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Sacred places around us: Is Talpa a "power place"? E-mail
 The Virgin of Talpa and her church by Guy Garber Guerrero
Quite by accident, I recently ran across a website that lists Talpa de Allende as a sacred power place. Martin Gray spent years visiting and photographing every place he heard was a sacred site, and one of his pilgrimages brought him to Mexico. Apparently, there are different types of sacred sites. Martin classifies Talpa as "miracle-work site."
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A driving tour from Oaxaca to San Cristobal de las Casas and Palenque: Part 1 E-mail
Street Scene
Copoya, Chiapas
This 2,000 kilometer driving tour serves the needs of vacationers to Oaxaca who also want to take in the sights in central Chiapas. It is also useful those who want to at least consider visits to the Pacific coastal resorts in Oaxaca and the Gulf beaches and cultural sights in the state of Veracruz… all without foreclosing a side trip to Puebla. The south central circuit of Mexico provides travelers with a leisurely and culturally diverse driving segment within the context of a two or three week vacation, with virtually no backtracking.
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On the way to Oregon: Adventurers settle on Mexico's Bay of Banderas E-mail
An adventurous English couple builds a boat, sails toward Oregon to buy horses, but settles on Mexico's Bay of Banderas in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle where they run a restaurant and promote Huichol art.
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Grading and drainage in Lake Chapala real estate E-mail
The rules are different for Lake Chapala real estate – the elevation of the house and how the surrounding gardens and street are graded can affect the quality of your home.
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Waterproofing the roof in your Mexican home E-mail
In Mexico -- or anywhere -- the three key words for roof sealing are: preparation, preparation and preparation.
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Boomers in Paradise: Living in Puerto Vallarta E-mail
Robert Nelson's Boomers in Paradise: Living in Puerto Vallarta, profiles fourteen "baby boomers" who now reside in Puerto Vallarta, The book, though, will be of interest to any expatriate (or would-be ...
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Juanita and the president: Obama's Mexican connection E-mail
Juanita, newly arrived from Zacatecas, and who has no reason in the world to make things up, admitted to being in love with the new American President.
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Index to the "Mexico: Did you know?" series E-mail
 Our "Mexico: Did You Know" series offers lots of not-so-well-known but interesting facts about Mexico's contributions to the world. Here is the list to date (most recent at the top): Mexico's vultu...
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Canada's Embassy and Consulates in Mexico E-mail
Points of Service in Mexico   Embassy Mexico City (D.F.) - Embassy of Canada Consulates Monterrey (Nuevo León) - Consulate General of Canada Guadalajara (Jalisco) - Consulate of Canada Honorary Consu...
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A Mexican Valentine E-mail
It's Joaquina's first day on the job as our housekeeper, and she's outraged at how much my husband Skip and I have paid a roving vendor for clean-up rags. Newcomers to our Mexican village, we hadn't kn...
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New meaning to mañana E-mail
The good government of Jocotepec, centralized at the west end of Lake Chapala in the great state of Jalisco, has given new meaning to the word "mañana." Too early on a Monday morning in mid-December 2...
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A driving tour from Oaxaca to San Cristobal de las Casas and Palenque: Part One E-mail
Street Scene
Copoya, Chiapas
This 2,000 kilometer driving tour serves the needs of vacationers to Oaxaca who also want to take in the sights in central Chiapas. It is also useful those who want to at least consider visits to the Pacific coastal resorts in Oaxaca and the Gulf beaches and cultural sights in the state of Veracruz… all without foreclosing a side trip to Puebla. The south central circuit of Mexico provides travelers with a leisurely and culturally diverse driving segment within the context of a two or three week vacation, with virtually no backtracking.
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Cejas and the great escape: Dog rescue in Tijuana E-mail
 
A warm-hearted missionary rescues a Tijuana street dog and smuggles him across the border to a new home in California.
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Welcome to the new MexConnect! E-mail
If you are new to MexConnect, we hope you enjoy the site and discover its incredible richness of information. If you are a previous reader of the site, we hope you will take the time to discover how tr...
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A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition E-mail
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca
We usually think of weddings and baptisms as rites of passage we attend on separate occasions. But November 27, 2008, marked the celebration of both in San Lorenzo Albarradas: the nuptials of a couple in their early twenties, and the baptism of their three-year-old daughter. What resulted was a melding of highly organized custom...
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From Talpa to Puerto Vallarta in the 1800s E-mail
Mexconnect readers know by now that March is the month when everybody who can walk, walks to Talpa. It has become a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. The new short-cut ...
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Colima orphanage runs on faith E-mail
Through the years, Colima, Colima meant volcano views, small sacks of sea salt, classy museums, pretty parks, souvenir casts and carvings of hairless dogs -- and another hour to the beach. ¡No más! T...
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Ajijic Chapala Lakeside: accomodations, hotels, restaurants, services E-mail
Although Lake Chapala's north shore is quaint and beautiful, services are world class. From cozy B&Bs to gracious hotels and bungalows, the traveler will find the perfect place to feel at home in e...
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From conspicuous consumption to conspicuous frugality E-mail
Ever since Al Gore sounded the alarm about global warming, everyone on earth is aware that mankind (an oxymoron if ever I heard one) must preserve itself and the environment if it is to survive. We mus...
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Home construction or improvement contracts in Mexico E-mail
Recently, I have had to help clients who are far along in their project, way past the original schedule and way, way over budget.
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Consumer protection in Oaxaca, Mexico: A case study E-mail

PROFECO has its limitations. However, it does provide an important and valuable alternate means of dispute resolution.


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