Goodbye Texas, Hola Mexico!

The adventures of Gary & Elizabeth. We left our home in Austin, TX, in April of 2017, and are now living in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

These are our stories.

From Austin to Mexico

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We made the top 100 expat blogs list!

We made the top 100 expat blogs list!

Our little blog was recently listed in the Top 100 Expat Blogs and Websites for Expatriates! We're #62 on the list. Not too shabby considering that we just started this a few months ago. We don't blog for awards, but it's still kinda cool to be picked up in a list...

Anniversary Dinner at Alux Restaurante in Playa del Carmen

Anniversary Dinner at Alux Restaurante in Playa del Carmen

Over the weekend we celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary by splurging on a nice dinner at Alux Restaurante in Playa del Carmen. Alux is definitely a "special occasion" type of place. It's actually an underground cave / dry cenote - very cool! Rather than driving or...

When a Mexican officer says to blow into his hand

When a Mexican officer says to blow into his hand

On Saturday we drove up to Punta Sam in Cancun to go out on a whale shark tour boat. That area has a bunch of boat operators, and there's a lot of tourists that are there to also start their tours.  We had a great day on the water, the boat dropped us off back at...