What I wish I'd known BEFORE moving to MEXICO 

Come along for a weekend in my life in Guadalajara, Mexico: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C5fLZA44l1s.html

Living happily in Ajijic for 24 years now and cannot imagine living anywhere else.

When you first get your rental make a list of immediate needs for each room. A bed, bathroom toiletries, kitchen essentials to cook, etc. Think about what you do daily from the moment you wake up. No need to buy everything all at once if you’re on a budget.

Oh, you made it to our town. We love Lakeside. We moved here in May of 2023. We are now permanent card carrying residents after 20 years of traveling all over Mexico. We thought Chapala was going to be our jumping off spot, we prefer Chapala over Ajijic, but we love it so much here we think we will start looking to buy when our one year lease ends.

You said in an earlier video how expensive it is to furnish an apartment in Mexico, which I didn’t agree. We pay approx 20% more rent per month for a furnished house that doesn’t even match our taste and individual comforts. That means paying $1000 as opposed to $800. We constantly see deals to be had on Amazon Mexico, local estate sales, facebook marketplace, and consignment shops in our area. Our next home we will either buy and furnish or rent an unfinished house and have fun looking for our furnishings. It’s much cheaper to furnish yourself in the long run.

Love your work. Thank you so much for this. Happy new year!

Always love your videos! This one is very informative and interesting. Glad i found you guys again!!! Cheers!

Love❤you guys, I am very happy to see you enjoying yourself in Guadalajara. Good vibes heading your way🥂Happy New Year🎊🎊🎊‼️

Anther informative vid. Gracias. I'm here now in PV Centro area for another week and all of your past vids are spot on especially you informing on having to watch where you walk. The infrastructure is hilarious in this area. Although I am considering of returning again next year but probably to the Marina area to kick it up a notch. Happy New Year

Mexico is indeed huge, to give one an idea the landmass here the flight time from Mexico City to Merida is the same length as the flights I used to take from Madison, WI to Dallas

Happy New Year! 2024

Hi Alex... Good to see your video. Thank yo for all you did and do. I am ejoying Cuenca Ecuador but Queretaro was great.

Good points, as usual!😊

Great video! Happy New Year! 🎉

Thanks Alex. Great video.

Happy new year!!

Very good video. Thanks. Great info for the viewers.

Nice to see you👋

Great video thanks for sharing. ✌️

Feliz año.

Love your videos

love your videos

Oh and Ivonne and her team are the best ever

Share your Mexico plans for 2024! Do you have any goals/resolutions related to learning Spanish??

Alex, I followed you since you lived in Queretaro, you have beautiful eyes.

Off to Guadalajara this March !

New subscriber sending greetings from Tucson, Arizona. I'm in the process of selling my house with the intent of moving to Ajijic.. Thanks for your videos.

Some great points. We plan to airBnb for 3 to 4 months. One month each in different parts of Guadalajara. I'm not sure if I should include Lake Chapala. It seems a bit sleepy My dad will be there. Im going in January to look for a care home for him. When we DO find our place we've already decided to go unfurnished.

Happy New Year!

I don't know what it's like in other areas of Mexico, but in Baja no one has furnaces or insulation in their houses. The houses are cinder block constuction, which has an R-factor of about 1-2. That means that if it is 47 ° outside on a cold winter night it is 47° inside the house or maybe 50° if you are lucky and the wind is blowing the right way. Those gorgeous casas with big open floor plans and tall ceilings don't heat well with a space heater. Also, space heaters are usually propane, often with a little tank that actually sits inside your room and no exhaust for dangerous carbon monoxide to exit. A window needs to stay open for safety. Keeping warm is managed with activity, blankets, and layers of clothing plus lots of hot tea. I and my dogs shivered through 3 cold winters in an otherwise beautiful place by the ocean. It's probably not so bad if you are a bit younger, but as we age our tolerance for cold decreases. At 70 preventing hypothermia is a challenge. WHO recommendations for those over 65 is a minimum temperature of 68 degrees. I was not prepared.

Having to do that bus ride from Mexico City to Queretaro isn't terrible... but not having to do it is amazing.

Hola Alex saludos

I’m packing to drive to Riberas now from Idaho. I avoid Ajijic because there’s too many people, it’s loud, dogs barking and the traffic is bad. It’s hard to find a place in Mexico that doesn’t have dogs barking. I found a cabin between Riberas and Chapala with no neighbors. Just 4 days of driving! See you soon, maybe.

You should visit Puerto Vallarta,..Puerto vallarta is 100% fantastic

3 more sleeps til I am in PV for 3 or 4 months. And yeah... I didn't do enough SPEAKing spanish.

I'm considering that area. That airbnb is gorgeous but found it very expensive.

Hi Alex. I love your new video! I don’t mean to embarrass you, but I need to tell you that I love your haircut! Wow!!!

beautiful. But the requirements are too high.

. I went to Ajjic thinking I might like to live there because it’s got such a huge Expat community. So I figured it must be a wonderful place. However, I found it small and crowded with no good place to walk or swim. No jungles to hike in. A very short boardwalk. I need a beach I need an ocean., I respect that this place works for some people, but if you need a beach and an open place to walk, Ajijic is not for you❤

Como estas?

I thought Queretaro has an international airport - why not fly out of there?

I just can’t get over the lack of sanitation in Mexico; toilet tissue is put in the trash can versus flushing it down the toilet!

Se perdieron mucho!!

I wonder! What does Trump thinks of the Gringo immigrants moving and invading México?

If you can't afford Mexico, you have a big problem

Great video! But why r u always taking about the bad things about Mexico?! The rest-of latin America r even worse in general!😢

Mexico? No thanks