Gardening in the tropics/ Yucatán, MX

Posted: April 17, 2017 | Author: Richard Lakin | Filed under: world travels | Tags: flowers, gardening, Mexico, Yucatán | Leave a comment

After the rain…

It’s very arid on the north coast of the Yucatán peninsula. Last year there was no rain from February through June at my house. Friday night there was a substantial rain, and by Sunday morning, the garden broke into color.

Episode 4/ Real Expats of the Yucatán

Posted: April 15, 2017 | Author: Richard Lakin | Filed under: world travels | Tags: Chelem, dogs, expats, Mexican culture, Mexico, retirement, yucata | Leave a comment

Meet Gloria, our expat who returned to her Mexican roots to discover the joys of her parent’s culture. Now she does everything she can to give back to her community in Yucatán, Mexico.

Music at the beach/ Yucatán, MX

Posted: March 29, 2017 | Author: Richard Lakin | Filed under: world travels | Tags: Chelem, expats, international music, Mexico, retirement, Yucatán | Leave a comment

Episode 3-Real Expats of the Yucatán

Real women, real relationships in Mexico

Posted: March 18, 2017 | Author: Richard Lakin | Filed under: world travels | Tags: expats, Mexico, retirement, travel, Yucatán | Leave a comment

Episode 2: Linda

Meet our Linda! Tough from her career as a corrections officer, but tender when it comes to her amigas in Mexico. Moving to foreign country in retirement is easier with a little help from your friends!

“Getting to Know Karen”

Posted: March 3, 2017 | Author: Richard Lakin | Filed under: editorials, world travels | Tags: expats, Mexico, retirement, travel, Yucatán | Leave a comment

Episode One, Real Expats of the Yucatán

New Infotainment series about the life and adventures of American and Canadian expat women and their friends who have retired in the Yucatan, Mexico. They hilariously navigate their new life in the small fishing villages of Chelem and Chuburna on the Gulf Coast of the Yucatan peninsula. From immigration to internet, water and electricity (or lack thereof), spiders, snakes and scorpions, construction and housing, ocean and beach, a food, drink, entertainment and music recommendations, Mexican holidays and fiestas, real cost of living and aging parents and millennial children, new grandchildren, the Expats cover the real truth what daily life is in the Yucatan.

The premiere Episode of The Real Expats of the Yucatan! Learning all about Karen…..Our hippie chill Earth Mother with an EDGE.

Real Expats of the Yucatan

Posted: February 16, 2017 | Author: Richard Lakin | Filed under: world travels | Tags: Chelem, expats, Mexico, Yucatán | Leave a comment

Working on a series about expats living in Mexico. A funny and honest look at American and Canadian expats as they navigate through their retirement and new lifestyle in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Click the photo above to watch the video.