San Miguel de Allende in a nutshell
Date: 03/31/2007
Location: San Miguel de Allende is in Mexico's central mountain plain in the state of Guanajuato, about halfway between the cities of Léon and Quéretaro. Mexico City is four hours south. It is a 10-hour drive to San Miguel from Laredo.
Population: Approximately 120,000--about 6,000 to 8,000 of which are foreigners, depending on snowbird season.
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AARP cards? No thanks. We're packing our bags for Mexico…
Date: 03/31/2007
If you've ever dreamed of building your retirement home in Mexico, there's no better way to learn the specifics than by following the progress of someone who's doing just that. With construction permit in hand, Greg Gunter and his wife Robbie are beginning that process in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Read OnSingle Expat WLTM
Date: 02/01/2007Dating isn't my only objective but...would love to see some info on singles in Mexico. As a 55 year old single artist I would consider San Miguel but have been told by friends who previously lived there that the social scene is over-run with women!
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From Boom Town to Ghost Town…to Boom Town Again?
Date: 01/14/2007One of our favorite day trips when we were based in San Miguel de Allende--in Mexico’s central highlands--was to the nearby town of Pozos de Mineral, “mineral wells.”
Read OnTop-notch Health Care From Patient Doctors
Date: 12/11/2006Everything in Mexico--from food to property to health care--costs less than in the U.S. and Canada. But that doesn’t mean you get less.
Read OnOne Day Left to Get Cheap Flights to Mexico
Date: 12/04/2006Mexico airfares are on sale! American Airlines has cut fares to its most popular destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean, on routes from the U.S.
Read OnRetire in Mexico
Date: 10/13/2006Enter San Gabriel Villas. When completed, this development will be an active-adult planned community on 18 acres along the Laja River, surrounded by horse ranches, well-tended fields, and open range land studded with cactus and mesquite.
Read OnFiesta in the Cemetery
Date: 10/10/2006This is one of my favorite times to be in Mexico. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festivities in Mexico last from mid-October through Nov. 2. I know it may sound morbid, but this time of year is especially unique, exotic, and colorful.
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