Living Without Borders

Highlights of the past week in Mexico Blogging

February 7th, 2007

It’s been a little quiet here because a lot is going on in the background. Not least has been the launch of our latest Mexican featured location, Veracruz, not only at MexRetire.com, but also on the newly christened Livtopia/Mexico site. Sure to be an exciting new project. That said a lot has been going on elsewhere in our corner of the English language, Mexican blogosphere.

Living in Mexico and Mexican Travel, one of my favorite blogs already, has a nice write up of the walking tour of San Juan Cosala, near Chapala. Written like I probably would have written it, it’s not long on history (you need to take the tour for that) but more on the experience of the day and some good local information. The rest of the blog is a gold mine of the sort of sentiment that motivates people retiring to Mexico.

1st Mate is back from sailing again. This time across the Sea of Cortés, it is not at all tranquil, but she’s got good pictures and even a map. Reminded me a little bit of some of Brenda and Roy’s excellent photos.

The Ruminating Expatriot took another trip to the Immigration Authorities, as illuminating and useful as the last time we noted he’d been in.

…within 15 minutes I was seated at the desk with the same very kind woman who had processed my change of address request. She looked over the paperwork I had submitted, filled out a form, presented me with a copy of the form, and told me return in a week to pick up my renewed visa. In and out in less than a half hour.

That’s the way we like it. And Billie is finally getting her kitchen almost finished. There is a practical side to almost every Mexico blog I see. Maybe it’s cause life here is so whimsical and often requires a sense of humor that we can’t help but take note of some of the problems, and upsets that make even the slightest progress seem like it is major and worth celebrating. Sort of like the Expatriot does above. Does that help explain why Mexicans are always so friendly ?

Entry Filed under: Travel, Living in Mexico, Guaymas, Puerto Vallarta, San Miguel de Allende, Other Blogs We Like, Paperwork & RedTape, Retiring in Mexico, Veracruz