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…
WHAT TRUMP NEEDS TO LEARN ABOUT MEXICO Seldom has any U.S. election been characterized by so much badmouthing of a friend, ally, and economic partner like Donald Trump’s bashing of Mexico. Our southern neighbors are aghast at the deplorable electoral bombast besmirching their migrants as rapists and criminals and calling for deportations, border walls, revocation…
(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…
Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by the author. Click on a photo to enlarge it to read captions and use your forward arrow to view other photos in the series. Here is a city that’s not on the radar of most American travelers: here is why it ought to be. I hadn’t visited Portugal…
A good friend has been raving to me for years about Silversea cruise line and she has sailed more than 200 days with them. But the dates when I could try the line never coincided with destinations that interested me, or the ships departed from places like Dubai or Singapore, adding a small fortune to…
