Mexico Insight

Most of Mexico’s principal towns and cities away from the coasts are situated at altitude.  Mexico City is situated at over 7,000 feet above sea level, and most of the other cities and colonial towns across Mexico are usually situated at altitudes of at least 5,000 feet above the sea.
The altitude keeps the climate at […]

Mexico is experiencing its first tropical storms and hurricanes of 2008.
Dolly, the first hurricane to affect Mexico this season, left the Yucatan Peninsula largely unscathed; heavy rains were the principal feature of the storm in that region.  However, when the storm moved across to the Gulf of Mexico, it renewed its energy (from the Gulf waters) before hitting […]

Foreigners are buying real estate in Mexico for a variety of reasons.  Some people are buying because they move to Mexico to live and work, and prefer to buy property instead of renting.  Others come to Mexico to retire, or plan their retirement, and some are just looking for a worthwhile long-term investment for their […]

Mexico’s love of all things bureaucratic is well known and documented. Notwithstanding this, the country’s immigration policies are surprisingly straightforward.
For tourists and temporary business visitors, Mexico operates a simple document, known as a FMT (Forma Migratoria Turista).  The document entitles visitors to stay in Mexico for a maximum of 180 days (thirty days for business), without […]

Meals out at Mexican diners are very affordable.
The principal diners in Mexico are VIPS, Sanborns, TOKS and Wings.  They are owned and run by major retail groups and are often situated next to, or inside, retail centers.  They have outlets in most major towns and cities, and Wings may also be found at several of […]

One of the most attractive aspects about Mexico as a travel destination is that it’s a place which offers genuine choice and diversity to visitors.
Some people go to Mexico to party all night at places like Los Cabos, Acapulco, Cancun or Mazatlan. Others escape to Mexico to get active climbing mountains or trekking amidst the […]

Supermarkets (and more recently, hypermarkets) have been a part of Mexico’s commercial landscape for at least the last thirty years.
In the US and UK, supermarkets have steadily lured custom away from local stores by providing enormous ranges of goods including comestibles, home-wares, hardware and pharmaceuticals.  The result has been that many of the local ‘mom […]

A few weeks ago, one of the readers of 20Minutos.es, a Spanish daily, launched an online poll within his ‘web space’, asking readers to vote for the flag which they felt was the most attractive, from an initial list of 104.  The contest closed today, July 7.
Readers were invited to award between one and five points for a flag and at […]