Crossing the Border Into Mexico - What Do I Need to Know?

Do you want informating before you start crossing the border into Mexico? Are you checking out the options before you choose a retirement location? When you travel to Mexico do you feel like you being ripped off? I found a new book that is just for you.

Current and easy to read information published in 2006. If your driving or flying into Mexico anytime soon you should have an updated compilation of important points you must know. This guide has well over 50 things and tips you should be aware of before you step one toe over the border.

So many of us cross the border to vacation in Mexico and we all need to know about the cultural differences that we will encounter. The authors of this book are giving you the benefit of all their experience so that you will enjoy your time in Mexico and avoid cultural battles and emotional turmoil. I know you want your memorable experiences of Mexico to be positive.

The contents of the book are divided into sections:

• Financial Issues
• How to exchange money for pesos and get the best rates
• Beware of "Casas de Cambio"
• Don't wait in line for to exchange money
• How to get travel cash before you leave home?
• What you need to know about Credit/Debit Cards in Mexico
• Can you use Checks and Travlers Checks in Mexico?
• many more tips

• Communications Issues

• How to make International long distance phone calls for free
• How to use Mexican pay phones
• What you should know about cell phone service in Mexico
• How to dial phones in Mexico
• Internet service in Mexico
• many more tips

• Personal Safety/Protection Issues

• Petty theft and fraud
• Avoid being a victim
• Dealing with police and authorities
• Travel insurance
• Vehicle insurance
• Property insurance
• Mexican medical system
• many more tips
  

• Cultural Differences and Issues
• Understanding meanings of words and gestures
• Recommendations regarding cultural issues
• What to expect in typical situations
• Take time to learn the language
• many more tips

• Legal Issues

• How to get into and out of the country
• Mexican laws
• Recommendations regarding legal issues
• many more tips
  

Each section has information, author commentary and a list of recommendations.

The recommendations for each section include things you should do before you start your travel and refrecnces you should have on hand during your Mexico visit. Much of the information is found through lists of clickable links for the resources, so you will need to keep a copy of this book on your computer.

This handy eBook is downloaded right away. Print out a copy and get started with your research now. Many of the resource links are only available to subscribers of their web site.

Updated information and new resources are posted often according to the author.


Click here to check out the authors web site for tons of information you should know before you Travel Mexico.

Live in Mexico - Can I Retire in El Golfo Mexico?

Yes...you can retire anywhere in Mexico and live in luxury. El Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico might be an option among other Mexican retirement choices for Americans.

Are you close to retirement age or just wish you were? Have you been thinking of retirement for a few years? Do you think you just can't afford to retire? These are all questions the baby-boomer age group are asking themselves and others. Where can I go to retire? Can I Retire in Mexico?

Researching everything you want to know about Mexico and learning about retirement in Mexico is so easy now that the computers and the internet is available to just about everyone. Did you find this page with a search about Vacationing in Mexico or Retirement in Mexico? See??? It is easy... oh and it can be frustrating also.

So much information is available and not always in one place. So you spend hours and days online printing and compiling information about how to retire in Mexico, into stacks and binders. Then you cross refrence and check all the information to find the tidbits that reference to your particular situation or circumstances.

Think about it??? How do you search out all the information about living internationally? Does the information come from tourist sites trying to lure you to purchase a time share? Did you find useful information from a Mexican site or an American site? Which would serve to answer your questions logically?

Wouldn't the best information come from someone who has been in your shoes and now lives the life you dream of?

I found out about this gal that has written a book for us! Her name is Barbie Parks and she is amazing. Her and her hubby Dick have done all the investigative work for us. She keeps this book updated fairly regularly so the information is current. And best of all...she has a newsletter and it's full of current information that we will all need to retire in Mexico.

Even if you only plan an extended visit or become a winter resident this guide will be of so helpful. She covers among other topics

• Social Security Concerns
• International Drivers License
• Health Care
• Tourist Card
• Non-Immigrant Visa requirements
• Passports
• Automobile Fuel
• What About the Water?
• Perscription Drugs
• Real Estate
  

Can you believe that she does all this work about retirement? Isn't she retired? Well yes she and her husband are retired, but keep so busy with all kinds of projects...the Retire in Luxury book and newsletter being just one of them.

Check out her site now and see if this information isn't just what you are looking for.

Retire in Mexico Book - Click Here

It's a download eBook which means you get it right now. In less than 5 minutes you can have all the information you need to get started on your Mexican retirement research. You will always need to finish up the investigation with your personal requirements, but this guide is an amazing wealth of information all in one place.

Can you retire in El Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico or retire anywhere in Mexico? Maybe. Just think of the choices and opportunities that await you in this land of beauty and sunshine. NO SNOW!

Information about El Golfo Mexico

Vacation in Mexico via San Luis Sonora Mexico

So...Our friends invited us down to El Golfo again and so we are off on another adventure. You might be thinking.. ho hum.. another trip to El Golfo. Same song, second verse... but you would be a missing some great new trip information. Heading across to San Luis Mexico on a Friday afternoon, we have slow and go traffic.

The reason for the delay??? School is out and the children are lined up to cross over to Mexico.

They wear school uniforms and carry large backpack just like all kids in American schools. Wait, they are from the American schools crossing back to their homes in Mexico. They walk in small packs, and the teenage girls have the same haunting "get lost" stare that all girls that age have.

The walk from the schools crosses right in front of a modern United States Post Office. This American institution looks out of place. It is a huge modern building with a large parking lot. The area is surrounded with the old San Luis shopping district and boarded up offices.

The postal building is larger, cleaner and much more modern than the U.S.P.S. in Yuma. Very strange for such a small town, though it serves a much larger community coming across the border.

When we crossed over to San Luis, I snapped this shot of the shopping district in San Luis, Sonora. It reminds me of the old downtown shopping areas in America. They even have diagonal parking.