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| Helpful Links AngelicaTours.com ask for Mario Transportation from the airport PortalSanMiguel.com InternetSanMiguel.com SanMiguelOnline.com SanMiguelGuide.com SanMiguelArtists.com MexOnline.com TIPS Get a good map. Take the tour of the city with MARIO The FOUR DAY Schedule (make one of these days on TUESDAY for the market) Day 1 -- arrive, get picked up byMario, who talks for an hour about the culture. Walk into town and get a copy of ATENCION. Find an activity (such as talking with locals on Tues. and Thurs 5-6:30 pm) Dinner: San Francisco Cafe, Jardin Day 2 -- MARKET DAY Tuesday Look for "Mesa de Plata" (the silver table) and look for the silver haired guy. LUNCH: El Buen Cafe Afternoon: real estate tour with Gaby Cabello Rivas or one of Gaby's colleagues. Email her at gabycabello64@hotmail.com Dinner: Pegaso Day 3 -- Tour of the City with Mario. He will show you the parts that a local knows, such as a metalworking shop in a residential area -- noisy at 10 am, quiet by 5 pm, providing employment for neighbors. Clever! Afternoon: walk to Instituto Allende, meet Keith Keller at the Escuela of painting and drawing -- if you sign up for a class, you can drop in during daylight hours to practice. Dinner: Cha Cha Cha for Mexican delights, or try 10-10-Pie (stay on your feet wiht this food) -- delicious fruit salad and "batidas" (smoothies) Some people recommend Mama Mia (music) Day 4 -- ADVENTURE $160US per person, hot air balloon ride, meet outside Recreo 68 at 6:30 a.m. After breakfast: Walk through the Artisans Market. Lunch at Bugambila ($28, pricey but romantic). Tour at 3 pm with Jilda on the 2-hour tour bus (9 to 9, every two hours from Juarez Street). You can write to her and practice Spanish (she wants to practice English) at jizame@hotmail.com JIlda ZAvala Tour guide Snack: San Agustin, Mesones, owned by Margarita, a TV and ilm star who lives in Mexico City. Dinner: 10-10-Pie, El Buen Cafe or Pegaso Day 5 -- Time to leave. Call MARIO. Keep lots of video tape or digital space available to record Mario's every sentence! |
| Summary Many call this the "heart of Mexico" -- with good reason. The conspirators who plotted to overthrow the rulers of the country did their planning in this area. Retirees from other countries (mostly the USA) make up 16% of the central city's population (around 80,000). The total metropolitan area is around 115,000. You can live close to the suburban lifestyle in the USA (drive to a mall and place groceries in a car, drive home into a garage and walk 50 feet to a refrigerator). You can also live like people do in Venice, without a car and shopping at a local market. Restaurants: lunch for two under $10 Dinner for two under $28 at Pegaso in Centro (near teh Jardin). GETTING THERE You can fly into Mexico City and then to a nearby city (Queretaro QTO or Leon BJX). Or you can fly to Houston and then south to BJX or QTO. Before you fly, reserve a driver to pick you up -- Call Angelica tours at 52 415 152 6305 and ask for MARIO Where to Stay We tried Hacienda de las Flores. Delightful location, sweet dog (the gordita Coquette) and friendly staff. Ask for the TV room and you'll be able to catch the morning shows on NBC, ABC and CBS, plus CNN. Rooms have basic cable. Delicious eggs for breakfast. |
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| Mario AngelicaTours.com +52 415 152 6305 Vale la pena de reservar este hombre YES -- This photo shows Mario the fabulous guide |
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| So, pretty soon it starts to come together 1. The NEW YORK TIMES has been running articles about US citizens who have moved to Mexico and who are living well. A Google search yields 12 million pages. 2. Two couples we know purchased land and a vacation house in Mexico. 3. We visited Playa del Carmen and we felt that the coast is somewhat vulnerable. 4. We heard that San Miguel and its environs are a destination by artists and retirees. 5. It's more complicated to own a house or land near the coast. 6. Gaby. Meet her and you'll see. 7. My cell phone doesn't get service ... I think that's a good thing. With a switch of a chip, I've been told I can make calls from here (roaming at $1 a minute). 8. SMA is NOT Ensenada and SMA is NOT Tijuana. SMA is NOT Mexico City. 9. Nearly everyone we meet talks about the weekend landowners from Mexico City who are finally starting to build on land, or who recently bought a small condo. 10. People are moving here, buying a camera, and shooting videos in houses to mail to people in the USA and Europe. Hmmmm. Pretty soon, we decided that we could make more with some cash put to work here than leaving the cash to work in the USA. See the math at San Miguel Land. |
| Some suggestions for Hotels near Jardin from Gaby www.posadacorazon.com.mx 1 www.villajacaranda.com/ 2 www.casarosadahotel.com 3 www.lamoradahotel.com 4 www.posadacarmina.com 5 I think this is something to begin our research for a hotel, all of these are really close to the Jardin, even more than Hacienda de las Flores. I will be waiting for your comments. Thanks, bye GABY |
| Well, maybe it is cheaper to stay outside the city, but IN the city is where we find the better restaurants and the night life. It's pretty dark outside (good for star gazing) and we like good TV. So we usually stay in the city... |
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| "This is San Miguel: A Newcomers' Quick Guide" DVD with 30 minutes of photos of San Miguel Photos by soon-to-be renown photographer JK McCrea $20 to S. McCrea PO Box 30555 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33303 ALTERNATIVE: Send an email to jk.mccrea@comcast.net and we'll send you the DVD. If you like it, send us the money. If not, you are on your honor to return the DVD with $7 rental fee. ALSO AVAILABLE: How We Bought Land In San Miguel (a DVD story with Beginning Spanish, taught by the Visual and Active Method) COST: $25 |
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