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Driving in Boquete is simple, safe, and uncomplicated. There is no traffic congestion. There is only one main road. Secondary roads go to neighborhoods. The road from David to Alto Boquete is two-way traffic. Down... Read more
There's a variety of restaurants in Chapala and Ajijic, including very inexpensive food trucks off the roadsides. My typical lunch from the local restaurant Lake Taco is a tw... Read more
There are many options for health insurance in Mexico. And the costs vary depending on what you choose. There are national health insurance companies that cover major medical condition... Read more
There are lots of holidays in Corozal. New Year’s Eve is a very big deal here. They light fireworks at midnight just like in the US. Everybody is outside and celebrating. New Year’s Eve is very special... Read more
Americans and expats in general are treated very well in Chapala and Ajijic. From my personal experience and the assessment I get from many of my friends, neighbors, and customers, we love how expats are treated i... Read more
There is an international airport in San Jose del Cabo, where there are direct flights from other parts of Mexico and the United States such as California and Texas. There are also Canadians who come from that air... Read more
As a woman expat in Mexico, I don't notice a huge difference in how I'm treated in Mexico compared to how my Canadian husband treats me, although there is some lingering Mexican ma... Read more
If you live in the town proper of San Juan del Sur, you’re likely going to have Nicaraguan neighbors on both sides of you. The street that we lived on before our present home was in a neighborhood called Bar... Read more
No, Standard Medicare Parts A and B only will not cover you in Mexico, BUT your supplemental or Medicare Advantage Plans, also called C Plan or Replacement Plan, will often cover you, and with the program we have ... Read more
We see all kinds of arrangements here, from complete traditional coverage to no coverage at all. The cost for ambulatory health care is so reasonable that most people do not use their insurance for it. Some will a... Read more
We have good bus service in Los Cabos and La Paz. If you are a tourist and you want to travel within Cabo San Lucas, there is a public bus service with Wi-Fi and air conditioning that you can use. If you need to t... Read more
The doctors in Mexico are very good. I haven't been in any little places where doctors do not have ongoing education to keep them up and current with what's going on. Most of my experience has been in Los ... 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
Would you like to reduce your stress? Based on the hundreds of expats we've interviewed and the more than one thousand who participated in our studies, if you are like them, there is more t... Read more
My new Mayan friend had a beautific smile. Most likely in her 50s, I met her as she and her family were making and selling sandwiches from the very small porch in front of her home with the half wall she used as... Read more
At each of the stops on our road trip through Mexico, there emerged a personal and unique theme for Jet and me. In Baja California Sur, it was the rugged beauty of the desert juxtaposed against the almost unimaginably... Read more
Now that it’s over, I can tell you about it. So far, on our road trip through Mexico, we have rented six vacation houses that did work out (pictured here) and two that haven't (not pictured... Read more
I came to San Miguel in 2011 to do a presentation to a group of dentists who belong to the local dental association and fell in love with the people (the indigenous Mexicans), so I returned to the USA and decided... Read more
Many expats do not like to drive in Mexico, so I constantly answer questions about public transportation. Tijuana has more expats than anywhere else in Mexico and it is a big city, so understandably, m... Read more
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