Merida Mini Restaurant Tour & Expat News May 8th
Plus what is Cinco de Mayo and a boutique hotel
In this issue of Expat News by Expat Rebel, great feedback from the Expat community here on the latest video that came out last week, photos of the last boutique hotel I stayed in, a pandemic travel update, newsletter posts, Twitter announcement plus Expat News. 📰 - Chris
Merida Fun Weekend Eating Out and Shopping Recommendations
My video last week has gotten some great comments. If you haven’t watched it yet, go check it out.
Cute Merida Boutique Hotel
Last weekend I stayed in an old mansion turned boutique hotel. I love boutique hotels and Mexico is full of them. I’ll have a video about it in a few weeks.
Cinco de Mayo In Mexico
I wrote an article about Cinco de Mayo here in Mexico. It’s a confusing holiday that is very different from how it’s celebrated in the USA and Mexico.
Members Newsletter Updates
Mérida & Yucatán Beaches México Guidebook - beginning of my local guidebook. 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
Yucatan Mexico pandemic is slowly getting better except for Quintana Roo (Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum) which is worse and moved to Orange level last week. Vaccine passports are being discussed in many countries, but no standard quite yet. And Indian is having a catastrophe. Our hearts are with India. 🤗
Mexico hopes to finish vaccinating its population in early 2022
Mexico detects the first case of an Indian variant of covid-19
Japan is planning to introduce vaccine passports to welcome back tourists
Yucatan & Mexico News
Progresso port quiet for over a year will welcome Carnival Breeze in July
Mexican president apologizes for historic abuses committed against Mayan people
Response of the Maya people to AMLO’s apology - they don’t accept the apology
Playa del Carmen taxi drivers are preparing an online platform for women only
Businessmen warn that Cancun’s beaches are under the control of organized crime
Attack on Tulum bar leaves 1 dead and 1 injured as tourist run for cover
Yucatecan bodybuilders stand out in the Mr. Mexico tournament in CDMX
Moving To Mexico - article of a fellow subscriber experience moving to Mexico
World Expat News
Get paid $10,000 to travel cross country with Days Inn for two weeks
The Dominican Republic is lifting all its travel restrictions
Make $40,000 by visiting historic pubs along the coast of England
Why an Estimated 100,000 Americans Abroad Face Passport Problems
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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.
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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.
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