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We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming…because we are exploring my home state of Missouri this June and July! It’s been a very long time since I was in this part...

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Like most born-and-bred caucasians from the United States, I have a thing for hamburgers. Red meat in general, actually. Doesn’t help that I grew up on a farm and my...

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If it’s your first time to Cancun, and you’ve never wondered what the cuisine here might be like, apart from there being plenty of tacos to choose from, let us...

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Is it really already time for the May edition of this series? Time truly does fly when you’re having fun… Last month saw us mostly buckled down ahead of our...

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I have a deep-rooted passion for Italian food. Especially pastas. And when it comes to pizza I’m a prickly beast who is very specific in my requirements for what I...

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March is already gone?!?!?! This month, we finally finished the first part of our Street Art in Cancun series, plus visited a new local beach and headed up to Merida...

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Wow, it’s hard to believe that February has already come and gone! It was a great month, with beautiful weather, and we were able to take our friend Joris down...

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Welcome to the February edition of Exploring Mexico! It was a craaaaazy busy month including a visit from my best friend who I hadn’t seen in nearly a decade, and...

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Welcome to 2017. Every month this year we will be publishing a photo essay of sorts that cover our travels in Mexico, with short descriptions of where we were when...

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After we finished up exploring Riviera Maya Suites, we decided it was time to also take a look at their sister property, the Palmar del Sol condominiums. It’s just a...

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As a general rule, the Hotel Zone of Cancun is filled with all-inclusive resorts, ranging from the smaller places with only a hundred or so rooms, up to the mega-resorts...

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While we occasionally stay in hotels and resorts as part of our work with the Marginal Boundaries brand, our personal preference when it comes to the type of places we...

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Continuing in our tradition of sharing some of our favorite places in the Riviera Maya with our readers, we’re taking a closer look at some of the more unique bed-and-breakfasts,...

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While Cancun and the Riviera Maya as a whole are jam-packed with mega-resorts like Moon Palace or Royalton, once you transition into Playa del Carmen and Tulum you start getting...

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When last we wrote about our time in Costa Brava, we had left you with some teasers of the adventures we explored in countryside surrounding Girona. In this blog post,...

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Budget travel. It’s one of the most powerful buzzwords in the travel industry. And for the vast majority of bloggers and travelers using the word to describe themselves, it’s an...

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For the months of March, April and May of 2015, Cristina and I were #ResidentBloggers #InCostaBrava working with the Visit Costa Brava folks leading up to TBEX and beyond. In this...

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For the months of March, April and May of 2015, Cristina and I were #ResidentBloggers #InCostaBrava working with the Visit Costa Brava folks leading up to TBEX and beyond. In this...

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Moving on beyond the Castle, we found ourselves exploring what is quite possibly the best green area in all of Barcelona: the Parc de Montjuïc. Filled with dozens of verdant parks,...

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Moving on beyond La Rambla, we found ourselves exploring what is quite possibly the favorite hiking spot for any local living in Barcelona: the Parc de Montjuïc. Filled with dozens of verdant...

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When we left Cancun at the beginning of 2014, we had a pretty firm plan in mind: go to Playa del Carmen, do another guidebook there, and spend another couple...

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While La Rambla is an entity in and of itself, with dozens of sights and sounds to take in during your exploration, there is one area in particular that we...

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If you plan on spending any amount of time in Barcelona, taking in the main avenue through the heart of downtown is a must. La Rambla might be somewhat touristy...

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While our first day was spent exploring the city in and around the Airbnb property we rented, when day two rolled around it was time to head out and explore...

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  Our introduction to Barcelona was cold, windy, and rainy. Cristina wasn’t expecting such frigid temperatures, especially after having spent the last eight months in the jungles of Mexico nea...

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If you’ve been living under a rock, don’t know who we are, or haven’t been paying attention…we’re in Spain! We’re here until May 27th working on a variety of projects,...

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You’ve been reading blogs by other travelers for the past couple/few years. Oohing and Aahing over their photos and videos. You’ve filled your head with flights of fancy, delusions of...

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A little-known town in the hills outside of Sofia, only accessible by a winding single-lane paved road that carves its way up through the hills in a series of switchbacks,...

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It’s one thing to visit Cancun, Mexico while on a vacation, for Spring Break, or even for a staycation or gap year. But it’s something else to live here, on...

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The latest episode of the podcast is now live, and this time I delve into the importance of planning ahead and having adaptability, while also taking a closer look at the...

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The latest episode of the podcast is now up, and this time I delve into how you can find success with Facebook, the world’s most powerful social media platform and one which...

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The end result that you, the reader, see upon publication is a polished, honed, crafted and planned piece of content. From the videos to the photos to the subject matter...

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While public and private road transportation might be a think of nightmares in the United States, in many other countries around the world it is comfortable, reliable and affordable. Such...

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When it comes to living in Cancun there are a variety of options as far as accommodations go. You can choose to go as high-end as you want, living the...

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While public and private road transportation might be horrid in the United States, in many other countries around the world it is comfortable, reliable and affordable. Such as with ADO,...

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If there’s one thing that comes up at the top of my list as far as “necessities” go as a full-time traveler, blogger and social media addict, it’s accommodations. And...

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When you look at the vast majority of people who get into travel blogging or have started travel blogs in the last few years (since around 2010), you will notice...

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When it comes to selecting a destination for where we are going to be traveling, it is usually a combination of elements that revolve around the cost, what we can...

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From the white sandy beaches and the turquoise waters to the hedonism of Spring Break, Cancun is known around the world as the number one coastal destination in Mexico, and...

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Every year, we like to include an updated version of our spend while living in Cancun. It helps to keep in mind that compared to the average Mexican we are...

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For those of you who didn’t get a chance to catch my presentation at TBEX in Cancun in September, one of the questions at the end from one of the...

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It was confusing as hell when I was at TBEX a few weeks back, because there happen to be two of us named Tim who live in Mexico. Myself, obviously,...

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There are high points in your career that anyone who does something long enough will recognize as turning points. Completing a difficult degree. Earning your first promotion. Landing that dream.....

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“Blasphemy!” I hear the multitudes cry, so entrenched and and trained are they to believe that the number of comments on a blog post has any significance whatsoever beyond the...

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When it comes to Cancun, there is a plethora of information on the Internet about what you should see or do while here in the heart of Mexico’s Riviera Maya....

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Or, what I’ve been doing in my spare time with Cris out of commission and healing up with her family back in Tabasco Long-time readers are familiar with my life-long...

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The Riviera Maya is a stretch of coastline packed with some of the most incredible sights you’ll ever see in your travels. From cenotes to stretches of white sand, from...

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Any time you get into the business side of dealing with another country, you’ll find that things vary dramatically from the way things work in your home country. If there’s...

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No visit to the Riviera Maya would be complete without checking the world-famous ruins of Tulum. And while I’ve been there multiple times in the past few years of being...

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On the off chance you weren’t keeping up to date on our Facebook page, the last week was a nightmare. It started off on Tuesday afternoon, March 25th. Cristina and...

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There are two ways to live in Mexico: like a local, and like a foreigner. The first will see you enjoying the bounties of a low cost of living and...

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Hay un montón de buena información que existe en la Riviera Maya, y es hora de que empecemos a añadir nuestro punto de vista único a las cosas. Por ahora,...

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Welcome to our ongoing series, Adventures In Frugal Living Abroad. Our goal, above and beyond finding some of the cheapest destinations on the planet, is to show you how to...

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There’s a lot of good information out there on the Riviera Maya, and it’s time for us to start adding our unique point of view to things. For now, it’s...

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Is finally here! After three months of hard work, we’re finally publishing our latest book: Life on the Road – The Business of Travel Blogging. Forget the Photoshopped and filtered...

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Ingenuity. Entrepreneurship. Imagination. Creativity. Call it what you will, but at the root of every successful business is a key component that relates to the ability to work outside of...

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This blog post isn’t one of our normal entries, focusing on entrepreneurship or travel. Instead, I wanted to take a moment to publicly reflect on the road thus far. What...

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(Or Becoming the Cheap Bastard My Friends Love to Tease) One of the recurring themes throughout all of my publications (and most other “how to live a life abroad” posts,...

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These days, blogs are a dime a dozen. Anyone, anywhere, can pick up a Blogger or a Tumblr or a WordPress account and start jotting down words, posting photos and...

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