MND Tutor | Plan México

Learn about the Mexican government's multibillion dollar bet on domestic manufacturing and learn Spanish at the same time in this week's MND Tutor.

San Pedro Cajonos: The silk sanctuary of Oaxaca

The Silk Sanctuary of San Pedro Cajonos in Oaxaca turns out some of the world's most beautiful silk, courtesy of Indigenous Zapotec artisans and of course native silkworms.

Competing for favored foreigner status in Mexico

Fitting in in Mexico can be tricky. But it doesn't mean you can't still be friends with other foreigners, especially those from your own country.

🎙️ Confidently Wrong Podcast – Episode 5: From New York City to Mexico's Pacific Coast


From NYC public schools to Sayulita, one father’s journey to Mexico’s Pacific Coast: A ‘Confidently Wrong’ podcast

As we continue to bring you diverse perspectives and experiences on raising and educating kids in Mexico, today’s podcast episode follows the journey of Rob Whiteman from New York City to Sayulita, Mexico. Rob worked in the city’s massive public school system for years and was looking for a change in life for himself, his wife and their children. And change he made — moving from the largest city in the United States to a tiny beach community of less than 5,000 residents. As you can imagine, it was a massive change, in living, in work and in schooling for his young children.

Today, Rob co-leads the Costa Verde school in Sayulita. Both of his kids studied there and are now thriving. In this week’s episode of “Confidently Wrong,” we learn from Rob how he and has family made the transition and how they are doing now. We talk about classes, exams and sports for the kids of the school. We also talk about some of the lessons learned for families and kids managing the transition to a bilingual school in a small town.

Rob brings a wealth of experience, having lived it as a parent, a teacher and now administrator. Check out these week’s episode to learn and get inspired about raising and educating your kids in Mexico!

Travis Bembenek is the CEO of Mexico News Daily and has been living, working or playing in Mexico for nearly 30 years.


 

Zipolite vs. Cancun, PDC, Tulum and Cabo : r/Zipolite2026 - Reddit


Zipolite vs. Cancun, PDC, Tulum and Cabo : r/Zipolite2026 - Reddit
So let's talk about Zipolite and compare it to other places that are known for being hot Mexico destinations. We've been to Cancun, Tulum, ...

Zipolite vs. Cancun, PDC, Tulum and Cabo

So let’s talk about Zipolite and compare it to other places that are known for being hot Mexico destinations. We’ve been to Cancun, Tulum, Playa del Carmen and Cabo several times. This includes family resorts and adult only. And swinger and swinger-want-to-be resorts (the Desire Resorts and Temptation). Cancun was fun, but way too built up

Temptation went from a nice laid back sexy experience to neon glitz. The Desire resorts were a lot of fun, but eventually just too much everything. We used to love Tulum - small, hippie, and clothing optional if that was your thing. Now it’s so changed. Tulum is great for a weekend, but it’s gotten way too glitzy, pretentious and Instagram-able — not to mention way too expensive!

We found Zipolite to be a great laid back, still-bohemian experience (beaches and several of the hotels and beach bars are clothing optional). If you want a swinger experience, you can try to join the Naughty Events week, or even the Nude Festival the following weekend. If you want a sexy laid back vacation, where you can tour other.coastal towns (Mazunte during the day, for example) start with some other (in season) week first, and see what you might find!

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