<![CDATA[Expat_2003 - Yahoo! Voices]]> en-us Copyright 2012 voices.yahoo.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:41:44 EDT http://l.yimg.com/ck/siteimg/PP-voices.jpg http://voices.yahoo.com/ Voices <![CDATA[Moving to Mexico? Could Be Dangerous!]]> Could not learning Spanish as an American Expat in Mexico kill you?

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 16, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/moving-mexico-could-dangerous-596226.html <![CDATA[Homeless Mexican Dogs and Cats in Trouble: Can You Help?]]> Companion animals seem to fare worse than working animals. From my very ignorant and subjective Gringo observations, it seems the cows, bulls, goats, sheep, horses, and burros are never seen roaming the streets of this city homeless.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 11, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/homeless-mexican-dogs-cats-trouble-599414.html <![CDATA[Things You Should Consider when Retiring to Mexico]]> If you plan to retire to Mexico you need a realistic picture of what to expect.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 10, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/things-consider-retiring-591164.html <![CDATA[Retiring to Mexico? Think About High Altitude Sickness]]> Have you ever wondered what some of these slick and mendacious online magazines are leaving out when they tell you all your troubles will be over if you take their "how-to-move-to-Mexico" course (for a small fortune) and maybe even buy some of their listed properties

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 10, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/retiring-mexico-think-high-591373.html <![CDATA[Want to Succeed at Writing? You Need a Platform!]]> When I finished my book, "The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico," I sent queries to a number of publishers. On a lark, I queried McGraw-Hill. To my utter shock and awe, they wanted to look at the completed manuscript.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 08, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/want-succeed-writing-593668.html <![CDATA[Things to Consider for Your Study Abroad Vacation]]> More and more retirees are choosing to learn Spanish and doing so by taking a Study in Mexico vacation. This is such a grand idea that I hardly know where to begin

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 05, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/things-consider-study-abroad-585035.html <![CDATA[Bird Museum in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico]]> I love birds. I always have. I had them when I was a child; and, from time to time as an adult, I have bred them in numbers I am too embarrassed to admit

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 05, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/bird-museum-saltillo-coahuila-mexico-583004.html <![CDATA[General Tourist Etiquette in Mexico]]> When we moved to Mexico, the issue that troubled us most was accidentally making some cultural blunder. We were afraid we would do something to offend everyone we met. You can only read so much material on culture.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Oct 01, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/general-tourist-etiquette-mexico-576987.html <![CDATA[The Strategist]]> Abstract: The future of Washington

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 28, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/the-strategist-575971.html <![CDATA[Tourist Etiquette in Mexican Homes]]> If you experience the rare honor of an invitation to someone's home, dress casually but neatly. Men should wear a nice shirt and slacks; women should wear a dress, a skirt and blouse, or a pantsuit.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 28, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/tourist-etiquette-mexican-homes-572806.html <![CDATA[Tourist Etiquette in Mexican Churches]]> Gringo tourists have to be constantly reminded that just because they've secured a new mortgage on the house back home to afford vacationing in Mexico, this does not entitle them to commit all manner of cultural atrocities.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 28, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/tourist-etiquette-mexican-churches-571889.html <![CDATA[Tourist Etiquette in Mexican Hotels]]> If you don't speak Spanish well enough, the very first problems you will encounter when trying to deal with Mexican hotels will be when you try making a reservation in an area of Mexico outside the Prime Tourist Locations.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 28, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/tourist-etiquette-mexican-hotels-571601.html <![CDATA[Tourist Etiquette in Mexican Restaurants]]> One thing I notice when I am on the west coast of Mexico is that in restaurants, many of the owners will take dollars if the patron hasn't bothered to change his money into pesos.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 28, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/tourist-etiquette-mexican-restaurants-571635.html <![CDATA[Abstract: Breaking Through to Voters]]> How can voter apathy be fixed?

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 27, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/abstract-breaking-through-voters-573208.html <![CDATA[Tonala, Mexico: The City of Ceramics]]> From the Olmecs, the Teotihuacans, the Aztecs, the Mixtecs, the Casas Grandes culture, and Mimbres culture to modern day Mexicans, pottery has been a predominate influence in the lives of all Mexicans of all times

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 26, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/tonala-mexico-city-ceramics-565597.html <![CDATA[Guanajuato, Mexico: The 35th Annual International Cervantino Festival]]> The largest cultural event in Guanajuato is the International Cervantino Festival. It is held for 3 weeks each October. This is a festival that celebrates the arts. Each year, the festival features one of Mexico's 31 states as well as 1 or 2 foreign countries.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 26, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/guanajuato-mexico-35th-annual-international-562273.html <![CDATA[How to Find English Tour Guides in Guanajuato]]> But, the point is, if a Mexican city wants to woo the American, Canadian, Australian, and anyone else who is not fluent in Spanish, then those within the service and tourist industries should get on the bilingual stick and learn some English.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 26, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/how-find-english-tour-guides-562144.html <![CDATA[Why You Should Avoid Hotels in Guanajuato's Historic District]]> Let me begin by saying that there's nothing wrong with the hotels in Guanajuato's Historic District, specifically. I've been in all of them when I was researching my new book, A Walk Through Mexico's Crown Jewel.

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 26, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/why-avoid-hotels-guanajuatos-560716.html <![CDATA[What Makes Up My Mind?]]> What is consciousness?

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 26, 2007

]]> http://voices.yahoo.com/what-makes-mind-571387.html <![CDATA[When the CIA Got it Right]]> Should the CIA be cut some slack and seen as a pawn of political machinations?

Contributor: Expat_2003
Published: Sep 25, 2007

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