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In this issue:
- Ecuador murders up amongst criminals
- China is buying up Peru
- Conde Nast Traveler Top of 2023 articles
- US FAA Not Shutting Down
- 6 Places In Mexico Where You Can Live For Under $1,250 A Month
- And more Expat News
Photos Of The Week
I love living on the beach because I can get up right before sunrise and go for a nice sunrise beach walk. This week I saw a lot of flamingos moving to another feeding group.
And a crane fishing from the beach
Recent Comments
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Buying Electronics In México
My Apple TV Siri Remote quit working so I went to iStore in my favorite mall in the big city of Mérida and they don’t sell it by it’s self anymore. And no other stores in the mall sell it. Because it has a battery in it I can’t get it shipped from Amazon MX or Amazon US and get it delivered here. Some electronics with batteries are not allowed into México via Amazon. You have to get them at a store but I have to buy an entire Apple TV again, even though my remote is the only part that doesn’t work.
My experience is having someone buy it in the US for me and shipping it down via DHL means I have to pay an import tax which is very high for electronics. Probably cheaper to buy a new Apple TV 4K.
Just an example of some modern inconveniences I sometimes run into living full-time in Mexico.
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Travel News
- Government shutdown averted with last-minute agreement The FAA is not shutting down. I didn’t doubt it.
- This Airline Is Getting Rid of Overhead Bins in First Class – Japan Airlines just added private first-class suites for long-haul flights
- Conde Nast Traveler has few Top 2023 articles
- Top 20 Destination Spa Resorts in the World 2023: Readers’ Choice Awards
- Top 20 Destination Spa Resorts in the World 2023: Readers’ Choice Awards
- The Best Cruises in the World: 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards – broken down into mega, large, medium and small ships
- 20 Best Resorts in Central America 2023: Readers’ Choice Awards
- More “adults only” resorts opening along the coast of Quintana Roo – The Yucatan Times – seeing this adult-only trend more
Expat News
- Most murder victims are criminals, government says; Ecuador, U.S. sign drug trafficking agreement – “It is true that the country has seen an increase in murders, but it is important that the public realize that most of these crimes are criminals killing other criminals.”
- U.S. worries that China is buying control of Peru’s seaports and electrical grid – “The main issue is that . . . Chinese capital has acquired electricity, mining and other companies. Geopolitically speaking, their worries would be justified.”
- What age should you start Swedish death cleaning? Forty-seven sounds about right – I like this idea of getting rid of objects as I get older. I did some of that when I moved to México. Another article on it at My mother is death cleaning – and I never want it to end – My mother is “death cleaning” – putting her lot in order. That is a literal translation from the Swedish döstädning (dö means death, städning is cleaning). In Sweden, doing this is a gesture of love for those you leave behind. You start to go through all your hoarded junk and work out what is of use and what should really go. It’s like Marie Kondo downsizing for the later years.
- The 5 ‘Blue Zones’ where the world’s healthiest people live – I watched the Netflix series and loved it
- Costa Rica’s Tourism Industry Alarmed by Rising Crime : – Costa Rica faces difficult decisions on how to confront increasing crime without alienating visitors or damaging communities dependent on a thriving tourism sector. But the consensus is clear – failure to act decisively could put the country’s status as a top global destination, and major economic driver, at risk.
México Expat News
- 6 Places In Mexico Where You Can Live For Under $1,250 A Month
- Alert for beach house rental scams in Yucatán – recommended to property owners the use of formal contracts that establish the specific purposes of the rental and the responsibilities of the parties.
- Municipal Police officers are being trained to fight extortion in Playa del Carmen – this is a major problem in Quintana Roo México so this is especially good news
- Mexican woman “detained” at Los Angeles Airport for a bottle of chili, suspected of drug trafficking – The Yucatan Times – it’s extremely common to travel with a chili bottle for Mexicans because they need to fix their food when traveling. I’ve gotten so use to chili that I would travel with it when leaving México. Security people should had known better.
- Mailo, the little street dog who adopted by a gas station in Oaxaca and is now a rockstar – feel good story how a homeless dog starting working at a Mexican gas station story
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