Living in Mexico – Page 15

To Apostille or not To Apostille

August 1, 2011November 10, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Freda Rumford from the August 2011 Edition Often we foreigners have become totally bewildered in the requirements of pieces of paper as “official documents” when the person one is dealing with is facing a computer!! Many times I have uttered, to whoever was nearby and cared to listen, that this reminded me greatly of […]

Spanish Helper

July 1, 2011November 11, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Linda Breun from the July 2011 Edition Useful Statements I (don’t) like it. (No) me gusta I’m not sure No estoy seguro I don’t know No se I think so Creo que si I’m hungry/thirsty Tengo hambre/sed I’m tired […]

This ‘N That

June 1, 2011November 11, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Cynthia Weaver from the June 2011 Edition “Preheat the Oven and Other Surprises A good portion of you out there reading this are seasoned Manzanillo-ites that may have forgotten what it’s like to be a new full time resident here, discovering that each day is an adventure to learn something, be it a word […]

Consumer Protection In Mexico

June 1, 2011November 11, 2017Robert Hill

By Robert Hill from the June 2011 Edition Many foreigners living in Mexico are unaware that a very strong and effective consumer protection agency exits here, called PROFECO (Procuraduria Federal Del Consumidor). It is a federal office which has offices in most principal cities throughout the Republic. The Subdelegado in Manzanillo is Victor Manuel Granados, […]

The Spanish Helper I

May 1, 2011November 11, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Linda Breun from the May 2011 Edition This is part one of a series of phrases of use to foreign visitors to Mexico. We suggest that you print and save each lesson and practice the phrases regularly. Sometimes, as it English, the correct phrase is not the one used locally. Compiled by L Breun. […]

Who was that Badged Man?

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2011 Edition (A drive to Laredo and back) It was shortly after a Manzanillo midnight that we embarked upon our sojourn to Laredo. 2,963 kilometers, 2,006 pesos in road tolls, and three days plus seventeen hours later we would return. And just what was the impetus for this journey? […]

How Do I Get My Stuff?

March 1, 2011November 11, 2017Terry Sovil

By Roving Reporters from the March 2011 Edition You really need something but you can’t get it here. You look at the great pricing on the internet in the USA. You’ll have to have it shipped. You already know the costs are high. The frustration level will be even higher. A weed whacker part is […]

A Walk on a Wild Side

January 1, 2011January 28, 2018Freda Rumford Vickery

By Freda Rumford from the January 2011 Edition Have you ever had one of those days where you wished you had stayed in bed? Had my guardian angel been awake instead of asleep on my shoulder, she would have warned me that this was a not a day to spend gallivanting the side streets of […]

A Trip On The Wild Side!!

November 1, 2010November 12, 2017Freda Rumford Vickery

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 […]

Day Trippin ’….“Heading for the Border …”

November 1, 2010November 12, 2017Jim Evans

By Jim Evans from the November 2010 Edition Recently on a typically bright sunny Mexican morning, the kind that crackles with expectation; I was driving my Nissan Pathfinder on the second leg of a journey from Manzanillo to visit an old friend in West Texas. Having enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in the company of fellow […]

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