By Freda Rumford from the December 2010 Edition ART WITH ROBERT HILL NEW LOCATION The classes will be held every Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8:00 PM, at the PLATILLO DE PONCHO RESTAURANT cost is $100 pesos per class, or 8 classes for $600 if paid in advance. Call Robert for more information […]
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By Freda Rumfordfrom the November 2010 Edition So we are back from 12 days in Colima! Not a pleasure trip but one which in some circumstances became pleasurable. We went a little fearfully because Nigel (my husband of 54 years) had been sick on and off for the past almost two years and was not […]
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By Freda Rumford from the October 2010 Edition Recently there has been a glut of bad press about the happenings in Mexico, the fights between the police or army and the various gangs. The death threats (sometimes carried out) against prominent politicians, reporters and high ranking officials and the death threats against poorly paid local […]
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By Freda Rumford from the September 2010 Edition Mexico’s 200 year celebration of Independence Day is on September 16th 2010. This day heralds the anniversary of the start of the war for Mexico’s final Independence from Spain. For more than two centuries, Mexico had been dominated & oppressed by Spain and on September 16th 1810 […]
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By Freda Rumford from the September 2010 Edition PartII: Fractional Ownerships Last month we covered the “Time Share” form of ownership in which participants have the use of certain periods of time but that does not always suit everyone. Some people prefer to actually own a piece of where they are staying. To make the […]
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By Freda Rumford from the August 2010 Edition When first researching information on this sometimes touchy subject, I was astonished to learn that this way of providing inexpensive holiday accommodations originated in Switzerland in the 1960’s. A Ski resort developer in the French Alps, experiencing lagging business, devised the idea of “Don’t buy a Holiday, […]
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By Freda Rumford from the July 2010 Edition There is absolutely no pretension here as Manzanillo is far from being a “shopping Mecca” of the world. At times it is extremely difficult to get even basics so the foreign population are discovering skills for gathering stuffs for the pantry forgotten since the ice age. If […]
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By Freda Rumford from the June 2010 Edition Most of us who have moved to Manzanillo from the Frozen North rub our hands with glee when we hear or read of storms back in our old neighbourhoods, be they snow, ice, freezing rain or hail and thank our lucky stars that we are away from […]
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By Freda Rumford from the June 2010 Edition There is news breaking this week, that Colima is to develop the coastline from Isla de Navidad, site of the Grand Bay hotel, south to Manzanillo which will encompass the “ORO-PENA BLANCA” area thus creating an area much like Cancun. We have heard in the past few […]
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By Freda Rumford from the June 2010 Edition Hopefully the endless wait at the Immigration office will be a thing of the past as Mexico’s Immigration Institute (INM) have changed procedures totally as of April 30th this year. All foreigners living in Mexico MUST now go on line to the website to www. INM.gob. find […]
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