Posted in Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, tagged Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen on March 18, 2009 | 12 Comments »
This morning, after my weekly hour-long wait in the bank line, I hopped onto one of the tiny little colectivos to head back to the office. These particular colectivos are miniscule vans with seats around the inside rear cargo area and standing room in the center aisle. These vans are NOT ideal for [...]
Posted in Ask an Expat, Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen on March 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The past couple of months have found me really, really busy at work and I’ve neglected the emails I’ve gotten from my readers. Today, I caught up quite a bit, so am now able to answer these mails.
Welcome to the 2nd installment of Ask an Expat!
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My family and I have been to Playa before, love [...]
Posted in Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, tagged Buenas!, Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, street vendors on March 10, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Almost 5 years of life in Mexico has changed some things that I at first thought strange into completely normal daily occurences: Cooking with propane gas tanks, not flushing toilet paper, paying bills by waiting in line, etc. These are things I no longer even think about, just as I no longer hear the rooster [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, friends, tagged Bomberos, Charity, Life in Mexico, playa del carme, Three Legged Race on March 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ok, I can see that this year, with the economy in the shitter, I’m going to have to incentivize y’all’s sponsorship of our Bomberos Three Legged Race team for the fundraising bar crawl on March 20.
Sara and I, two of the finest and most obnoxious chicks in Playa, will take the highest individual donor out [...]
Posted in Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, Things I love, blogging, tagged Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen on March 4, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Don’t just take my word for it. Cancun Canuck has pointed me in the direction of many other fellow Mexico bloggers who have weighed in on this topic (I’ve been behind in my blog reading, stupid work!):
Luna Blue’s Playa Zone–Is it safe?
Hotel Playa Maya
The Roses-Standring Family–Is Tulum safe to visit?
Countdown to Mexico–Everyone is on the [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, friends on March 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
What, it’s that time of the year ALREADY?! Many of you may recall that I am a willing participant each year in the Three Legged Bar Crawl that benefits Playa del Carmen and the Riviera Maya’s Bomberos (Firefighters)…and each year, generous sponsors, including the fine forum members and readers of Playa.info and Playa Maya News [...]
Posted in Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, tagged Crime in Playa del Carmen, Mexican tourism, Playa del Carmen on March 3, 2009 | 28 Comments »
Ok, people, enough’s enough. Too many people are finding my blog by researching “crime in Playa del Carmen” and the US media has been going on a frenzy trying to sensationalize crime in Mexico in an effort to deter Americans from traveling here.
Here is the most recent travel advisory from the US State department. Read [...]
