My guidebook to Cuernavaca includes a list of my favorite places in Mexico City and Acapulco. See https://jimhornnews.com/guide. But I want to share this tip with my readers who frequent the Pacific paradise. I stay in a wonderful condo with a 180-degree view of the bay, but it’s not on the water. Some of the…
UPDATE: As of July 2018, just in time for school vacations, the toll for the tunnel went up from 30 pesos to 58 pesos; that’s 116 pesos round trip. Except at rush hour there is almost no traffic through the tunnel. The price should be dropped to encourage more usage and cut traffic on the…
UPDATE: June 2017: This service has been suspended and will operate only during the summer school vacation period and weekends. The story can be found in El Sol de Morelos, June 24, 2017. https://www.elsoldecuernavaca.com.mx/local/funcionara-solo-en-vacaciones-el-cuernabus-centro-turistico CUERNABÚS, THE CITY’S NEW TOURIST SERVICE CuernaBús began its city tours April 11, 2017, after its inauguration April 10 for officials…
This post was reprinted in edited form in LIVE & INVEST OVERSEAS, Feb. 13,2013. It is being updated in November 2016 because of the huge increase in the value of the dollar against the peso. In January 2015 the exchange rate was 14.5 pesos per dollar. In November 2016, the rate is 20.6 pesos per…
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YOU CAN AFFORD TO GET SICK HERE: MEDICAL CARE IN CUERNAVACA I am often disgruntled by travel articles, especially those advising Americans on the best places to retire, that lack information on health services and medical care. Some of the magazines specializing in this genre seem to glorify medically-challenged…
This post has been revised to reflect the improved State Department advisory for Cuernavaca, Morelos, January 2016. This is an expanded and illustrated version of a paper delivered August 6, 2015, at Universidad Internacional in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, at the 2nd International Congress, Latin America: Tradition & Globalization. Click on the photos to enlarge them. For…
UPDATE: the museum was closed temporarily due to earthquake damage at the neighboring building, but as of July 23, 2018, it is again open to the public. Cuernavaca’s cultural life just received a momentous boost. A sensational new museum opened to the pubic on Avenida Morelos 275, next door to the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. The Museo…
