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eXPAT’S pERSPECTIVE OM mEXICO
I recently wrote a piece about living in Mexico and confronting the question so often asked, “Aren’t you afraid in Mexico,” and I want to expound on a few misconceptions about Mexicans and life in Mexico.
Oaxaca 2025
In February Lydia and I took 22 old and new friends from our home town of Puerto Aventuras to Oaxaca city and on to Puerto Escondido on the state’s Pacific coast.
Living in Mexico While things change at home
I am an immigrant/ex-pat, depending on if I am speaking to other foreigners or locals. I live on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in a gated community.
Our Adventures
our life in mexico
What began as an adventurous drive through most of Mexico, followed by six weeks on the Caribbean Coast, has morphed into a total change of place and life. Join us as an exploration became a permanent move to Mexico.
Etcetera
Our passions
Mike and lydia pontius
We met in the Bay Area almost 28 years ago. It was one of those first meeting stories that becomes a repeat cocktail party hit - part funny, part shocking and all very romantic. We were inseparable for six weeks, then hundreds of miles apart for 2 months, followed by a proposal on Halloween, a wedding in January and "the cat's honeymoon," all in a courtship period of 6 months. We made it across country years ago, after spending a year on a sailboat and having reduced our material possessions to what would fit in the trunk of a small BWM.
Our retirement gig
Until October 29, 2019 we lived across the river from Charleston, our favorite American City, with more "stuff" - especially inherited furniture - than we can count . Now we live in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico in a rented condo without almost any “stuff.” Yet somehow we made it to retirement? Pretty cool since neither of us took the traditional career route to get here. So we decided to write about ourselves - at least our grand kids may be interested - and our travels. We don't do much of anything in a "traditional" way, including seeing the world. But we hope that you'll find our somewhat spontaneous approach to life and travel entertaining, if not a little inspiring.
Our Travels
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