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Handcrafted Necklace Jewelry from Mexico

Access to Unique Mexican Indigenous Art

Feria Maestros del Arte is an art show conceived from a trip in 2002 when a friend and I took a “four-day-adventure-shopping trip” to sixteen artisan villages between Ajijic and Pátzcuaro, in the state of Michoácan.

Metrobus in Mexico City

Smart and Cheap New Buses to the Airport

Mexico City's latest leap into modernity is in the shape of Line 4 of the Metrobus service. The new line, which went into service this past week, is different in a number of ways from the first three lines. The buses are only...

Turtle Sanctuaries in Mexico

Protecting Mexico’s Sea Turtles

Sea Turtles are found in all of the world’s oceans, with exception of the arctic. There are seven species of Sea Turtle, and six of these arrive to lay eggs each year on beaches across Mexico . . .

Retirement Community in San Felipe, Mexico

Retirement Communities in Mexico

Over the last decade or so, real estate development projects have been flourishing across Mexico, many catering specifically to the ever-increasing number of foreign retirees moving here.

Mexico Immigration Stamp

How to Immigrate to Mexico

People planning for retirement, baby-boomers looking to spend winters in warmer climates, retired or semi retired folks who want to live in Mexico full-time and, increasingly, professional people who work flexibly using the Internet are some of the types of people who are considering...

Downtown Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Carnaval, Merida

Merida, known as the “white city” is the capital of the state of Yucatan on Mexico’s south east peninsula. It is one of the only cities in Mexico–and the world–that still celebrates the medieval tradition of a carnival to provide people with fun and...

Veracruz, Mexico

Carnaval, Veracruz

The sea port city of Veracruz is situated south east of Mexico City on Mexico’s Gulf coast. The Spanish conqueror, Hernan Cortes landed at Veracruz in 1519 and made it the first Spanish settlement in Mexico, and later conquered the Aztecs.

Book Shelves in a colonial home in Mexico

On Reading and Taking Horses to Water

Several years ago, when Mexico introduced a law mandating a single price for books, it was argued that it might not make books cheaper, but would lead to more and better stocked stores and promote reading.

Colonial Rooftops in Mexico

Places to Live in Mexico

When you’re planning to live in Mexico—whether full time, or part time—or if you’re in the throes of some retirement planning—you need to undertake a large amount of research about the places that may interest you before you can draw up a short list...

Travelers at an airport

Your Safety in Mexico

Notwithstanding the drug-related problems, the overwhelming majority of foreign visits to Mexico remain trouble-free.

Comedy and Tragedy - Theatre Masks

So Do Mexicans Have a Sense of Humor?

The international rumpus in 2011 over jokes about Mexicans made on the British television program Top Gear, and Mexico's reaction—probably overreaction—to some silly comments, may cause people to wonder whether Mexicans have a sense of humor, particularly about themselves.