Exactly right, Life, some of Cancun's richest people live in the hotel zone, or own homes there, and they may rightly consider themselves targets....
Hi, Gonzo. Anyone who is willing to pay for a bodyguard considers themselves to be a target. I want to know why, in the case of those TraceyUK...
The article says it's not known under what circumstances the young man drowned; but, while enjoying Cancun's beautiful sand, surf and sea, don't...
TraceyUK, sorry to hear about your house being broken into. Would you mind clarifying something in your post, did you mean to say that...
Greece gone.... Mixz1 called our attention to Germany's reluctance to be part of a bailout of Greece. They are now signaling that they will not...
Same here, Steve, I'm wary on the streets of Cancun Centro, just as I was on the streets of Dallas, Texas, yet feel just as safe. The only places...
ATMs You will save money at every turn if you pay in pesos: they are easy to get from ATM machines located everywhere. If you don't access the...
Foreign currency accounts For anyone interested in having foreign currency accounts in the U.S., the FDIC insured, "Everbank", is an option....
This suggests you're still operating from the paradigm I believe should be abandoned, as failed. But, with a nice holiday coming up, better to...
Perhaps responsibility would sound better than blame, but, yes, both those who supply and those who use constitute a part of the problem, so long...
Well said, Life, as if, after what happened in Juarez, Americans would need to be even more alarmed! The U.S. response should have been, "We...
Attorney's fees The cost will depend on the lawyer, and the services you want included: the least I've heard of is 3,000 pesos for an...
Repeat? Odd that they're doing this, when there is insufficient vaccine in the country to give everyone the first jab. France ended up with a...
What can be done? On the subject of how to protect against a currency collapse, we have considered owning, and have owned, foreign currencies....
Gringation wrote: Definitely concur with that, plus tourists are at very little risk when doing the usual tourist things, and staying in the...
Yeah, Rawkus, now I see. We had a similar situation on one street I lived on in the U.S. There was a public park at one end, and an...
Well, no, Rivergirl, because I didn't think the message surprising: I was more surprised you were surprised to discover there is a lot of crime in...
Predicting what our emotional response will be to events in our lives is tricky business, and sometimes it takes less to set us off, than at other...
Interesting point, whether there are more foreigners here, with permission to work, than here merely with permission to live, relying on financial...
V. Rentista Here's a description of the process for one of the more popular visa types: if you feel up to it, you can do it yourself, as many do....
