Tips for Driving Safely to your Mexican Holiday Getaway, Part 3: Navigating City Streets
December
24,
2013
by Al Barrus
Mexican drivers use an open window to navigate city streets, they communicate to get to their destination, ask for directions and where to find places...
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Tips for Driving Safely to your Mexican Holiday Getaway, Part 2: Traversing the Countryside
December
20,
2013
by Al Barrus
Tips for Driving Safely to Mexican Holiday Getaway include coming up with a well-planned travel route and using autopistas (toll roads) when possible...
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Tips for Driving Safely to your Mexican Holiday Getaway, Part I: Customs
December
9,
2013
by Al Barrus
Get tips for driving to Mexico for the holidays, starting with Customs and border crossing from Al Barrus...
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Expat’s Thanksgiving: Celebrating Northern Holiday Traditions South of the Border
December
2,
2013
by Al Barrus
Wherever you are in Mexico you won’t be short on willing guests to help you celebrate your foreign holiday traditions, even Thanksgiving...
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Hey Gringos: Come to Mexico and Live the Revolution
November
25,
2013
by Al Barrus
November is the month of the revolution in Mexico. The revolution officially started November 20th in 1910, and for good reason...
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The Devil’s Backbone Toll-Way: A Modern, Safe Route to Mazatlan
November
19,
2013
by Al Barrus
If you need to drive from the east to make it to Mazatlan, fear not. Mexico’s government has saved the day with the new modern, safe and faster toll-way 40D...
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Mexico – More Expatriate Insights - Book Review
November
11,
2013
by Al Barrus
I’ll keep George Puckett’s Mexico – More Expatriate Insights guidebook on my smartphone as long as I’m living in Mexico. The information is invaluable...
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Road Trip to Puerto Vallarta: The Most Magical Night of Our Lives
October
28,
2013
by Al Barrus
A Pacific Olive Ridley sea turtle crawled onto shore, layed her eggs and scramble back while we were swimming in front of our hotel in Puerto Vallarta...
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Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology: A Must-See for a Mexico City Visit
October
14,
2013
by Al Barrus
Reviews of Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology put it on the top five list of museums in the world; with 11 archaeology and 11 ethnography galleries...
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October 12th, Dia de la Raza
October
7,
2013
by Al Barrus
The originally Mexican celebrations are a mix of European religion and the Native American practices, making La Raza on October 12th possible...
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