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  • Photos: Getting beyond street food in Mexico City

    Photos: Getting beyond street food in Mexico City

    Ticuchi Our Christmas dinner at Balcón del Zócalo was just one of many amazing culinary experiences we enjoyed during our one month stay in Mexico City. True, we had our fair share of burgers and lasagnas, because at some point tortilla based food gets redundant. However, we did stumble upon a couple places whose take…

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  • Best bike rental in Mexico City

    Best bike rental in Mexico City

    As long as I’ve been coming to Mexico city, I’ve been impressed with its bikeability. That’s no easy task in a city of 12 million people, who aren’t known for their passive driving. The things that stuck out to me on my first visit were the free bikes available in the Zocalo, the closing of…

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  • What’s the best way to get around Mexico City? Uber vs Didi vs Taxi

    What’s the best way to get around Mexico City? Uber vs Didi vs Taxi

    Like most big cities in the world, it’s cheaper to get around Mexico City in someone else’s car than your own. Not owning a car means no payments, no maintenance, no insurance, and no fuel or parking expenses. From my perspective, saving $10,000 per year on auto expenses is the same as earning an extra…

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  • Best neighborhoods in Mexico City to stay or live.

    Best neighborhoods in Mexico City to stay or live.

    Every year, I spend more time in Mexico city which is funny because, before my first visit, I would have sworn I didn’t like big cities. I never even intended to visit Mexico city. As part of my research before my first visit to Mexico, I asked every Mexican I met what places I should…

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  • One of the world’s creepiest tourist attractions: Island of the dolls in Mexico

    One of the world’s creepiest tourist attractions: Island of the dolls in Mexico

    On the southern edge of Mexico city is a place as Mexican as it gets. Many of you may know that Mexicans have an obsession with death, as exhibited in their famous Day of the Dead celebration, where surviving family members go to cemeteries to carouse with their dead loved ones. You may also know…

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  • My top 6 recommendations for expats in Mexico

    My top 6 recommendations for expats in Mexico

    The thing that all these places have in common is culture and a diversity of things to do. If you’re just trying to recreate a suburban American life in Mexico, you’ll be happier in a place like Lake Chapala or San Miguel de Allende, but for me, I like the energy of a thriving town,…

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