Chapultepec: Mexico City's urban forest
City parks were not an important part of my life when I was a child. I was raised in the country on a farm which, for all practical purposes, was a park. Growing older, though, I learned to appreciate ...
Building houses for Mexico's less fortunate
For some northerners, heading south of the border to live after a busy career, Mexico looks like the land of mañana. All they... read more
Mexico real estate: Beach bargains in Baja
I looked at him with what could only be described as pure skepticism. "Affordable, direct ocean view Mexico real estate and ju... read more
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Chapultepec: Mexico City's urban forest
City parks were not an important part of my life when I was a child. I was raised in the country on a farm which, for all prac... read more
Busing it in Mexico: What's not to love?
I adore travelling Mexico by bus. Mexico's bus system offers travelers an economical, efficient and effective means to explore... read more
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Top 5 tequila drinks
Think tequila, and many think of spring break and tequila shots, followed by who knows what? But precursors of this quintessen... read more
Chia: Ancient Mexican seed and modern superfood
Having written a bit about chia some years back, as part of an article on the use of seeds in Mexican cooking, I was not surpr... read more
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Mexico this month - April
Read about Mexico's important historical events that have occurred during the month of April.... read more
Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan
Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan begins in 1906, in those tense years just preceding the Mexican Revolution. A woman in Merida is... read more
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Me and Carlos and Mexico
The richest man in the world is one of Mexico's many amazing contradictions. From one point of view, he is a predator, taking ... read more
Investing in Mexico: Risk or opportunity?
Whether it's an exclusive, modern hotel on a beach, a boutique hostelry built into a 17th Century hacienda, or a simple bed-an... read more
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Easter in Mexico, Semana Santa and Pascua: a Mexican holiday resource page
For Mexico, the Easter holidays are a combination of Semana Santa (Holy Week — Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday) and Pascua (R... read more
Easter in San Miguel de Allende: Our Lord of the Column
The church bells have been tolling most of the night, interrupted only intermittently by the blast of rockets soaring into the... read more
