By Freda Rumford from the March 2012 Edition The bad news keeps on pouring in. Mexico is dangerous do not go! Canadians are becoming a target in Mexico. US citizens are unsafe everywhere in Mexico. On and on it goes. In the meantime, those of us already in Mexico are all enjoying the beaches, the […]
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By Freda Rumford from the March 2012 Edition It seems that we always have too many lemons at any one time here. Real Simple Magazine has some really neat tips for using them up and helping us out. 1. Skip the bleach—add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of lemon juice to the wash cycle to brighter […]
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By Freda Rumford from the February 2012 Edition When we were young, meeting persons of the opposite sex was really so easy. Still at school, we would eye others in class and get a pretty good idea of who was interesting or otherwise. Who had a sense of humour? Who was the class clown and […]
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By Freda Rumford from the February 2012 Edition Each year in January, the northern Wal-Mart parking lot becomes a galaxy of brilliant colours as artisans and vendors from all over Mexico descend upon Manzanillo with their travelling fair. Here for two weeks only. At the end of their stay, they head north to Puerto Vallarta […]
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By Freda Rumford from the January 2012 Edition The chairman of the Communications and Transportation of the Colima State Congress, Francisco “Pico” Zepeda announced recently that all vehicles registered with Colima licence plates will now qualify for special automatic permits for toll booths within Mexico. The electronic smart card and chips can be bought at […]
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By Freda Rumford from the January 2012 Edition It is absolutely no secret that many people retiring to Manzanillo come initially as a couple with many then, in response to the Grim Reaper or changes in a relationship, become singles. A new life has begun but one with a totally different slant. Instead of […]
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By Freda Rumford from the December 2011 Edition It is strange but true, that after living in a foreign place for a few years, it becomes no longer foreign and things that were so different originally become every day or common place occurrences. When we moved from England to Canada many years ago, I was […]
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By Freda Rumford from the December 2011 Edition It seemed very strange on our first year in Manzanillo to have Christmas in Mexico. We had spent many such years in the cold of Canada, where we looked out on the snow filled streets with snowmen on guard in front gardens and real “frosticles” hanging from […]
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By Freda Rumford from the November 2011 Edition First printed in the Guadalajara Reporter 20.10.2011 Following the recent stories about Hurricane Jova, it seems necessary to add yet a little more. Upon going out and about in Manzanillo, it was extremely sad to see the amount of Mexican families that had been totally destroyed […]
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By Freda Rumford from the October 2011 Edition In most of Mexico daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on the first Sunday in April. On the last Sunday in October areas on daylight saving time fall back to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. local time. Central Standard Time (CST) becomes Central Daylight […]
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