Choosing Mexico

24/09/2024

This is too good not to share.

**NOTE: This film is in Spanish - please choose your language from the YouTube subtitles menu** The vast country of Mexico is as diverse in cultures as it is...

24/09/2024

If you're wondering about an overseas living reality, explore Mexico with my essay series.

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17/09/2024

Here's another of my articles about Mexico living. Who remembers vacationing along the once mighty Mexican Riviera? Yes, Mazatlan and PV still have a calling, but what about Manzanillo, Ixtapa and Acapulco?

The MND Where to Live in Mexico Guide 2024: Mid-Pacific trio offers sun and sand in some of the country's most traditional regions.

12/09/2024

To all my Lakeside friends: don't miss this Sunday's Open Circle presentation: Sept. 15 Independence Day children's Ballet Folklorico live performance you won't want to miss. Bring a friend, 10:30a the show starts. What a great way to start your Sunday and Mexico's biggest celebration of the year!

08/08/2024

Very cool 360 image of Ajijic. Use your >< buttons to spin around or up and down

Recorridos virtuales de Mexico

07/08/2024

Here's this week's essay about living across the state of Baja California Sur. What are your thoughts about the Baja?

Desert, Los Cabos, wild nature and great connectivity can all be found in our MND Where to Live in Mexico 2024 Guide: Baja California Sur

29/07/2024

Here's this week's essay about the State of Baja California.

From wine to waves, our next location has it all. It's the Where to Live in Mexico 2024 Guide: Baja California

15/07/2024

Mexico can be many things for authenticity seeking global travelers. Do you have the imaginations to dream beyond the all-inclusive resort walls? Here are some ideas to reframe your autheticity search.

Thanks for reading (and sharing if you see fit). I’ve been searching for this answer over my 40 years in Mexico tourism. And I’m still at it, exploring a “world...

14/07/2024

Even been to Oaxaca State? Here's my latest article descirbing Mexico live, a-la-Oaxaca.

The ancient bones of Mexico and its people are on full display at the next stop in our Where to Live in Mexico 2024 Guide: Oaxaca.

13/07/2024

Conservatives, be careful what you wish for...

They should heed the law of unintended consequences.

08/07/2024

Have you wanted to know what it's really like to live in Mexico? Here's another in my series being published at Mexico News Daily.

First up in our Where to Live in Mexico 2024: Yucatán state, where history and modernity collide to create a tropical paradise.

22/06/2024

I'm proud to be an investor in a remarkable distilled beverage line, tied to Mexico's ancient gift to the world: Maiz. Organic ancient Maize springing forth from heirloom seed lines, sprouted & distilled to become a family of spirits—naturally gluten-free, free of congeners, free of artificial flavors or colors, and rich in polyphenols. Coming this Fall. Here's what we are all about:

An Ancient History ZEA Spirits Story Thousands of years ago, the indigenous Otomi peoples of the Americas harnessed the extraordinary potential of ZEA and transformed it into a staple food source. Through their ingenuity and reverence for nature, they unveiled secrets—hidden flavors, even the very...

08/06/2024

I'd like to share two recent speaking engagements at Open Circle Ajijic. If you're interested in US-Mexico relations and the realities tied to living in Mexico (truths and myths), I invite you to watch these talks and please share your comments and questions.

Greg Custer is on Open Circle Ajijic. Join Open Circle Ajijic to view Greg Custer's profile

22/05/2024

Is Mexico safe? That question was posed to me and my partner dozens of times while on a recent cruise to Europe. Most of the folks we encountered were bewildered why anyone would volunteer to live in Mexico, based mostly on Mexico's abysmal reputation abroad. Here's an article I recently published in Mexico News Daily addressing head-on the hard facts about how, when, and where Americans die of non-natural causes in foreign countries.

How many non-natural U.S. citizen deaths happen in Mexico? Greg Custer looks at the data on accidents, suicides and homicides.

24/04/2024

Living now full-time in Mexico since 2015, I'm doing more writing about the Lake Chapala area.

Greg Custer introduces readers to the delights of lakeshore life in Chapala and Ajijic, from history to culture to community.

24/04/2024

Who says deserts are desolate? Here's a fascinating example of good resource and land stewardship bringing new life and sustainable employment to largely abandoned ranchos in Baja Sur. Mexico has a saturation on imagination (and resource) draining all-inclusive mega resorts. Can this model be embraced in other parts of Mexico?

Can tourism regenerate a distressed slice of Mexico? Christy Walton (yes, one of those Waltons) bets it can.

16/03/2024

It's been said that my new home is the "most cosmopolitan village in the world". Maybe, but where is the proof? I may have stumbled on an informal but confirming piece of evidence. Yesterday I was getting an eye exam at Eye Center Chapala. In their lobby, a map with stickpins shows where customers come from. I count over 40 countries pinned. Who would have an eye exam in a place they are not living or spending a significant amount of time? I suspect very few. So, here's some evidence supporting our international pedigree.

29/02/2024

It's a matter of perspective and "framing" how we choose to see other places and cultures. Mexico stands out globally for so many things, far beyond what so many choose to accept as the truth.