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Before I moved to Mexico I lived in Seattle for a number of years. I often talked to people from the Los Angeles, California, area who said that drivers in Seattle drove like “pansies.” Last week I drove through LA and I noticed the difference: Los Angeles has a lot of Mexico’s driving culture. Now... Read More »
I’ve just completed a road trip myself. I drove all the way from Saltillo, Mexico, back home to the Seattle area: 42 hours of drive time down and a whole lot of anxiety behind me. The first day of driving was on the country highways of Mexico in Coahuila. Even seasoned Mexican motorists consider the...
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I’m not a professional driver, per se. I did have a special Humvee driver’s license when I was in the US Army, and I drove mail trucks for the postal service in Seattle. But I’ve never been an expert in long-haul trucking or held a special classed state driver’s license. I’ve never even had a...
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I’ve just now passed my third consecutive year of celebrating the US tradition of Thanksgiving while living in Mexico. It’s been interesting for me, because I’ve never had to be a principal chef of a feast before coming to Mexico. Even when I was in the military, even living overseas in Baghdad, the chow halls...
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After two years of life in Mexico as an expat I’ve noticed some very big differences from my own North American culture. That’s the Mexican people’s willingness to take to the streets and use force if necessary when they’re discontent with their government’s policies. November is the month of the revolution in Mexico. The revolution...
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El Espinazo del Diablo isn’t very well-known in North America. You may have heard of the Guillermo Del Toro film “The Devil’s Backbone,” which earns a 7.4 rating at www.IMDB.com. It’s even a Mexican film, but it has naught to do with Mexico: it takes place during the Spanish Civil War in 1939. For anyone...
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A Fantastic Cross-Section of Expat Communities, Reference for Mexico’s Laws When I first started swiping the virtual pages of this e-book, I was very skeptical. I thought “I’ve been here two years. What could this teach me?” The big fact of this book is that it’s not from just one expat’s knowledge and experiences. George...
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My father in-law is from Jalisco. He’s always told me stories of the magic of Puerto Vallarta. I had never been. I went to Cancun when I was 21, just months after returning from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq. But I had never known this tropical pacific destination on Mexico’s west coast: traditionally...
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My knowledge of anthropology and ethnography are very limited. I studied just a bit of those subjects in college, but I’ve always been fascinated by the subject, and I enjoy watching documentaries for laymen on networks such as The Discovery Channel, The History Channel and PBS. My visit to the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in...
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The celebration of Christopher Columbus' (Cristóbal Colón in original Italian; he was born in Italy) accomplishment of successfully navigating to the Americas in 1492 has come under fire in recent years. The celebration in the United States started in 1792, 300 years after the fact. In 1992 I remember celebrating the 500-year anniversary of Columbus'...
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