New canadian snowbird planning to spend winters in Mexico

[Benoit1967]

Any input you msy ysve would be greatly apprefisted... cover everything from insursncevto westhet to culture to dos and don'ts.... 🙂

[daveB110]

"Westjet." A Canadian airline company. Maybe

[Almot]

tony lee wrote:
... work out what questions you need to ask

Amen to that 🙂

[tony_lee]

My method for self education when embarking on a new venture is first to join an appropriate forum - so you have completed the first step by joining this forum.

Second step is to go back for say two years and read every single topic and every single post in every topic. Well, perhaps not all because as you can clearly see in this topic that about 20% of all those posting a reply are just idiots and/or trolls that can be safely ignored. Usually takes about three words of a post to figure out the time wasters so you can just skip them.

Then when you have finished, work out what questions you need to ask to get your knowledge level up to close to 100% of what you need to know.

Then the last step is to actually ask those questions BUT ask only one question per topic.

If you have done step two properly, you will know as much as the combined practical knowledge of all the members who have posted for the last two years - so this means you will know more than any single member here - SO it is quite normal for you to not have any questions at all apart from those relating to current situation and recent updates.

Try it. It works.

[navegator]

Mr: Benoit1967, tell us what area are you interested in spending your snowbird time in Mexico, I see that you are in the area of Calgary, so you might want the Peninsula de Baja California, or the West Coast of the main land, there are many places where to stay for some time, or you might want to travel a little further in to Mexico, there are some of us that do joke a bit in this forum, do not be discouraged ask the questions, we will try to answer.

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[qtla9111]

mexicoruss wrote:
Oh brother, a living will. what a JA (jack ass)

X2

[mexicoruss]

Oh brother, a living will. what a JA (jack ass)

[joebedford]

"westhet" = "weather"

[Almot]

Canadian Rainbirds wrote:

Come back to this forum for specific questions and recommendations.

This.

[Tequila]

Give the guy a break, how do you know he is not related to Stanley Unwin? See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFB_FS9rV0c

Those of us ex hippies probably remember Ogdens Nut Gone Flake by the Small Faces.

[daily_double]

Can I have your camper??? :B

[Dick_B]

Be sure you have life insurance and a living will; just in case.

[Canadian_Rainbi]

1 Check out http://www.rollinghomes.com/

2 Buy their book "Travelers Guide to Mexican Camping. Either at large bookshops or Amazon.com

3 Check their website (1 above) for updates to the book.

4 Take robatthelake up on his offer.

5 Come back to this forum for specific questions and recommendations. (Ignore the nay-sayers!)

6 Keep reading this Forum.

7 See other's Blogs and websites (Such as ours) http://jacksonsjourneys.blogspot.ca/ (Yes bad stuff can happen anywhere.)

Enjoy Mexico. Hope to see you there this winter if our dog is better.

[navegator]

Well lets see, maize was first cultivated by semi nomad tribes in the valley of Tehucan, in what is now the State of Puebla, as time passed the various hunters and gatherers tribes began to settle down and start cultures.

Cultures came and went, the Toltecas, Teotihuacanos, Olmecas, Zapotecas, Chichimecas, Tlascaltecas, Cholultecas, and of course the Aztecs and the Mayas.

Then came the Spaniards, they conquered, not because they had better arms or horses, they had slaves from Africa that had smallpox, that killed most of the population, including the warriors that tried to defend the cities, the Mayas were the last to surrender, first known use of bio-warfare in the American Continent .

Mexico is a land of ancient cultures and very modern at the same time, take the time and read some of the history and get information on the places that you are thinking of going to.

By all means treat the people in Mexico with respect and dignity, and you shall receive more in return than what you could ever expect.

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[robatthelake]

Yes I'm pretty sure that Your Auto Coplete function ,needs to be combined with Your personal SpellCheck abilities.Before posting!

It happens to all of Us sometimes!

Anyway We have been travelling to Mexico by road/ RV since 1999 so do have most of the information that You are asking for!

Send Me a Private Message as any information that I post here gets picked apart by the naysayers on Mexican Travel!