Mex Life | We Moved! New Adventures Up the Coast
After a month Stateside visiting family and friends, we’re back in Mexico – with resident visas and a new address!
North America
Mex Life | Gunfight in Nayarit
We suddenly find ourselves in lockdown one Saturday morning, but not for the typical 2020/21 reasons. Tales from the darker side of living in Mexico in the 21st century.
Mex Life | Noe’s Extreme Makeover (and Exploring a Bat Cave)
Literally none of Noe’s friends here have short hair. But there comes a time, even in Sayulita, when seawater, sand, heat, and humidity no longer play nice and tough decisions have to be made.
Mex Life | Molcajete Madness
As Mexican as apple pie is American, but you’d be hard pressed to find a molcajete on the menu of a Mexican restaurant in the States. That, plus leaves. Lots and lots of leaves.
Mex Life | To San Pancho, Through the Jungle, On Foot
To San Pancho! Again! But this time ON FOOT from Sayulita. 6 miles… over ridges and through dense jungle… on rarely used paths… using what we think is a reliable map. What could go wrong?
Mex Life | Jungle Real Estate
Our latest jungle discoveries, the return of our golf cart after a long three week absence, and why you won’t see us buying land in Sayulita any time soon.
Mex Life | Time Travelers
A strange anomaly sends us back in time while hiking through a vortex in search of a mysterious jungle temple and a mystical clay healing beach (no joke).
Mex Life | Golf Cart Problems
We’re told you can’t have a golf cart in Sayulita without your fair share of problems. Deceptively simple machines, but no match for salt air, tropical heat, and harsh terrain.
Mex Life | Private Property, Public Land
All beaches in Mexico are public land and open to everyone. Getting to them is a different story. More adventures in accessing Nayarit’s beautiful beaches by any means necessary.
Mex Life | January Birthday
Birthday explorations and highlights in our little tropical corner of the world.
Mex Life | Patzcuaro – A New Family Hiking Record
Continuing our New Years tradition of long hikes, we attempt our longest one with the boys yet – a six miler through jungles and streams to Playa Patzcuaro.
Mex Life | Adios, 2020
Finishing 2020 the way we started it, at the beach! Just on a different continent. Highlights from the waning days of a helluva year.
Laying Low in Mexico
Surprise! Nope, we’re not wanted by U.S. Marshalls, and we didn’t make a run for the border, though that would’ve certainly made things more interesting. Read on to find out more.
Mex Life | Christmas in Sayulita
It’s that time of the year! While the country has changed [again], we continue our tradition of keeping it simple, unplanned, and time together.
Mex Life | Holiday High Season
Taking advantage of a relaxed week of fun in the sun and cooler temps, in the run-up to the dreaded holiday onslaught of tourists, both foreign and domestic.
Mex Life | Red Sky at Night
Welcoming cooler weather and the calm before the holiday tourist storm in Sayulita.
Mex Life | Quest for the Last Sayulita Beaches
Setting out in search of the last of the beaches that we can reasonably access with a golf cart and two feet. Plus more from early December.
Mex Life | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle Sunday Market
Discovering a one-of-a-kind market, an [almost] perfect beach, and a cafe doubling as the final resting place for its patrons, on a day trip to an unpronounceable town on Banderas Bay.