Travel to Mexico

The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico: The Expatriate's Guide to Moving, Retiring, or just hanging out

Format: Paperback
Author: Doug Bower
ReleaseDate: 17 August, 2005
Publisher: Universal Publishers
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The Truth about Living in Mexico, can you handle it?
If you are thinking about living in Mexico this is a primer for reading. You definitely get the good, the bad and the ugly in this book. You will still need to do some of your own homework to find the best spot for you, but this is an excellent basic guide. Everyone has to start somewhere and this is an excellent spot to start. . . . Read it.

Save your money!!!
In all my 61 years I have never read a book that I couldn't say one good thing about, that is until now. .
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Highly Recommend "The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico"
Some of the others of this genre just lack the ring of authenticity, or seemed to be aimed at people with a lot of bucks who are headed for a gated community or an expensive house in Cabo San Lucas. As someone who has visited Mexico several times as I struggle with my study of Spanish, and who is thinking of moving there, I found this book to be far superior to the general run of guides on the expatriate life or retiring in Mexico. But the Bowers' book has that ring of authenticity and is squarely aimed at the (for lack of a better cliche) "average Joe" who is looking for a life that is different and/or better and needs down-to-earth practical advice on how an American can make this transition.

To date myself, the Bowers' reporting reminds me of the usefulness of a Travel Forum I used to frequent on one of the pioneer online services, CompuServe, where I got the best travel ideas and advice ever from the many participants who gave their firsthand reports, and to whom you could pose the kinds of questions that you don't see answered in newspaper travel sections or guidebooks.

The Bowers live in Guanjauato which is not far from where I always visit, which is a too-Americanized well known town that they don't quite approve of, San Miguel de Allende. (And which also, because of the huge ex-pat community, far more expensive). But to each his own. While I don't have a lot in common with many of the ex-pats and retirees, having made a lot of friends in San Miguel, I am comfortable there.

I should add that as I contemplate in the back of my mind moving there, I scanned some of the key advice chapters into my computer (such as the most painless way to get a resident's visa) and sent them to friends in San Miguel, who told me they were right on the money.

So, if this is the kind of information you are looking for, buy this book as well as the Bowers' book on Guanajuato.

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