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Headin’ South to Guadalajara from Nogales

July 15, 2020 Tony2270Leave a Comment on Headin’ South to Guadalajara from Nogales

Charlie G. Posted by Charlie G. on January 13, 1999 Headin’ South from Nogales (an update) My son and I crossed the border at Nogales yesterday (1/11) and were pleasantly surprised with the efficient system we found at the Mexican immigration and customs station on the loop west of Nogales about 19 miles below the […]

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Opening A Bank Account In Mexico

July 15, 2020 Tony1218Leave a Comment on Opening A Bank Account In Mexico

Posted by Ernie I hate to keep sounding negative, but I just closed my Mexican bank account after 3 years of frustration. The interest rate is not that great right now. Besides if the peso devalues you could lose everything. Checking is not really part of the Mexican culture. After 4 or 5 years I […]

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Car Permits – Returned / Uncancelled

July 15, 2020 Tony3510Leave a Comment on Car Permits – Returned / Uncancelled

Posted by Steve L. on Marzo 15, 2000 After driving down from Memphis, I broke my foot in Puerto Vallarta in December…the doctor felt that I shouldn’t spend 4 days riding back to Tennessee in a car, so I flew back and my wife drove home with our daughter and our dogs. Figuring that we […]

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Building a House In Mexico

July 15, 2020 Tony53081 Comment on Building a House In Mexico

Posted by Ernie Gorrie Nov 1999 As some of you know, Glenna and I bought a building lot just north of Zihuatanejo. We were thinking we wanted to build a little house (600 – 900 sq ft) in a few years. But with the peso appearing to stabilize,inflation projected at 20-30% for the next year, […]

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Oaxaca to Guadalajara: The good.. the bad.. & the ugly

July 15, 2020 Tony2759Leave a Comment on Oaxaca to Guadalajara: The good.. the bad.. & the ugly

Posted by charlie g. on April 11, 1999 On the road again – Oaxaca to Guad – The good, the bad and the ugly After getting set up to stay in Oaxaca for a while I decided last week to make a quick trip to Guadalajara and Ajijic to pick up some stuff I left […]

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Bus travel: Puerto Vallarta to Guadalajara

July 15, 2020 Tony1522Leave a Comment on Bus travel: Puerto Vallarta to Guadalajara

Posted by Ann Bice on June 29, 1997 We are planning to check out the Guad-Lake area for potential retirement-it sounds too good to be true. Anyway, we can get cheap airfare from Denver to Vallarta- much cheaper than to Guadaljara. Does it make sense to take the bus or train from Vallarta to Guad-Lake […]

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The proper way to eat a taco

July 15, 2020 Tony7839Leave a Comment on The proper way to eat a taco

Posted by Fanny on April 15, 1999 When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When in Mexico, don’t be a sloppy taco eater. Wouldn’t Eleanor, Abigail and Judith just die! Far cry as it is from the excruciatingly correct manners of these three deities, Fanny wants you to know that there IS a proper […]

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Driving in Mexico: A short practical guide

July 14, 2020July 25, 2021 Tony24632 Comments on Driving in Mexico: A short practical guide

The following is a practical guide to driving in Mexico compiled from experiences over the last several years. Driving in Mexico, in my opinion, is no more hazardous than driving anywhere else, however, it is different than driving in the United States or Canada. There are simply different things you have to be on the […]

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Prostitution in Mexico

July 14, 2020 Tony13613Leave a Comment on Prostitution in Mexico

Posted by leroy/anna on July 31, 1997: We were suprised to read that prostitution is legal in predominately Catholic Mexico. This is not a moral or philosophical issue for us. We are curious as to the regulation of prostitution by the local and national goverments. Are prostitutes treated humanly (unlike what we’ve observed in India […]

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Living In San Luis Potosi

July 14, 2020August 24, 2020 Tony2837Leave a Comment on Living In San Luis Potosi

Posted by Diana Myers Stephenson on Junio 07, 2000 Since I gave up, sadly I must say, on Merida as a possible relocation site. I am now considering San Luis Potosi. The distance from my current location in USA would be manageable for driving. But when I search for info on San Luis, I mostly […]

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