Stories of traveling around the world. Buy a round the world ticket and head of on an adventure. Share tips on how to organize the trip and places not to miss. For travel enthusiasts, backpackers, and anyone with some time and an urge to...
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Stories of traveling around the world. Buy a round the world ticket and head of on an adventure. Share tips on how to organize the trip and places not to miss. For travel enthusiasts, backpackers, and anyone with some time and an urge to see the world.
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One of the best places to stay in San Miguel de Allende for visitors who want a bed and breakfast establishment is the Casa de la Cuesta. With fabulous architecture, clean comfortable rooms that offer access to patios and other outdoor areas, and the atmosphere offered, this B&B is one of the most popular places to stay when in the area. This establishment only contains six rooms, so there are never any crowds, and the sunset views and hospitality make this... Read Full Story
Interesting article by Jm Scherrer regarding the effect of recent monetary circumstances on Canadians considering Mexico. This article is slanted towards opportunity in PV where they have experienced a more pronounced decline due to a glut of condos, but the general sentiment holds true for San Miguel De Allende as well.
Rich McClarty
Select Real Estate
By: Jim Scherrer
For more than 50 years, the de facto world currency has been the US dollar with many of the world currencies... Read Full Story
One Journalist’s View
By Linda Ellerbee
Sometimes I’ve been called a maverick because I don’t always agree with my colleagues, but then, only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. The stream here is Mexico .
You would have to be living on another planet to avoid hearing how dangerous Mexico has become, and, yes, it’s true drug wars have escalated violence in Mexico , causing collateral damage, a phrase I hate. Collateral damage is a cheap way of saying that innocent people, some... Read Full Story
Here is some helpful information from the Humane Society to help prepare you for traveling to san miguel de Allende Gto Mexico with your dog.
Before any trip, have your veterinarian examine your pet to ensure that he or she is in good health. A veterinary examination is a requisite for obtaining the legal documents required for many forms of travel.
In addition to the examination, your veterinarian may vaccinate your pet against rabies, distemper, infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis... Read Full Story
October 18 Audubon Bird Walk at the Charco
Audubon conducts a birdwalk on the third Sunday of every month–in
October, it’s the 18th, this very Sunday, when Norman Besman and Signe
Hammer will take all you aficionados de aves on a walk at the Charco
del Ingenio, where many interesting birds are always flitting about,
especially in the early morning. Recent sightings have included blue
grosbeaks, black-crowned night-herons, and a northern bobwhite, and
just the other day at the Charco... Read Full Story
San Miguel de Allende is a charming town northwest of Mexico City. It seduces visitors with its Spanish Colonial city center, cafes and restaurants. It helps that it is driving distance from Texas, but one of the major allures is that the cost of living is much lower. For example, a gardener charges around $2 an hour, a house cleaner that cooks and cleans is around $80 a week (in the states, this would cost a minimum of $80 a day). More than 10% of the town’s residents hail from the United... Read Full Story
Retire overseas, sure it’s cheap, but I don’t speak
the language. It seems it is more of a problem to the retiree than to
the natives. Here’s what I mean.
If your attitude is right you
can get by with only English almost anywhere. English is the universal
language and the second language of choice in most countries. But even
if you don’t speak a lick, if the natives know you are trying, most
will make every effort to help you get understood.
Case in point,
the French are alleged... Read Full Story
Identify the Karmic Riddles in Your Life! Find out why you keep going in circles, having the same experiences only with new people in new places. What are the lessons and what are you simply not seeing as you fall into the same pattern each time around?
Find out your life’s calling, your true destiny which we all know is the only true way to happiness.
Anabela de Corro is a real true blue palm reader ( your hands are a map of your nervous system), astrologer as well as expert on several... Read Full Story
If you have never gone to Pozos Guanajuato and live or visit San Miguel de Allende Mx, then you definitely want to make a day trip to Mineral de Pozos Mexico. I recently took a trip out to Pozos Guanajuato, a small day trip about an hour from San Miguel de Allende Mx. I never really thought much of Mineral de Pozos, because its such a small dot on the map, but it is actually a very interesting little Mexican town.
While on our tour we learned what very few visitors know. We learned that... Read Full Story
San Miguel de Allende restaurants are exquisite, at least every visitor who comes says so
There are San Miguel de Allende restaurants for one and all. Even with San Miguel’s size there are many great San Miguel de Allende restaurants.
Most of San Miguel’s economy comes from restaurants, so a lot of local people live off of owning or working in a restaurant. You can find restaurants one every streetin San Miguel de Allende.Because San Miguel de Allende has so many tourists from all over... Read Full Story
