A newly proposed constitutional amendment may now make it possible for foreigners to purchase restricted zone real estate directly, provided it is residential property. [...]
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Here we are, all hunkered down in Mexicali because of the flu. For a couple of days, we just stayed home, but tonight we decided to take a drive around town. [...] Yeah, just the begging of the end for your investors While looking to re-locate to Mexico, Jim and I made several trips to Rosarito Beach. Although the weather was great, and we could get a place right on the ocean, Rosarito Beach was not for us. Why? Because it was just [...] Our friends dancing in Los Algodones this winter Normally I don’t get into the news, but the arrest of Edward Chrisman, 88, and his grandson, Gary Chrisman Jr, 40, deserves comment. Jim and I are not political types, and we don’t live in some quaint town with cobblestones, or in a resort. We [...] Jim and I, now that we are retired, are beginning – just beginning – to learn how to relax. Tequila and margaritas are part of our decompression program from a hectic life of work in the U.S. Tequila Tequila Tequila is a national treasure in Mexico. For centuries it has been made and [...] 
Seized narco-money This post is prompted by a comment sent in by one of our readers. He is coming to Mexicali on business, and wonders if he will be safe. That’s a very fair question. My short answer is “yes.” Jim and I could only afford to move to a border town. The [...] A beautifully decorated Mexicai home “Tis the season to be jolly.” Christmas is almost upon us. During our drives through the Mexicali nighttime streets, most of the homes are lit up with Christmas lights, and even some impressive nativity scenes. Christmas for Mexicans, is the most important religious holiday of all. Christmas is [...] The peso is getting cheaper! I know I wrote about the rise of the dollar versus the peso back in October, but it just keeps getting better! In the last three months, the Mexican Peso has lost 37% of its value against the U.S. Dollar. Let me re-phrase that – in the last [...]  The sandy riverbank where Jim & Rex would walk Just across the street from our place is a bare sandy field that stretches north about 80 yards to a small green river. The river is about 50 feet across, and on the other side is the United States. It’s a very nice place for bicycle rides and jogging, or just to sit and watch the river go by.  The new US steel wall It had become a favorite place for Jim to take Rex for a long walk, or a brief jog. All of a sudden the sandy field and the river were gone – blocked off by a huge ugly 20 foot steel wall right by the side of the street. One day, there was no wall; the next there it was. Just like that.  Working on the steel wall Jim and I were amazed at how fast the thing appeared, and got in our truck to check it out. It turns out that the sandy riverside where Jim and Rex used to spend time was not Mexico, but America. They were walking and jogging in America and didn’t even realize it. Apparently, there was no need to wall off anything because of the river. Now times had changed, I guess. As soon as Jim started taking some photos, the people working to put up the wall ran and hid behind their trucks and equipment. Did they think Jim was some kind of terrorist? Did they think that if he got their photo, they were marked for death? Maybe so, because as Jim started walking over to talk to the folks – off in the distance two trucks started speeding towards him – one was a US Border Patrol truck, and the other, the Mexican police. All of a sudden another US Border Patrol truck came over the hill at Jim. Continue reading The US Border Patrol chases Jim Jim and I decided to make a day trip from Mexicali to Ensenada. We set off pretty early in the morning, and headed west on Mexico’s Highway 2, the same route we took on our trip to Rosarito Beach. Hitting the road to Ensenada We were pretty familiar with the road – through [...] |
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