RiverGirl
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I'm a Gringa web designer from Colorado, USA. I live in Cancun, Mexico with my Mexican husband and a house-full of dogs and cats that we rescued from the streets of Cancun.
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Living Half a Life
Posted on 01/10/2009
Maybe I should explain why I haven’t been blogging. The reason is that I’ve misplaced my humor about living in Cancun. I’m just sick and tired of it. It’s not funny...
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My Summer Reading List
Posted on 24/08/2009
I’ve just this hour finished a book that I think everyone should read. It’s called The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time and it was written by economist and...
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She’s So OLD!
Posted on 29/07/2009
Today is my daughter’s birthday. She’s 15. I can’t believe it. And she spent her birthday in a Driver’s Education class, it’s a week-long class and...
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Back from Good Old Maine
Posted on 10/07/2009
I’ve just returned from my once yearly summer trip to Maine. I have family there so it’s no-brainer to go there in the summertime. Next year I swear I’ll go a week or two...
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Poverty in Cancun
Posted on 07/06/2009
We were driving home from the beach at Isla Blanca the other day and ended up passing through a very, very poor area on the north side of Cancun. I thought I would share some of the photos...
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Learning about the Massacre in Tlatelolco
Posted on 17/05/2009
The other day my husband brought home the movie “Rojo Amanecer” for us to watch. The title means “red dawn” in English, but this isn’t the cheesy American-made...
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Swine Flu Fears in Cancun
Posted on 01/05/2009
Swine flu isn’t here yet. As I write this we have no confirmed cases of Swine Flu in Cancun. But everyone is sure acting like it’s already here. I won’t bore you with...
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Easing of Cuba Travel Restrictions Will Cut Bribe-Taking in...
Posted on 14/04/2009
Today the Obama administration lifted the travel restriction for Cubans traveling to Cuba from the U.S. This will have the effect of helping to cut bribe-taking in Mexican Immigration in...
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Telling You What You Want To Hear
Posted on 12/04/2009
This is also known as lying to you and it’s an institution here in Mexico. Ever since I moved to Mexico I’ve been noticing that people would tell me one thing and then go off...
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My Word Cloud
Posted on 22/03/2009
I got this idea from Joyce (thanks girl). The image below is a Wordle that was created using the words I commonly write on this blog…not too many surprises here:
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my husband and myself are seeking to live in cancun and we would be very pleased if you can tell us more about the opportunities for my husband to find a job in hotels security cause he's an Algerien police officer since 17years so great experience in security and also speaks 4 languages ,castellano,french,english and arabic so that will be nice from your part to give us somes informations in what we are looking for .Kiss for you and your family from Algiers
Noel
There are several thousand Americans living in the Cancun/Riviera Maya area, there's a strong expat community here. To tap into it I recommend reaching out to the International Women's Club of Cancun: http://www.iwccancun.com/ (they have an email list you can join). You should also join some of the local forums: http://www.cancuncare.com/forum/index.php and http://www.cancunassist.com/newforum/viewposts.cfm are just two, there are several more (TripdAdvisor has one too).
Hope that helps, RiverGirl
I used to live there and am going back possibly to live again. Can you tell me about your experiences as in getting settled, etc? Also do you have another blog say on face? I really could use some advice and to know there are gringas living full time gives me hope. I'm a screenwriter hoping to be able to get back and yet work remotely.