About Mirto

Status:

Expatriate  

Gender:

Female

Currently Lives:

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Citizen Of:

United States

Past Expat Posts:

Mexico

About Mirto

creative, clean freak, love animals, gypsy, Armenian 2nd generation, love nature, lived on a river in the States. Loving Michoacan and the country animals. Adopted a cat in Sinaloa and brought her with me.

My Website:

http://http://none

Advice for New Expats

learn your new country's language

I would love to live in...

Mexico

Education:

Alice Deal Jr. High
  1963 to 1965

Shenandoah Valley Academy
  1965 to 1969

Florida Atlantic University
  1975 to 1978

Florida State University
  1978 to 1981

Favorite Websites:

http://mexicomyspace

Favorite Assignment:

PTSD clinical social worker

Favorite Cuisine:

vegetarian

Favorite Museum:

National Gallery of Art

Favorite Movie:

King of the Gypsies

Favorite Book:

Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh

Favorite Sports Team:

The Seminoles

Some Forum Posts:

Mexico: Moving to Merida:

You may like the beach town of Celustun, a fishing village. I don't know about the ex-pats there, but it is a small town on the gulf coast with Merida being the closest large city.

Mexico: Renting or Buying a Home in Mexico:

I've just asked people in Spanish and have rented from families, 2 goood rentals in Patzcuaro. I now live in Zirahuen and took a cab here last October. Have to meet the owners in all places. I have not signed a rental document as it is all about relationships as I only rent from Mexican families. I notice that the English or Americans here keep to themselves. I find it much more interesting to get to know the people in my pueblo. One time I didn't meet the owner, but knew her mother. That was a disaster. It rained inside the house and I slipped in the water and fractured both wrists. I stayed 2 months and left.

Mexico: SPEAK TO ME ABOUT MEXICO:

Since you speak Spanish, Mexico is great. I sold everything except my art supplies and have an FM3. Good idea to bring a computer as you will need to apply on line, but you have 6 months to decide if that's what you want to do. FM3 is for living here full time, if you want to live 6 months, then leave you wouldn't need one. I buy pine furniture here and paint designs, very cheap and what pleases me. On the web you can find out about what you can bring as far as alcohol. Don't know anything about health insurance as I Pay M.D.'s directly. Buena Suerte.

Mexico: shipping vs buying:

One can also download Kindle for free as I did on my laptop. Still is cheaper than buying books. No t.v. for me. I downloaded it from Amazon.com. I sold everything that wouldn't fit in 3 suitcases, including my car. The bus system here is great.

Mexico: I Wish I had Known... Before Moving to Mexico:

I wish I had known that the USA was going to constantly warn people about my state, Michoacan. No friends or family will visit me as they believe everything they hear in the U.S. I've been back twice to visit them. Like there's no violence in the U.S.? Guns are illegal here. People are polite...Mexicans, that is. I live in a beautiful pueblo and don't see any Americans here. I would have moved to Chiapas had I known, but I am happy here.

United States: Moving to the USA from the UK:

I am a citizen of the U.S.A. and have been living in Mexico the last 2 years. I went back to visit twice and experienced terrible culture shock. It is a police state, and corporations have bought congress. This is my opinion, but inflation is increasing and like you see, only the rich are welcomed. Class war and much pollution along with genetically enhanced food. I hope you find a country that will need you and where you still have civil liberties.

Mexico: Mazatlan:

I lived there for three months in the summer of 2009. I fled to Michoacan in October to avoid the massive cruise ships and their passengers, I lived on Isla de la Piedra. I liked the locals and summer was great.

Mexico: Safety:

Hello. I am living in a small pueblo on Lake Zirahuen in Michoacan. It is near Patzcuaro. I find the US more violent than Mexico. The people are charming and I do stand out being Nordic looking and tall. However, I am an artist and this is the most beautiful place I've lived. People know me and know that I am not rich. In my 2 years in Mexico have not witnessed any violence, and always rent from locals. Families are most important here. There are other English here, but I never see them. I ride the local bus and it is rare to find an English speaker, my Spanish used to be fluent, not anymore.

Mexico: Dealing with a blockade:

Hello. I lived in Sinaloa in the summer of 2009. I went in a car with 2 guys looking for a place to raise geese in La Noria. We saw the cartel in blacked out new SUV's and a lookout on the back roads. Very poor farmers, but they all had shiny new red tractors. On the way back to Mazatlan cars on both sides of the highway were being stopped by police. My two friends got out to talk to the police, told them I was the American's aunt. They offered the police money to buy some beers after work which was acceptable to them. Then we were let go. When the snow birds started coming in droves I fled to Michoacan where I live today in Zirahuen.

Mexico: How hot does it get in Puerta Vallarta in summer?:

iI grew up in Washington, D.C. and spent summers in Ocean City Maryland. Both were hot and humid. One thing good about the summers is fewer tourists. The weather didn't phase me, but I prefer the country side so moved to Michoacan in the mountains where I was so cold last winter. Most people don't have heat.

Date Joined:

12/19/2008

Total Posts:

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