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The local males in Nicaragua like to catcall women, not just foreigners, but even the local women. They have a Machismo culture In Nicaragua. I have a single woman friend who's bee... Read more
In Chapala and Ajijic, the cost to rent a cheap apartment is US $500 a month. The cost for a nice apartment is about $800 a month. The average cost is $400 to $800. In the Chapala area, for $400 to $500 per month... Read more
To come to Mexico, you need to have a valid US (or whatever country you’re coming from) passport. If you’re visiting as an American or Canadian citizen, you are allowed to come in as a tourist for 180 ... Read more
There are several very good vets here in Mazatlán. There are vets in almost every corner in Mazatlán. I know at least four or five vets that Gringos in Mazatl&aacut... Read more
My assets in Mexico are fairly safe. I feel secure. Your money is secure with the larger Mexican banks and backed up by the Mexican government. If I owned any property in Mexico, I would feel fairly secure about i... Read more
In Mexico, to begin with, we don’t use sheetrock and we don’t use wood as much as in North America. We use mostly adobe bricks and we use concrete. So, it’s very difficult for a house to fall dow... Read more
I took a person around there today who is staying at the inn. He’d been here a couple of years ago, and he made the observation that the town is a lot neater today than it was two years ago, and it seemed to... Read more
I pay our gardener 300 pesos (about US $17) a day, which is the standard daily gardener rate for San Miguel de Allende. He comes once a week and works from 8 AM to 4 PM nonstop. He's very good at maintaining (... Read more
You don't have to renounce or relinquish your US citizenship when you live in Mexico. I have a Mexican permanent visa and I can go in and out of Mexico, but I still have my US citizenship. ... Read more
Every city in Nicaragua has its own expat community. For example, León is different than Granada. Expats in Granada try to do every kind of activity such as set up their own mar... Read more
The overall economy of Mexico right now is pretty good. I read online that for the first few months of 2017, Mexico had one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The eco... Read more
The crime rate against Americans and other expats in Mexico is very low because Mexicans like foreigners coming here. Our main business here is tourism, which drives our economy in Mexico. ... Read more
We were looking forward to visiting Puebla again, so as one of our few extravagances while returning to Lake Chapala as quickly as possible, we booked two nights at the hotel in Puebla we had enjoyed so much. St... Read more
Here was our situation: It was the middle of the Christmas High Season, when house rental prices are the highest and house rental vacancies are the lowest. (The euphemistic term for this is “Landlord’s Mar... Read more
A disclaimer: I’m a capital G Gringo. I’ve been practicing my English skills for many years, and I’m proud to say that I have my native language down pretty well. In other words, I ain’t no expert in español, so keep ... Read more
The expat story "Things are a changing here…” about the situation in Coronado, Panama, does not present a knowledgeable picture of the area. It was written with no updated information and worse, d... Read more
1-You’re safer than you think 2-They’re on bikes for a reason 3-Different is neither worse nor better 4-Violence can be counter productive ... Read more
Chuck Bolotin: It’s mid-February 2017 and we have the privilege of chatting with Ben White, President of the Board of Directors of Lake Chapala Society (LCS), in Ajijic, Mexico, right here on their beautiful grounds.&... Read more
I live lakeside in Chapala. In all of Mexico, it’s the most picturesque, comfortable and enlightening place any Mexico-seeking expat could ever hope to find. It’s also quite common (living in paradise) you get dra... Read more
Almost on cue, just minutes after my wife Jet was finished with her massage on the beach in Mahahual, the wind picked up, and we and everyone else could notice that the squalls that earlier were further out and more s... Read more
When you envision someone in December packing their van in the middle of a driving rain, what pops into your mind? Do you see a person in swimming trunks and sandals? Probably not, unless you had the same ... Read more
If you want to travel by any vehicle in the Riviera Maya (Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Akumal, Tulum and everything in between), you’ll have to take the main highway. As in every other place in Mexico we’ve bee... Read more
To paraphrase, add to, modernize (and a little bit botch) Robert Burns: “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry… so it is great to have the Internet for quick research and decision-making.” And that we... Read more
Editor's note: Denis Larsen has consistently been kind, generous and helpful answering questions from our readers, so it was with great interest that we sat down with Denis April 5, 2017, to find out ex... Read more
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