Mexico

San Miguel de Allende is an expat haven and a popular destination for people in our various nomad groups.  Since we were in Mexico City we decided to take the bus for 4.5 hours to come and see for ourselves what all the fuss is about. Read more →

Outside the historic city center there is so much to visit that this post ended up being way longer than I thought so I had to leave a few things out.  Hopefully what’s left are the interesting bits 😂 Our first excursion was to the district of Coyoacan to visit the Frida Kahlo museum.  Neither of us knew much about Frida Kahlo Read more →

 

And we’re off our on South American adventures!  The first stop on our way was Mexico City.  Neither of us has been here before and it was the best non-stop flight we could find from Calgary that did not take us into the US.  Read more →

During our Mexico City stay we joined a tour to visit the Teotihuacan Pyramids.  We chose an early morning tour (ie picked up at 6:30am) with Mexican Tales to try and beat the crowds, the tour did not include shopping stops or lunch which was perfect.  We really wanted to focus on seeing the historic site and not get caught up in a bunch of touristy add ons. Read more →

How did we end up spending 8 weeks in Loreto Bay, Mexico?  Well, as we were contemplating our fall travels, the Schengen limits and moving around Europe, staying longer than 90 days became a little more work than we felt like doing.  We are committed to flying out of Lisbon on February 17 Read more →

When we were looking for somewhere warm to go after Phoenix, Blair’s brother mentioned they had visited a place 4 hours south of Phoenix called Rocky Point, Read more →

So, what is our final verdict on Loreto Bay?  Well, we were sad to leave which always means we enjoyed being somewhere.  Read more →

The first month of 2022 is also our last month living in Loreto, Baja, Mexico.  It has been the perfect place to be isolated during the latest covid surge and we are grateful to the folks whose homes we have rented Read more →