Two Months in Mexico: A Slow Travel Family FIRE Adventure

For months, my family and I had been looking forward to our first big post-retirement adventure. Two months in Ecuador! Yes, I said Ecuador, we were ready to rock and roll. But Ecuador was not ready for us.

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We just happened to have scheduled our flights to occur, the peak of the worst civil unrest the South American nation has seen in years.

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I was not about to put my family in harm’s way, so the day before our scheduled flights to Ecuador, I booked four one-way flights to Mexico. And so we began our open-ended adventure in the sunny mountainous region of Mexico.

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Two Months in Mexico: A Slow Travel Family FIRE Adventure

Two years earlier, we spent three weeks in Guanajuato at the same time of year. We loved everything about that trip. Our boys left asking if we could come back for a year someday.

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Our Mexican Itinerary

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Getting Around in Mexico

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Two Months in Mexico: A Slow Travel Family FIRE Adventure

For months, my family and I had been looking forward to our first big post-retirement adventure. Two months in Ecuador! Yes, I said Ecuador, we were ready to rock and roll. But Ecuador was not ready for us.

We just happened to have scheduled our flights to occur, the peak of the worst civil unrest the South American nation has seen in years.

I was not about to put my family in harm’s way, so the day before our scheduled flights to Ecuador, I booked four one-way flights to Mexico. And so we began our open-ended adventure in the sunny mountainous region of Mexico.

Two Months in Mexico: A Slow Travel Family FIRE Adventure

Two years earlier, we spent three weeks in Guanajuato at the same time of year. We loved everything about that trip. Our boys left asking if we could come back for a year someday.

Why We Chose Mexico

Our Mexican Itinerary

Getting Around in Mexico

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