Top 10 Things To Do In Cancun

Top Ten Things To Do In Cancun During TBEX North America 2014

Posted by | Cancun, Mexico | 14 Comments

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. However, most of what you will find falls short because it only deals with one specific part of the town: the Hotel Zone and tourist strip.

If you plan on being in town for the TBEX North America 2014 event, there’s a few things you need to take the time to see, experience and taste while visiting the place that made our home from 2010 until early 2014. Without further ado, take a look at our top 10 things to see and do while here in Cancun.  Read More

Strange Tree

World Building – My Hobby

Posted by | Gaming | 7 Comments

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 hobby of playing video games. I’ve covered it a few times in my Expat Gamer series. That led to me paying more and more attention to Kickstarter and Indigogo projects as I’ve begun moving into the crowdfunding world over the past couple of years, and the rise of independent game companies with niche audiences is something that I’ve been interested in for a long time.

Backed by the knowledge that I was already planning on getting back to the four-book fantasy series I started writing in 2008 later this fall after we get settled into Palenque, I had an idea. Why not, instead of simply finishing the series and marketing the books, create an entire media enterprise out of the lore and characters? Read More

Bay of Akumal

Akumal: The Jewel of the Riviera Maya

Posted by | beaches, Mexico | 10 Comments

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 snorkeling and scuba diving off the coast of Cozumel to exploring the Maya ruins and diving into the turquoise waters of the Mexican Caribbean, there are few places in the world that boast this much natural beauty.

While Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Cancun all have their resorts and beach-front property and restaurants and beyond, there are still a few places in the area which haven’t fallen to over-development, and thus still retain their coastal charm. One of our favorites is the sleepy pueblo of Akumal, just south of Playa del Carmen on the highway to Tulum. Read More

Latin America

Doing Business In Latin America

Posted by | Blogging, Entrepreneur | 2 Comments

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 one mistake I see bloggers and travelers coming into Latin America make, it’s the #1 mistake in the book: a lack of know-how in navigating cultural differences and the assumption that it will work just like it does in <insert home country/primary audience here>.

What works back home or for your English/French/German/Insert-Favorite-Language-Here audience doesn’t necessarily translate into the Latin way of doing things. And if you plan on making any sort of deals here in Latin America, you are going to have to unlearn everything you think you know about business…because it doesn’t apply.  Read More

Tulum, Mexico

The Maya Ruins of Tulum, Mexico

Posted by | Mexico | 12 Comments

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 based out of this part of the world, I haven’t yet written anything about them despite the numerous photo albums we have. When Cris’ sister came to town at the end of March of 2014 while she was recuperating from her surgery, I finally took the time to shoot some video of the park, and get around to writing a blog post about one of the easiest day-trips you can take while visiting this part of Mexico. Read More