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A Guanajuato, Mexico Vacation Still Makes Sense Even in Scary Economic TimesAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelThough the Worldwide Economic Crisis seems to have the world in a tizzy of worry and despair, Gringos are still coming to Mexico... Spanishing In GuanajuatoAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: CareerI've been in Spanish classes for the past two weeks It's been great... Guanajuato: Too Many False ExpectationsAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelA friend of mine told me about a conversation she had with a person she knows in one of the Mexican Prime Living Locations on the west coast of Mexico... Learning Spanish: Financing Your Spanish EducationAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: EducationA couple of years ago, an American lady came to Guanajuato to learn Spanish She enrolled in one of the most expensive schools in town... Living In Mexico: Gringolandia DenialAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: OpinionsRating:  I cannot begin to imagine what life must be like in isolated little enclaves where the inhabitants have only one another for socializing...
Living In Mexico: Confessions Of An Insane GringoAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: OpinionsRating:  Let me first say that whether or not I am actually insane could be debated However, my personal pendulum tends to swing toward the yes column... Mexico As A Concept And Not A Reality Part 2Author: Douglas Bower Category: TravelIt has been the Prime Living Locations such as the Lake Chapala area, Puerto Vallarta, San Miguel de Allende, Cuernavaca, Mazatlán, and others to which Gringos have been attracted... Guanajuato: Mexican Free ZonesAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelYears ago when my wife and I pulled up roots in America and moved to Guanajuato, Mexico, I began telling everyone who would listen that San Miguel de Allende was well on its way to Guanajuato... Guanajuato: A New Restaurant In TownAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelFor the past three and a half years, I’ve been waiting for a restaurant to come along that would prove, once and for all, that Guanajuato, Mexico, does not lack fine cuisine... Guanajuato: The Death Of HeritageAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelGentrification is “the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents” (Webster’s)...
Living In Mexico: The Guanajuato ShoveAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelFinally, some of our American expat friends are beginning to wake up to the ranting and raving I’ve been doing about living in Guanajuato... The Plain Truth About Living In GuanajuatoAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelMost of the books on the market dealing with the issue of expatriating to Mexico are fluff I didn’t realize this until my wife and I got firmly settled into a daily routine here in Guanajuato that there was something those expat books on the market weren’t telling us... Guanajuato: Unexplained MysteriesAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelIf you read guidebooks or travel articles about México, you will read that Mexicans are wonderfully accommodating, friendly, warm, and generous to strangers... Guanajuato: The Land Of FrogsAuthor: Douglas Bower Category: TravelRating:  When theme parks, beaches, scuba diving, and whale watching have lost their charm after multiple vacations to Mexico, perhaps a visit to The Land of Frogs in Central Mexico is in order... |