Zapotec and Mixtec women in brightly embroidered dresses amble along narrow alleys in Oaxaca city’s old quarter. I’m here to see what this southern Mexican city offers, get immersed, and meet expats. I spent several hours in two indoor markets...
Mexico When the frigid winds and wet, heavy snows of winter threaten the northern state of Wisconsin, Gary and MaryBeth Vanlankvelt head south… All the way south to the small, tropical island of Isla Mujeres, off Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
As one of International Living's correspondents, my normal beat is the Riviera Maya, along Mexico's Caribbean coast. My primary mission is to observe and report on life along an 80-mile stretch of perfect, palm-studded beaches from...
I often joked with friends that I should be working in a yoga retreat in Costa Rica, or something,” says 55-year-old Margo Guenther. “I knew my life was completely out of balance.
I was having yet another deep discussion with my wife Diane about leaving the U.S. for Ecuador. We’d spent more than a year researching, scouring the internet, the pages of this magazine…now I was suggesting we take a trip down there to check it out.
For three years now, Lisa and her husband Ronnie, have made their home on the island of Ambergris Caye. But this couple aren’t ones for just lazing on a beach all day. They enjoy an impressive array of water-based activities on Ambergris.
Ambergris Caye is a world-renowned vacation and dive destination. It’s largest town, San Pedro, is the heartbeat of this tropical island and its tiny airport is normally quite busy with crowded shuttle flights back and forth to the mainland.
As my wife Diane and I drove around the city, snapping photos, we heard ourselves say repeatedly, “This is a really nice city.” And it is. I was just surprised I hadn’t heard more about it. We had loaded the jeep two days early and set out on...
We celebrate our lives every night at sunset, with a glass or two of wine while enjoying the view from one of our decks.” This is the nightly routine Lawrie Lock and his wife Lynda get to enjoy in their home on the Mexican island of Isla...
“We have been traveling to Belize since 1997 and have never found a country with more caring, welcoming, and positive people,” says Lisa Cyrier. “And it’s gorgeous, too. We can travel from the beach to the rainforest in just a few hours. And the tropical climate suits us just fine.”