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.
Recent Posts
Why PoMo?
Upon learning that Gary & I were moving to Puerto Morelos, my friend Marie looked at me like I had 3 heads. Marie had been to Puerto Morelos, and didn't really dig it. And I get it: the beach isn't nearly as beautiful as Isla Mujeres' North Beach, or even Cancun...
Dealing with Snail Mail while living in Mexico
One of the things we had to figure out before we moved to Mexico was what to do with our physical snail-mail, i.e. old-school US Post Office deliveries. The postal mail is notoriously slow and unreliable here, so we knew that we didn't want to simply change our...
Notarizing documents while in Mexico
This week I needed to get a document notarized for use back in the US. I asked around a bunch, and it seems that the only people who can officially notarize documents here in Mexico is the US Embassy or Consulate. The US Embassy & Consulates in Mexico website has...