Some Information About San Miguel The town of San Miguel de Allende is located in the center of Mexico. It is on the ridge of the Bajio, a semi-arid high plain that sits at an elevation of 6400 feet. San Miguel has attracted expatriates and retirees from as early as the 1930's. It is estimated that about 4000 expats have made San Miguel their permanent home and as many as 12,000 foreigners make it their winter home. The population of the town itself is around 80,000 people. Due to the foreigners living and wintering here the town has many amenities that would not otherwise be available … [Read more...]
Our Casita And Neighbourhood
How Meeting A Couple In Tibet That Live In San Francisco Led Us To San Miguel For Three Months While traveling in Tibet we were sitting in a cafe in Lhasa. We engaged in conversation with a group of travelers sitting next to us. One couple that reside in San Francisco also have a property in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. They talked about how charming a place it was and how they thought we would really enjoy it there. They said if we ever wanted to rent the guest casita on their property there to let them know. We kept in contact with the couple over the rest of our travels. When our year … [Read more...]
Getting To San Miguel de Allende
Not Impressed With The Section Of LA Airport We Had To Wait In It was a long journey for us to get to San Miguel. We went over to Vancouver a day early and checked into a hotel. Our flight left at 6pm and landed in Los Angeles at 8:30pm. It was impressive to see the lights of LA as we came in to land. We had to sit in the airport until midnight waiting for our next flight to leave. Our thinking was that the LA airport would be great. I'm sure parts of it are, just not the holding area they had us in. It had a grungy looking Burger King, and a bar styled restaurant with nothing but greasy … [Read more...]