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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Dealing with Snail Mail while living in Mexico

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

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...

Mayan Experience Cenote Tour

Mayan Experience Cenote Tour

Over the weekend, we went on the Layla Guesthouse Mayan Experience Cenote Tour. Robin, who's one of the owners of Layla, was our guide for the day, and was so knowledgeable and charming. It's a full day event. We left around 8:30 in the morning, and returned around...