Expat News 🗞 August 28th - Solar Electricity Update
Solar Panels, Pool Construction Update, Yucatán and México News
In this issue of Expat News by Expat Rebel, Renovation Vlog is going on daily and other Expat news. 📰. - Chris
Mexico Beach Home Renovation Vlog
I’m 17 episodes into the Mexico Beach Home Renovation Vlog (YouTube Playlist).
This week’s new episodes were on Room Paint Job, Living In A Construction Zone, No Power, No Power & Internet Entertainment, Removing A Palm Tree, Hurricane Grace Cleanup, and Solar Electricity & Pool Update.
I’ll have many more episodes as we renovate our home to American/canadian standards.
New episodes will be coming out before the next newsletter next week so be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel and click on the bell notification so you don’t miss any episodes.
Yucatán News
Finally, Yucatán approves marriage-equality bill - Yucatan joins most all of the other Mexican states in locally approving marriage-equality.
Return to face-to-face classes in Yucatan will be voluntary - my local friends with kids are all choosing to keep their kids home and continue with virtual classrooms
Private schools in Yucatán refuse to return to the face-to-face classes, state government responds - most expats send their children to private schools which have been virtual for over a year
Should Yucatán develop its very own Cancún-like hotel zone? - I would say no, but I think it’ll happen, it’s just so nice here, it’s so resort looking
Expat News
New Greek Digital Nomad Visa looks awesome - In English and it’s two years long with maybe an extension to seven years
Mexican peso weakens against the USD - which means foreigners are getting local goods and services even more affordable
Proof of vaccination will continue to be mandatory in Mazatlan - not a requirement here in Yucatán México and order in Quintana Roo is largely being ignore
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Latina Culture History: Selena 🎤 - fun show
Mexican Moms Review 🇲🇽 - a great way to learn about Mexican culture and have fun
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Members Newsletter Updates
Mérida & Yucatán Beaches México Guidebook - Leave a comment if you want a resource or connection and I’ll add it.
Playa del Carmen Guidebook - updated from my last visit. It’s very detailed and has many recommendations in it.
Ask Me Anything thread for members, ask me a question and I’ll answer right back.
Becoming An Expat Now - paid-member comment thread answering your questions
Renting Furnished Houses and Condos in Mexico - I have a big update to this coming out soon, basics are here now.
Hiring Taxi Drivers in México - my advice on getting a good (real) rate
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Learning Spanish
I highly recommend the Mexican Moms Review YouTube Channel as it teaches about Mexican culture but there is a lot of Spanish as well to learn from. I learn Spanish while learning about Rock n’ Roll in Latin America. Highly recommended show as well. It rocked. 😆
If you want to learn Spanish and enjoy all of Latin America and Spain then start right now. Get our recommended Spanish Audio and PDF Class and get working on your Spanish, it takes time so why not start now.
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 is 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.
Get our recommended VPN and watch what you want no matter where you are located.
My Business Books
I retired after my 2019 gran mal seizure which doesn’t allow me to mentor entrepreneurs anymore, but I do leave some books that share my experience.
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