US President Obama's plane in Mexico

On Thursday April 16th US President Obama paid a visit to Mexican president Calderon. Guess who was also made a trip to Mexico City that day? Me!

Believe me I did not plan it on purpose. I would have much rather chosen another day to arrive but I was going there for business (I actually flew in and departed the same day) so there I was.

Turned out there was not the hassle that I had anticipated. In fact it almost seemed like a non event in the parts of the airport I was in .… that is until we stopped to eat in an upstairs airport restaurant and it turned out president Obama’s plane could be spotted from that window. It was all by itself with security around it. Everyone had their camera at the window so I put mine up there too as nobody wants to feel silly alone. This picture is from my camera.

Traffic was not even effected in Mexico City (apparently it is always that congested there) because they flew President Obama by helicopter to his meeting with president Calderon. We did see US and Mexican flags everywhere in honor of the meeting which was a lovely sight. It would be nice to see all the worlds flags flying together.

So my day was double the fun. I had a trip to Mexico City and spotted president Obama’s plane. May the joys of living in Mexico never end!

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/

Would you like to own property in paradise for only $40,000? This is my husband's development in Bacalar, Mexico http://www.losflamboyanesbacalar.com/. We are planning a house there.

It is Mexican banana time again!

We have about six banana trees in our yard and they all have bananas coming ripe this month!

I am not complaining at all because I love our bananas and my husband has discovered that by cutting a few off a batch at a time and hanging them separately we can control the ripening process a certain amount.

I am particularly delighted as it gives us bananas for many different delights. We have some for the freezer so we can whir delicious breakfast drinks, for banana bread, for banana cream pies, for muffins and of course for banana pancakes.

Feel free to share any banana recipes that you enjoy as more are coming ripe as I type this.

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/

Would you like to own property in paradise for only $40,000? This is my husband's development in Bacalar, Mexico http://www.losflamboyanesbacalar.com/. We are planning a house there.

Walking a Mexican Mattress

Just a quick share today . . . . last weekend we went to Tulum for the beach of course. We had to stop for a mattress crossing ..... and then the box spring . . . .

It was a beautiful day to walk a mattress!

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/

Would you like to own property in paradise for only $40,000? This is my husband's development in Bacalar, Mexico http://www.losflamboyanesbacalar.com/. We are planning a house there.

We have iguanas in our yard

Living in Mexico you can find many wonderful treasures. Finding iguanas in your garden is one of them. Especially beautiful green ones like this. This delightful specimen I found eating the newest leaves on my bougainvillea!

I finally got some great pictures so I am sharing one here and I loaded the rest on my Facebook Mexico fan page.

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/

Would you like to own property in paradise for only $40,000? This is my husband's development in Bacalar, Mexico http://www.losflamboyanesbacalar.com/. We are planning a house there.

Puerto Aventuras, Mexico

Puerto Aventuras is a delightful place to hang out for a day or a night – maybe longer. Puerto Aventuras is actually only 15 minutes from Playa del Carmen so we can pop over for a few hours anytime we like. I know I live a sweet life.

We spent the day there Sunday. The Puerto Aventuras School had an international food sampling day. So after a few hours of some serious nibbling at the school we walked over to the marina. There we found a bunch of people enjoying a swim with the dolphins, some interesting shopping, and a Sunday art show. We ended up enjoying a margarita at one of the open air cafes while we listened to some live music.

Often you will find fisherman cleaning their rather big catches or at least bragging about their catch but I don’t think they went out Sunday due to wind. We did see some divers coming in though.

Puerto Aventuras turned out to be great place to spend the day. Very mellow, relaxed and fun. If you have the opportunity I recommend a stop in.

By the way I just posted pictures on my Facebook Only in Mexico page.

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/

Would you like to own property in paradise for only $40,000? This is my husband's development in Bacalar, Mexico http://www.losflamboyanesbacalar.com/. We are planning a house there.

Maroma Beach, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Note: If you currently have cold and snow and are not thrilled with your weather read the following with a margarita in your hand.

We spent Sunday on one of the most beautiful stretches of beach in the Caribbean. It turns out that it was actually voted one of the top 10 beaches in the world by the Travel Channel. I know why it was too - it has white, super soft, fine sand and beautiful, clear water that reflects multiple shades of turquoise blue. It is just heavenly, totally tropical, and totally Caribbean.

Now are you ready for this surprise? This beach is only a 15 minute drive from our home and we had never been to visit it in our 6 years of living here! Well there is first time for everything and better late than never I say.

We spent the day at the Marina Maroma Paradise Beach Club. It was 100 pesos per person entrance but you then had access to lounge chairs, bathrooms, lockers, showers, tables and you could order from their excellent restaurant.

I like beach clubs. I like to lie out in their lounge chairs and have a waiter cater to my every need. He asks if I would like another drink. . . . Yes please. Is everything perfect? Yes!

Now for my benefit I probably should not tell you this but what kind of a good friend would I be if I didn’t share the secret? They have all kinds of activities you can do from boating and wave runners to four wheeler exploring, but all the activities are closed on Sundays so you have this gorgeous beach practically all to yourselves. Now that is a treat in high season!

Well I told you I was going to hang out at the beach more this year right? Who knows what I will find next! I’ll keep you posted.

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/

Is Mexico safe?

My goodness there seems to have been a lot of negative publicity about Mexico in the US and Canada papers lately – something about Mexico not being a safe place for foreigners to be.

I don’t know about this first hand but I have been receiving numerous enquires about it in my email box. There is also the frustration I hear from friends who have businesses in Mexico that are less than impressed by the fact that tourists are being told to stay away.

Here is my short and sweet response if you were to ask me how safe I feel in Mexico. ….

I feel safer here than anywhere I have been in the world and remember I also have two children here. Would I live here if I felt we were in danger? Never. I do have options.

There are only two reasons not to come to Mexico . . .

1. You are a shady character and plan on getting involved in some illegal activity. If yes, I think you would be in danger anywhere you lived.

2. You are still scared. We attract what we are thinking about so if you fear the worst please don’t come because it may not be safe for you.

Now reasons to come . . . .

I have one hundred and one - starting with the beautiful weather, the beaches, the palm trees, shrimp tacos, the great exchange rate, the change of culture and the beautiful, gracious people.

The final choice is always yours; feel free to comment here. I'll get back to you when I get home from the beach.

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/