San Miguel Allende – Photo Jiuguang Wang CC Why Live in San Miguel de Allende? San Miguel de Allende, Mexico is considered the jewel of colonial Mexico. Many homes from that period line the narrow, cobbled streets. The facades of these elegant buildings are...
Living in Guanajuato, Mexico View of Guanajuato from El Pipila Interested in a real Mexican city with a low cost of living, lots of colonial architecture, a thriving arts scene, temperate weather, and an established expat community? Then living in Guanajuato, Mexico,...
What Does it Cost to Live a Month on the Road in Northern California and Baja California I have long had a theory that many people could live a much higher quality, more interesting and fulfilling life on the road while staying in good quality vacation rentals than if...
Getting to Oventic After an hour-long hellish cab ride from San Cristobal de las Casas, through the spectacular central highlands of Chiapas, we finally arrived at the autonomous Zapatista community of Oventic. This place isn’t on maps, the residents are...
When my friends Chris and Rachel Larsen invited me to go along with them to meet someone who had a ranch deep in Zapatista country near Teopisca, Chiapas I was intrigued. I had driven through Zapatista country; I had even been delayed by a Zapatista roadblock, but...
Only ten minutes from the center of San Cristobal the preserve also protects 100 hectares of oak forests. There are great walking trails with beautiful views of the city, an amphitheater, beautiful works of modern sculpture and a unique greenhouse designed to...
(Update June 2018 – Atalaia, Portugal – After I left Mexico, Wes and I kept in touch and, as travelers often do, we met up again. This time in June 2016, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We continued our friendship as if no time had passed and had a few more crazy...
