Emily
@CaribeGal
American citizen
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About me
American
Lives in Durham County, North Carolina
Speaks English, elementary Spanish, a tiny bit of French from high school
Registration: 13 December 2010
About
Occupation
I am Retired.
My expat journey
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Building our retirement dream home
Chelem, Yucat谩n, Mexico
Bicycling, feeding street dogs
Retired
The birds and beach, the unpaved sandy roads, the people, the bicycling, and the laidback lifestyle
Very hot and humid for much of the year, noisy during Mexican holidays and summer vacation periods, inconvenient to get around without a car, some street dogs can be aggressive
Green Cove Springs, Florida, USA
Lived in a motorhome with my husband and our dog and traveled the USA. We have a Florida domicile but really live wherever the motorhome is parked!
Retired
So much to see and do, excellent bicycling, hiking, variety of foods available, varied weather
Can be expensive, crowded, and worried about the gun culture and divisive politics in the US
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Blogging, volunteering at Playa Animal Rescue, visited Merida, Puerto Morelos, and Tulum and hope to visit more of the Yucatan in the future. Also love Campeche and San Cristobal in other areas of Mexico.
retired
Lovely weather, great food, friendly people, warmth, more affordable than Belize with better food, relaxing environment, less costly and crowded than the US
I need to learn more Spanish! I am working on it...
Florida, USA
Traveling, cycling, hiking, blogging, cooking, birding
Retired
Diversity of natural environment -- so much to see and do, availability of goods and services, ease of visiting family members, easier to deal with having a dog
Expensive, highly populated, lots of traffic, cold weather!
Ambergris Caye, Belize
expat, traveling, birding, biking, blogging, photography, working on humane society web site
retired software engineer
friendly people, beautiful ocean, beach biking, birding, weather
touristy, getting busier and more developed all the time, expensive food and utilities
North Carolina, USA
Born and raised in North Carolina. Also lived in Boston, Mass. (as a child), Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
software engineer (now retired)
close to family, diversity, availability of products and services, nature
traffic, high population, cost of living
Activity
Biggest Challenge in Moving to Mexico by ddfleming
Looking for some feedback: What was your biggest challenge in the process of relocating/moving to Mexico? How did you solve it? What worked/didn't work? Please comment on this thread or private message me if you don't want to post a public ...
Our biggest challenge was and continues to be the language barrier. We have studied Spanish online and through audio courses for years, and we speak it as much as we can when we are out and about in Mexico, but it just doesn't come very easily ... Read More
Permanent Resident Card by ellenbuikema
Does anyone know how long it takes from the time one receives the email stating approval of the change, yes you can have a permanent resident card, and the email letting one know when to come in for fingerprinting? It's been about 3 weeks so ...
Seems like ours took about three weeks! Keep checking the INM site with the login credentials they supplied you in case the email gets lost in the mail. :-) Read More
Completing residency visa process by GuestPoster259
Hola, I recently got approved at a Mexican consulate in the U.S. for a Permanent Residency visa. I now have to go to the Immigration office in Cuernavaca. I would appreciate learning what the process will be like for me at Immigration. I plan to ...
Could someone please explain what a CURP is and what it is needed for. Thanks! Read More
VPN for watching US TV by Ladydi3328
I'm looking for recommendations for a VPN so I can at least get CNN here in Mexico. I'd like to get some of the programming from NBC as well (Stephen Colbert, etc) but I understand that is not possible, even with a VPN outside the ...
I have a VPN but am not able to watch TV shows after the fact on abc.com or cbs.com using it -- I'm not really sure why, but I get an error message. However, SmartDNS worked for me, and the cost is very reasonable. It also allows access to ... Read More
a new member looking for recommendations by Marat2017
Hola. My name is Marat and I am new to this forum. Currently, I live in Vancouver, Canada and I plan to relocate to Riviera Maya starting December 1. I work remotely online so would like to stay in Playa del Carmen for at least six months and ...
We lived in Playa del Carmen for two separate six month periods. The Centro area, where we lived, can be noisy, but different parts are noisier than others. I can recommend a respected realtor who handles a variety of long-term rentals: Gabi ... Read More
Need Mexican Address for Visa Permanente? by ellenbuikema
We will be traveling to Mexico, finding a long term rental, and then return to the USA to start the process for a permanent visa. Is it necessary to have an address in Mexico before starting the visa process? Thanks!
NO, you do not have to have a Mexican address when you apply for residency at a Mexican consulate in the US. We were not even asked where in Mexico we were going to live. However, you DO need to have a Mexican address (and it can be a temporary ... Read More
Befouling of Beaches by dukie1
I was wondering how the seaweed invasion has been going this summer in the northern Yucatan. I'm also moving there in December. The oil rigs & large ports in the area have me concerned. Does their polution reach the beach ?
I am curious about this as well. Any feedback, Yucatan beach dwellers/visitors? Read More
Life as a female expat in Mexico by Priscilla
Hello, While moving to a new country and discovering new cultures is definitely an exciting adventure, everybody experiences it differently. It can be particularly different for women, in both positive and negative ways. What are some positive ...
One thing I noticed when we lived in Playa del Carmen for a year was that I (a married woman in my 50s, but I take care of my appearance and am fit, etc.) got a lot of attention from my younger men (in their 20s) when I was out walking about by ... Read More
Visa permanente/temporal question by Chilangolite
For those of you that went the visa permanente/temporal route. when you applied for either one of them do they determine which one you qualify for or do you have to pick one apply and if you do not qualify then re-apply for a different one? Thanks ...
It is a PDF and will open on a laptop not on a Smart phone.I am on a laptop. It does not open for me. I get a 404 Not found response for this link: (http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/LMigra_091117.pdf): "Not Found The requested ... Read More
Visa permanente/temporal question by Chilangolite
For those of you that went the visa permanente/temporal route. when you applied for either one of them do they determine which one you qualify for or do you have to pick one apply and if you do not qualify then re-apply for a different one? Thanks ...
Unfortunately, this link does not work. Do you have an updated one? http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/LMigra_091117.pdf Thanks! Read More
Visa permanente/temporal question by Chilangolite
For those of you that went the visa permanente/temporal route. when you applied for either one of them do they determine which one you qualify for or do you have to pick one apply and if you do not qualify then re-apply for a different one? Thanks ...
Thanks for clarifying that, alleycat! Good to know... :) Read More
Visa permanente/temporal question by Chilangolite
For those of you that went the visa permanente/temporal route. when you applied for either one of them do they determine which one you qualify for or do you have to pick one apply and if you do not qualify then re-apply for a different one? Thanks ...
As I understand it they monitor how long you are out of the country if you have a permanent visa. Now they are looking more closely and are computerized for this task. 6 years ago the agent who represented my house said she could only be out of the ... Read More
Pet meds for dog with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) by CaribeGal
Note: I posted this in the Pets sub-forum so hope it's okay to post here as well - wanted to make sure it got seen. :) Hola! My husband and I lived in Playa del Carmen for a year and loved it aside from the noise of Centro. We've been ...
Thanks, Travellight! Since I posted this, I actually did make contact with a vet in our chosen area and got good news about the pet medications. One more roadblock checked off the list. :) I appreciate your taking the time to respond. Read More
Pet meds for dog with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Note: I posted this in the Pets sub-forum so hope it's okay to post here as well - wanted to make sure it got seen. :) Hola! My husband and I lived in Playa del Carmen for a year and loved it aside from the noise of Centro. We've been ... Read More
best vpn to get Hulu and US Netflix? by Western Canadian
Howdy, I'm in Mexico near Puerto Vallarta for the next few months and want to get vpn for US Netflix and Hulu but don't know which vpn service to get. Does anyone know which vpn most people are using to do this? Much appreciate your help
Hulu finally figured out that people were using VPNs and started blocking them some years ago. It seems like the "hola" extension for some browsers (including Chrome) used to work with Hulu, but they may be blocking that now as well. It ... Read More