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Let's talk Real Estate!!! (*You might also want to bookmark this page for future reference) We're all set with our choice for a new rental, but there are pro...

We'll be posting our next video very soon - In it, we are announcing WHICH rental we decided to take and why. In that same video we'll have our Real Estate A...

Since we have put our move to Mexico on indefinite hold, it's time to find a new home in Costa Rica! I've found at least one positive result of the Corona Vi...

Costa Rica is one of the most popular relocation spots for US expats, however you may not be able to watch all of your favorite TV shows! Things have changed...

(That Was the Week That Was, or informally TWTWTW or TW3, a satirical television comedy program with David Frost from BBC Television ran two seasons in the U...

As I promised in my last post, here is information on 3 of the 5 cities - Merida, San Miguel de Allende and Lake Chapala/Ajijic. We happened upon this inform...

After having made a move to Costs Rica, we thought making our second move to Mexico would be easy or at least, easier. But...we were wrong. When comparing ou...

I sat down to breakfast in Grecia with 2 of my favorite people, Adero & Noah. They are from New Orleans and have been living as expats in Puerto Viejo. When w...

After 5 fun-filled days in Mérida, it was time to move on. So, on Friday June 14 we took a short 2 1/2 hr flight, departing at noon from the airport in Mérid...

Have you ever been to a cenote? A cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath....

Caroline Membreño, Vickie Locke, Kellie McRae, Gabriella Marigold Lindsay, Roxana Bangura and I were all admins together on a Facebook page called Black Wome...

MEXICO JAMMIN - 14 days 6 travelers and 6 cities (or 7 cities depending on who you were) But now...we're back!! (well 5 of us are back and one is still enjoy...

Finally got this one uploaded to Youtube. For those of you on Facebook, I uploaded this last week but if you are not on Facebook or just want to watch again,...

Once we started talking to other people in the area and we realized that NOTHING was going to be done about what happened to us, I got a little angry (to say...

It has taken me a while to write this post because I wasn't really sure about what approach to take. Before we moved here I did years of research on Costa Ri...

Although, we are currently residing in Costa Rica, our plan was always to keep our eyes and our options open and according to International Living's 2019 Ret...