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In this issue of Expat News by Expat Rebel, photos of the my last weekend trip to Celestun, a world-wide and Yucatán pandemic travel update, Gringo con Dinero newsletter post, plus Expat News 📰. - Chris
Celestun Weekend
I went to Celestun Yucatán México a tourist village in-between two big reserves on the Gulf of México. Nice weekend. Video about Celestun coming up in a few weeks.
Gringo con Dinero
I wrote an article on Wednesday about being a Gringo in Mexico with money and how we are treated differently. Spoiler alert: we are almost always treated better.
Members Newsletter Updates
Mérida & Yucatán Beaches México Guidebook - beginning of my local guidebook. I just added three AirBnbs that I like. Will be adding more over the next few weeks. Leave a comment if you want a resource or connection and I’ll add it.
Ask Me Anything thread for members, ask me a question and I’ll answer right back.
What videos or articles would you like to see/read?
Becoming An Expat Now - paid-member comment thread answering your questions
Playa del Carmen Guidebook - updated from my visit. It’s very detailed and has many recommendations in it.
Renting Furnished Houses and Condos in Mexico - I have a big update to this coming out next week, basics are here now.
Hiring Taxi Drivers in México - my advice on getting a good (real) rate
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Expat News
Pandemic News
Testing is getting easier and even includes at-home kits now however many countries won’t accept the at-home test kit results. Countries are being added to “Green Lists”. India, South Africa, and some other countries are still on the “Red List” until they get things under control.
Some Mexicans are going to the US to get vaccinated. Even some travel agencies are offering vaccine packages.
Yucatan State is in Yellow and Quintana Roo is Orange. Traveling to Cancun? Check this out before boarding your flight.
Is traveling right now ethical? Good article on figuring that out for you.
Mexico reports 57 Covid deaths, the lowest number in more than a year
The Biggest COVID-Related Travel Mistakes People Are Making Right Now
Hawai‘i Launches Vaccine Passport for State’s Interisland Travelers
6 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Booking An International Trip
U.K. to Resume International Travel, Adding Several Countries to “Green List”
France Is Reopening to Travelers—Here’s Everything You Need to Know
U.S. to Begin Restricting Travel From India Amid Virus Surge
Australia probably won’t be open to international travelers until 2022
Yucatan & Mexico News
Progreso’s enormous pier turns 80 years old - World’s longest pier that I happen to live near just turned 80
The perception of safety in Mexican tourist destinations improved in the first quarter of 2021
New closure of Tulum archaeological site worries business owners
World Expat News
Milestone
Expat Rebel his a milestone this week and has 20,000 views. Thank you everyone for watching our videos.
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Learning Spanish
I highly recommend this documentary about the history of rock music in Latin America in Spanish. I learn Spanish while learning about Rock n’ Roll in Latin America. Highly recommended show as well. It rocked. 😆
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Virtual Mailbox
The day after I decided to leave the US and see the world slowly I got a mail forwarding service, aka a Virtual Mailbox. I need a place that could receive my US mail and scan it so I could read it from anywhere in the world. Now nearly four and a half years later I just love how easy it makes my life.
I get an email when I get mail. I click on the link and read my mail. I save the PDF files for banking and tax stuff for my account in DropBox and then I’m done.
My favorite Mail Forwarding Service
Watching TV via VPN in a foreign country
When you are physically outside the US or Canada (or your home country) Netflix, Amazon Prime and other streaming services have different catalogs depending on the country.
For instance, Frasier one of my favorite shows, I’ve seen all the episodes three times, yes all 11 years three times. So Frasier is only available on Netflix US and not Netflix Mexico. So I have to use a VPN to look like I’m in the US for me to watch the show on Netflix.
When I turn on my VPN and hit refresh I now get Netflix US and can watch that plus many other things.
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