(All photos by the author. Click on them to enlarge and read the captions. Forgive me for not switching to a Portuguese keyboard so the text is missing proper accents and diacritical marks). I spent four days in Lisbon in May 2016 and it sparked my interest in seeing more of Portugal. Additionally, my bio…
(All photos by the author. Click on them to enlarge them and to read the captions, and use your arrows to scroll forward and reverse. I did not switch to a Portuguese keyboard so the text lacks proper accents and diacritical marks). Friends who had visited the Portuguese island of Madeira had raved about it…
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…
A spectacular subterranean highway now connects Acapulco’s Zona Dorada with the newer Diamante area. Begun in 2013, it opened in mid-April after long delays due to a strike and closure by the National Water Authority. Anyone who has driven the Avenida Escénica from the Costera Alemán to Diamante at rush hour knows how scary that…
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…
(Click on the photos to enlarge them and read the captions, then use the forward arrow to scroll through the others in each series). The rise of the dollar against the euro has made travel to Europe somewhat reasonable again. And who doesn’t love Italy? I had traveled extensively there a dozen times including leading…
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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…
