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The best-laid plans... Who would have imagined that our meticulously researched, Puerto Vallarta relocation plans AND birthday party, (which I worked on for ...

several years ago when we were planning our relocation, I came across some information, that pointed out that there are more black people who speak Spanish t...

If not now? When? #expatlife #expatdivas #thatbellalife #blackexpats #blackexpatsabroad #blackincostarica #blackbabyboomerabroad

On September 15th, five Central American nations — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua — celebrated 193 years of independence. On th...

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...

Some of you may be wondering exactly what's going on. Are we leaving Costa Rica? Are we moving to Mexico? Before our recent due diligence trip to Mexico we h...

Every time I talk about Mexico, whether it be about moving there or traveling there, it never fails, I ALWAYS get that same question. (and BTW - there are ab...

Ay Yai Yai! Do Mexicans LOVE a festival or what? There are holidays and religious ceremonies celebrated in every country but in my research I found there are...

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...

Mexico Jammin - Day 13 Mexico City I'm going to skip around here just a bit. Mexico City was actually our last stop. Most of the group had already left for ...

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...

This isn't Micheal Britt's first time exploring expat life. Jeanetta Owens chats with Mike Britt below #ExpatLife #CostaRicaLife

Mexico Jammin City Locations: 14 Days in Mexico Here's where we're going #Mexico #ExpatLife #MexicoJammin

Just in case you didn't catch us LIVE or watch us on FB, here is the Costa Rica Live Chat. It will also be in on the video page for future reference as well....

Today I am sharing this very interesting and informative video about Costa Rica by my friend Dr. Robin Hancock. Robin is a teacher, and traveler, studying wh...

We really enjoyed the webinar hosted by The Black Expat Lots of great questions! Comment LOVED all the interesting information you shared in today's live cha...

We're honored to be featured in a Retirement Webinar SAT APR 27 10:00am The Black Expat Live: The Austins (The Aspiring Expats) "Last year, The Black Expat f...