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WELCOME TO GUANAJUATO, MEXICO!


And Welcome to my Mexico homepage. I intend to offer you lots of free content as well as sources that you can use to aid you in your expatriation adventure to our neighbors South of the Border. I will concentrate on Learning Spanish since this is the Portal to the culture. You have to learn the language if you are to have any hope for getting along well in The Land of Fiestas.

I also will provide the reader with ample resources that I hope will make their transition to The Highlands a little easier.

This site will deal primarily with specific expat issues and resources for Central Mexico.

Enjoy!

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PREVIOUS WORKS REVIEWED:

A previous book review:

But the Bowers' book has that ring of authenticity and is squarely aimed at the (for lack of a better cliché) "average Joe" who is looking for a life that is different and/or better and needs down-to-earth practical advice on how an American can make this transition."

Bruce Drake
Former Vice President for News and Information with National Public Radio (NPR)

Two article reviews:

I just read your article on living in Mexico titled Expat or Fakepat. I applaud you. This is the kind of advise I have been writing to authors who I think have given a less than accurate account of living in Mexico. I have spent my entire career launching fortune 100 companies through out Latin America this is the first time I have read something which was unvarnished and straightforward about living in Latin America.

Juan-Manuel
LOS SUENOS INSTITUTE
"El sueno es el primer paso del futuro"

I am a Canadian expat living in Culiacán, Sinaloa. My wife and son are natural Mexicans. I read your article about Fakepats in the Escape from America Magazine. I totally agree your comments on the ignorant nature of many of the foreigners (us Canadians included) who come here expecting to find a Fantasy Island welcoming party. I don't want to infer that adapting to life here is easy or should be; a really humble effort has to be made to assimilate into Mexico's enduring culture.

Aaron Hansen
Culiacán, Sinaloa

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Learning Spanish Like Crazy LEVEL TWO: This course may be the most effective way to learn the subjunctive mood. LSLC Nivel Dos uses a fun and easy method to teach the subjunctive mood (unlike the effective, but tedious method used in FSI Programmatic Spanish Two to teach the subjunctive mood). Arguably, Learning Spanish Like Crazy Nivel Dos is the best course available for learning the subjunctive mood.

I also found that Nivel Dos did the best job of any course that I have reviewed so far when it comes to teaching commands. Although there are a couple of excellent courses on the market that do a good job teaching verb conjugation, I found that Nivel Dos did the most complete job of teaching commands. And without mastering "commands," you can never truly be fluent in any language.

The bonus DVD was also excellent. The instructor on the bonus DVD has a unique teaching method that I found both fun and interactive.

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CURRENT PRINT & eBOOK TITLES

Enjoy Guanajuato!

Enjoy Guanajuato!Enjoy Guanajuato! (book)

Print: $10.06

Download: $6.25

A small guide to help the traveler to Mexico know what to enjoy when arriving in this obscure but significant Colonial Mexican Town.
Notes From South of the Border

Notes From South of the BorderNotes From South of the Border (book)

Print: $13.95

Download: $6.95

ABOUT THE BOOK AND ITS NEED: To sum it up as concisely as possible, more than 99% of the American Gringos who move to Mexican do so based on Mexico as a Concept and not Mexico as a Reality. My book attacks and dispels the false and infatuated concept potential American Expats have about Mexico and will instills a reality based picture of what life as an American Gringo in Mexico is actually like. My book presents the reality of what life is like in Mexico for the American thinking about moving to here for whatever reason. No REALITY BASED how-to guide exists for moving to towns in Central Mexico—an experience vastly different from moving to and living in the traditional gringo enclaves of Puerto Vallarta, San Miguel de Allende, and others. My book provides a guide NOT to Mexico as a Concept but to Mexico as a Reality.
I WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS - But They Threw Me Back

I WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS - But They Threw Me BackI WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS - But They Threw Me Back (book)

Print: $15.94

Download: $4.38

What do you do when you've grown up in the UFO-Alien Mecca of the world—Are 51—and have not only seen multiple UFO sightings but had a run-in with an alien entity not once but twice in your life time? · Try to get on the Larry King show to tell your story? · Never tell another soul for fear of a lifetime of straight jackets and psychotropic medications? · Face the fact that you are doomed to a lifetime attendance of Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactia, and Babylon 5 conventions dressed in really scary costumes? · Write a book about your experiences? I chose the last option. I've written an 80,000 overview, a kind of primer, for the uninitiated who knows little to nothing about the UFO-Alien Phenomenon. I have slanted the book not towards the well informed Ufologist or Abductologist but rather toward those who regard this phenomenon as an American sub-culture or cult.
Expat Communiqués

Expat CommuniquésExpat Communiqués (book)

Print: $9.27

Download: $6.25

Survival tips that just might make your transitions to living in a Non-Gringolandia town in Mexico a little easier.
WORK IN MEXICO?

WORK IN MEXICO?WORK IN MEXICO? (book)

Print: $10.04

Download: $6.25

This book is meant NOT to be a definitive guide but a collection of essays and stories on working in Mexico and other venues as an ESL teacher. I hope that you will get a feel for what life as an ESL teacher is like here, from reading this book.
Moving to Guanajuato: Rent or Buy

Moving to Guanajuato: Rent or BuyMoving to Guanajuato: Rent or Buy (book)

Print: $6.96

Download: $1.25

This is an abridge version of my book, FINDING HOUSING IN GUANAJUATO.
Living in Guanajuato Essays

Living in Guanajuato EssaysLiving in Guanajuato Essays (book)

Print: $7.16

Download: $1.25

Just my opinions, my point of view, and my editorializing on information you need to know if planning to move to Guanajuato.
FINDING HOUSING IN GUANAJUATO

FINDING HOUSING IN GUANAJUATOFINDING HOUSING IN GUANAJUATO (book)

Print: $9.16

Download: $7.95

I must receive hundreds of emails each year, from readers of my thousands of articles and several books, asking me how to find a place to live in Guanajuato. In recent years, the capital city of the state of Guanajuato, that bears the same name--Guanajuato--is now officially on the Gringo Radar. They are coming in droves and all those Gringos need a place to live. This book, I hope, provides a start to what you will be up against in Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico! I provided lots of advice as well as resources to get you started looking or a place to live. Not only is this a small primer on how-to find a place to live but is a primer dealing with a philosophy of expatriation.
CAN I LIVE AND WORK IN MÉXICO?

CAN I LIVE AND WORK IN MÉXICO?CAN I LIVE AND WORK IN MÉXICO? (book)

Print: $14.35

Download: $7.50

A previous book's review: But the Bowers' book has that ring of authenticity and is squarely aimed at the (for lack of a better cliché) "average Joe" who is looking for a life that is different and/or better and needs down-to-earth practical advice on how an American can make this transition." Bruce Drake Former Vice President for News and Information with National Public Radio (NPR)
LEARN HOW TO LEARN SPANISH Use The Right Methods

LEARN HOW TO LEARN SPANISH Use The Right MethodsLEARN HOW TO LEARN SPANISH Use The Right Methods (book)

Print: $8.89

"Learn How To Learn Spanish Use The Right Methods", by Doug Bower, is loaded with practical suggestions to follow whether you want to study a second language at home or abroad. In addition to practical ideas, the author also provides a strategy of how to learn a language. The truth of the matter is that most of the language programs you buy are not that great. The author has weeded out the ones that could be a waste of money and provided an excellent list of language schools, self-study course books, workbooks, and language reference books. Just the ideas on what to do before spending money on an overseas language school can save a person thousands of dollars and endless frustration.--Delores Johnson, M.A.T.