For the last year, daily life for the Working Gringa has started with a walk along Paseo de Montejo with the dogs, URL and Mali…

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So you’ve just bought your colonial home in the historical center of Merida, moved in all your furniture and planted a couple bougainvilleas in the patio. You step up to the bathroom sink to wash your hands, but when you turn on the faucet, nothing happens…

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The following excerpt is from a recently published book on immigration titled, “No One Is Illegal” by Justin Akers Chacón and Mike Davis. We find it interesting and thought our readers might as well, as the authors purportedly have researched a lot of recent data and trends that apply to gringo immigrants to Mexico. Much food for thought…

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As our regular readers know, we’re building a house here in Merida. The design is done, the perimeter walls are up and it’s time to get serious…

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The other day we were working on a website for some Mexican artists who now live in Merida. While reviewing the titles of their paintings, we saw one called “Cual de Los Dos” (Which of the Two?)…

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As relatively novice expats, for the last five years we have harbored a secret little worry that if something goes wrong with us medically, the chance of disaster is higher here in Mexico than it might be otherwise…

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You’ve probably heard all kinds of horror stories: long lines in the hot sun and longer waits in chilly, air conditioned rooms packed with total strangers who don’t speak your language, an endless list of invasive questions about your family, medical history and possible criminal past…

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