality care is available, and quite another for an English speaker to access it. In a recent exchange of comments on a Mexperience healthcare article we discussed the “language gap.” …

Limes are a defining ingredient in Mexican cuisine. From guacamole and ceviche to sauces, garnishes, and drinks – it’s hard to imagine Mexican food in the absence of lime. In the last few months, a fall in supply has caused prices of the crop to triple – and Mexicans are not happy . . .

According to the Bank of Mexico there are more than 360 billion pesos in coins and bills in circulation, which works out at about 3,600 pesos for each of the country’s just over 100 million inhabitants. Why then does it seem that no one ever has any change? . . .

One of the principal considerations people take into account when they are visiting Mexico for an extended period and especially if they are living or planning to retire in Mexico, is the matter of arranging health care and related services . . .