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I cannot answer questions about car permits. I am happy to help you with reasonable questions, about driving, hot springs or mainland Mexico. If you want someone to tell you about day trips from beach resorts, bus trips or  hotels, others can help you better. If you are asking whether Mexico is safe,  the answer is yes, yes, yes. I got a lot of people who wanted to argue the point. I do not argue. That is my opinion based on 40 years of traveling and frequent contact with people in Mexico today in addition to my own frequent travels. I devote pages to this question on my site, so if you need more reassurance, please go to www.mexicomike.com

If the answer isn’t what you want to hear about unreturned car and tourist permits, please don’t get angry with me or Mexico.  If you didn’t cancel your US visa as a tourist, you’d be in big trouble. The same goes for Mexico. The Mexican government is serious about people  canceling those permits. If you have the car, take it back to the border. If you have your immigration permit, you will be fined until you turn it in. Period. There MAY be an alternative way to cancel a car permit, but please go to my website to see about it or write me from there.

I make a living planning trips and helping people move to Mexico, so if your question is detailed, please be reasonable. I answer short questions gladly. If you need more, you will probably find what you’re looking for on my site or you may want to contact me.
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I cannot answer car permit questions. I can intelligently answer just about any question about driving in mainland Mexico, living in Mexico and hot springs in Mexico. I do not recommend specific hotels, there are quidebooks for that. I am not a Baja expert. That is a different part of the country and there are plenty of people who know more about it than I do. Naturally, I have a web site (www.mexicomike.com) and make a living with personal consultations, but am here to offer good advice for general topics for free. But please understand that I can't answer detailed questions about moving or extensive driving trips to Mexico here without being unfair to my paying clients. And please, no car permit questions.

Experience

Driving Mexico -- I have been driving to Mexico since 1968 and writing travel guides for drivers to Mexico since 1984. I frequently drive the country and have a reputation for honesty and integrity. I will tell people the plusses and minuses of traveling in and living in Mexico. Living in Mexico -- I have lived and done business in Mexico. My book, 'Live Better South of the Border' has been in print since 1997 and speaks to people of all ages, not just retirees. Hot springs of Mexico -- I have been researching and enjoying Mexican hot sprigs since the lsat 1980's. My book 'Spas & Hot Springs of Mexico' was the first book on Mexico's hot springs. It is now out of print, but selling for $60 or so on Amazon as a collector's item.

Organizations
Chamber of Commerce, McAllen TX International Committee, Chamber of Commerce, McAllen, TX

Publications
Frommers, Fommers, Insight Guides, Dallas Morning News, Mexico Business Magazine, McAllen Monitor, Mexico City News, San Miguel de Allende paper 'Atencion' and so on

Education/Credentials
As the author of more than a dozen books on Mexico and psychology, I believe that speaks for my being educated.

Awards and Honors
NY Times -- Profiled for writing about driving Mexico. Wall Street Journal -- Profiled for writing about driving Mexico. Texas Monthly -- ditto. Former Mecia Spokesman (1997) for the Mexican Tourimm Ministry

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