Mexico's answer to speeding? Speed bumps!

Speed bumps are everywhere - everywhere!!

Playa del Carmen must have just gotten a new shipment of yellow dome speed bumps because city workers are zealously installing them all over town.

We now have big speed bumps on the highways as well as assorted sized speed bumps on most every other street you can find. The brand new bright yellow ones are the prettiest though.

I guess they are to make us slow down and notice the scenery. There is always a plus side if you look hard enough!

I wonder if you hit them at high speed if you would fly? Oh, that’s just the kid in me.
Wasn’t me officer. Really - by the way, nice speed bumps.

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

Suzanne Marie Bandick
Live your Dreams Life Coach

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/.

Would you like help to visit or live in Mexico? Visit http://www.liveyourdreamscoaching.com

Mexico and Playa del Carmen - I love it!

What do I love the most about Mexico? Let me think .....

Feel free to visualize with me here …

Let’s start with food - Shrimp tacos, pastor tacos, and fresh fish …. Honestly I think you can eat some of the best food in the world here and it doesn’t have to cost a lot. We eat out way more often since we moved to Mexico.......

I love the laid back life style,
The eclectic mix of people,
The palm trees,
The beautiful beach and ocean,
The fresh pineapples and mangoes,
The friendly people,
Eating dinner with my feet in the sand,
The temperature, because no winter clothes are needed,
I laugh more,
I threw away all my pantyhose!
I play in the sand.
I have fewer have to do’s and fewer should do’s.
I feel freedom and I feel safe in Mexico.
Well that’s a start . . . . Anybody else have more to add?

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

Suzanne Marie Bandick
Live your Dreams Life Coach

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/.

Would you like help to visit or live in Mexico? Visit http://www.liveyourdreamscoaching.com

Playa del Carmen and sandy toes

My husband and I have a saying – if you live in Playa del Carmen and don’t have sand between your toes you should have.

For those of us who live here – we can get caught up in the day to day routine of things that need to be done and we can often forget to enjoy the simple pleasures such as the beach (which happens to be one of the biggest reasons we moved here!).

It is all about taking the time to enjoy life – life can be too short – we have no guarantees – enjoy it now – enjoy it every day. Make time to play in the sand. Who wants to wake up one day and say – I wish I had remembered to take the time to play in the sand?

Do you have sand between your toes? I’m headed to the beach now!

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

Suzanne Marie Bandick
Live your Dreams Life Coach

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/.

Would you like help to visit or live in Mexico? Visit http://www.liveyourdreamscoaching.com

Mexico's Mastercard ad

I have a new ad to run in the MasterCard ad series.

The other night my husband and I were walking the beach at dusk and this gave me the layout for the ad ….. At one of the little beachside bar/cafes we see a man sprawled out on his chair, hat over his eyes, resting with his feet in the sand – empty beer bottle by his side. Happy people were talking all around him – he is oblivious to it all.

The ad reads …. Flight $500 beer $1.50 Relaxation - priceless.

Enjoy Mexico (that’s the tourism board ad). I think we are all just walking MasterCard and tourism board ads around here!

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

Suzanne Marie Bandick
Live your Dreams Life Coach

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/.

Would you like help to visit or live in Mexico? Visit http://www.liveyourdreamscoaching.com/.

Mexico - no pretention

Things often get done a little differently in Mexico. Okay sometimes things are done a lot differently. That is why those of us who chose to live here – usually love it. We were looking for something a little different.

Mexico is a country that does not pretend to be perfect, does not seem to care care if it is perfect and does not say it is perfect.

Maybe something we should all strive for. I find life is much easier if we don’t always need to strive for perfection.

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

Suzanne Marie Bandick
Live your Dreams Life Coach

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com.

Would you like help to visit or live in Mexico? Visit http://www.liveyourdreamscoaching.com/.

The Mexican Dream

What is your dream? Is it to travel to Mexico? Is it to live in Mexico? Is it to buy property in Mexico?

If you would like some help and some ongoing positive reinforcement, I have an online coaching club to provide empowerment for living all kinds of dreams and our newest section is focused on how to move to another country. I even have a free trail month as a gift to you. Click here to see the club.

I’m Suzanne Marie Bandick and I help people live their dreams. I started writing books and became a life coach because why should only a few of us have all the fun?

I also moved from Canada to Mexico. The fun continues every day.

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

Suzanne Marie Bandick

Live your Dreams Life Coach

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/.

Would you like help to visit or live in Mexico? Visit http://www.liveyourdreamscoaching.com/.

Mexico and the art of relaxation

One of the keys to living life to the fullest in Mexico is to relax! Isn’t that why we are here? So that we can finally get away from stresses and relax? So let’s relax. Everything will work out while we are at the beach or hanging in our hammock. This may take some practice – but we need to practice the art of relaxation daily.

Some scenarios in Mexico … Will no one show up when they say they will? Yep! Relax. Will it all get done anyway? Yep. Relax.

Let’s practice now … Where are you going to be? Will you be at the pool? Will you be on the beach? Will you be in your hammock? Will you be sipping something cool with friends on your sundeck? Yep! Good ideas!

By the way, if you have not totally mastered the language? Hand gesturing and charades are a great pastime here. Mexicans are generally a very gracious people – they are just happy to have us try and will keep repeating as often as we need to make us understand.

Will you sometimes need a translator even when you think you know Spanish? Yep. Did you know a few people even talk in Mayan here? Adds to the fun! Relax!

I guarantee that often you will not even know why they do things the way they do here. And does it matter? Nope! What are we busy doing? Relaxing - We are living life to the fullest in a paradise.

We must do what we must do – practice the art of relaxation. I vow to keep practicing until I get it right. How about you?

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

Suzanne Marie Bandick
Live your Dreams Life Coach

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/.

Would you like help to visit or live in Mexico? Visit http://www.liveyourdreamscoaching.com/.