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New Year’s Eve traditions in Mexico
Jan 18th
The year-end holidays in Mexico are always known for time honored traditions and a family oriented spirit. You can sing Christmas carols with your friends and family and enjoy some buñuelos, tamales and ponche spiked with rum.
Then comes New Year’s Eve. And while it has its traditions, this holiday is not so family-oriented.
The most important beach destinations in Mexico are packed with young people looking for a good time. The most visited ones are Acapulco, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas. They are always packed with young Mexicans who travel in groups to get together and have fun with friends on the last night of the year.
Upscale hotels and restaurants host New Year’s Eve dinners with festive menus and orchestras for dancing.
What you wear on New Year’s Eve is thought to influence your destiny during the next 12 months. Some dress in white from head to toe to invite good vibrations and assure a good year spiritually. Green clothing attracts a year of good health. Wearing red underwear is said to bring love, while yellow underwear brings wealth. And no, it’s not fair to wear both colors. You have to decide which is more important.
Whether you celebrate with family or friends, New Year’s Eve dinner is usually a feast.
Roast turkey or stuffed pork loin with pasta in a creamy sauce and a salad are favorites in my family. A margarita glass filled with grapes and a flute of champagne or sparkling cider, known as sidra, are set at each place.
Someone keeps an eye on the clock, and leads the countdown chorus to midnight — “Diez! Nueve! Ocho! Siete! Seis! Cinco! Cuatro! Tres! Dos… Feliz año nuevoooo! At the stroke of midnight, we drink a champagne toast to the New Year. Then we gobble down the 12 grapes in a single minute, one at a time, to assure good luck in the upcoming months that they represent. Here’s a suggestion… choose small seedless grapes. They’re easier to chew and swallow fast.
Some of us grab an empty suitcase we had ready and walk around the house or run around the block so we’ll get to travel in the year to come.
And all of us embrace those present, one by one, with an air kiss near the cheek for the ladies, and a bear hug that goes slap, slap, SLAP, slap, slap, SLAP on the back for the men.
Cheap Beachfront Real Estate – Mexico’s Retirement Solution
Oct 26th
Is Cheap Mexico Beachfront Real Estate still available?
If you’re interested in retiring on the beachfront, but on a smaller budget, you’ve probably gone through the same process as many real estate buyers in your situation. First you briefly check out options in the U.S. beach destinations, and – as you expected – prices are just way too high for you to imagine. Next you look in Mexico; you’ve been there on vacation before, the city was clean, well kept up, nice new stores, some golf clubs near by, and you love the food, and, most of all, everyone knows it’s much cheaper than the U.S. You do some searches on the internet, just to find out the prices in your favorite vacation spots, although much cheaper than in the U.S., are still too expensive for the kind of home you want. But don’t give up…
Here’s the great news; cheap Mexico beachfront real estate is still available in beautiful areas with complete services. You just need to know where to look. Mexico’s tourism industry is thriving and growing with increasing interest from international visitors and an ongoing large scale investment from both the Mexican government and international corporations. Up-and-coming tourism areas can provide opportunities to invest in Mexico Land, where prices are still accessible, but new stores, nice malls with movie theaters, golf courses, marinas, excellent hospitals and much more are already beginning to appear in the area.
One such example is the state of Campeche, which is a neighbor of Quintana Roo, the state which is home to famous places such as Playa del Carmen and Cancun, and of Yucatan, the state at the north end/center of the peninsula with the same name, and home to the capital Merida. The capital of Campeche (also called Campeche) is a beautiful colonial city with the old town surrounding by fortress walls. The city has been investing huge amounts of funds into restoring its beautiful downtown, which is now one of Mexico’s best kept colonial secrets. Private developers have also begun investing in multi-million dollar condo-golf-marina developments in the area; one has a Jack Nicklaus golf course.
About 45 minutes south of the capital there is some beachfront land which includes 66 ft of beachfront, a lagoon at the back of the lots, and direct access to the highway; there are also electric, water, phone and internet connections.
These lots are selling for $65,000 US! For about $100,000 more, you can have the home of your dreams built on this beachfront – a design personalized to your taste. Does this sound more accessible for your retirement budget?
Campeche is only one example of an up-and-coming tourist area where you can find excellent beachfront land options to build a home for your retirement. If you want to find out more, contact a TOP Mexico Agent representing the area where you would like to explore possibilities.
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