By Yann Kostic from the March 2013 Edition To make a comfortable retirement possible in Mexico (or anywhere for that matter), proper financial planning is crucial. You need to know your sources of income, the amount you can expect to receive from each source and whether those sources are likely to last throughout your retirement […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition One of the challenges of living in Mexico is communicating with friends and family back home. My wife Señiora Notsotechie (she wanted to keep her maiden name) and I have a Canadian phone line that does just that. You may say, I have Skype, and it […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition The first thing that strikes you as you arrive in Havana is the darkness. The airport appears to be lit with 25-Watt bulbs and the drive into the city (at night) is as black as the road through an American forest. The occasional house gives off […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2013 Edition (Cinepolis Manzanillo) We admit to our shameless love of the cinema. Although we can wait and see most of the movies via video distribution in the comfort of our own home, there’s just nothing like the big screen, big sound and the smell of popcorn. And […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2013 Edition I am a shameless ‘Googler’. It seems that whenever I want to know something, the quickest and easiest option usually turns out to be the internet. On one of these adventures I was tracking a news story on the World Happiness Report. This got my curiosity […]
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By Terry Sovil from the March 2013 Edition Carnaval or Carnivale is a period of festivities which is generally held before Lent. In the United States of America it also called Mardi Gras. This Mexican holiday is a five-day celebration held before the Catholic period of Lent. Carnaval is celebrated exuberantly with parades, floats, costumes, […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition The Aztec Priesthood When the words “Aztec Priests” are presented to most Anglos, preprogrammed thoughts and mental images crop up of a big jawed, broken nosed, short but colorful skirted, man with a long and bloody stone dagger held over his head in preparation of dispatching […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the March 2013 Edition . . .you know those sort of folks, who, no matter what you say claim to have done much more and lots better than you ever have or could. Well, it seemed that their Grand Champion sat next to me recently, on a six and one-half hour […]
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In this issue: Nature Fooxtail Palm – Tommy Clarkson Flora Exotica – Freda Rumford Humor We’ve all met’em XII – Tommy Clarkson History Mexico’s People – Aztecs – Kirby Vickery Living in Mexico and Manzanillo Carnaval – Terry Sovil Happiness – Suzanne A. Marshall Night at the movies -Suzanne A. Marshall Living in Latin America […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition with many thanks to the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens Forever it seems; orchids have been a joy to me, the delicacy of the flowers the transparency and waxy feel of the petals and the glorious colours. Oh those glorious colours. We were lucky several years ago […]
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