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Yes, there are volcanoes in Mexico and eleven of them are considered to be active. Popocatépetl, Volcán de Colima, and El Chichon are the most active volcanoes in the country. Popocatépetl and Volcán de Colima have been erupting this week (Dec. 2, 2016) and El Chichon last erupted in 1983.

 

Popocatépetl 5,426 m (17,802 ft) is in central Mexico and about 70 km (43 miles) from Mexico City. It is the second...

 

Yes, there are volcanoes in Mexico and eleven of them are considered to be active. Popocatépetl, Volcán de Colima, and El Chichon are the most active volcanoes in the country. Popocatépetl and Volcán de Colima have been erupting this week (Dec. 2, 2016) and El Chichon last erupted in 1983.

 

Popocatépetl 5,426 m (17,802 ft) is in central Mexico and about 70 km (43 miles) from Mexico City. It is the second highest mountain in Mexico.

 

The Volcán de Colima (Volcán de Fuego), 3,820 m (12,533 ft), also known as Volcán de Fuego, is the youngest of the three and is one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico and in North America.

 

El Chichón is in the northwest part of Chiapas, Mexico. When it erupted in 1982 it created the largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican volcano history.  Nine villages were completely destroyed and 2,000 people died.

 

 

Volcanoes are found throughout Mexico with 16 in Baja California, the Mexican Islands, and Northwestern Mexico. Twenty-four more are found in Central and Western Mexico. Two volcanoes are found in Southern Mexico.

 

Probably the most famous Mexican volcano has been the Volcán de Parícutin located in the state of Michoacán in western Mexico. It appeared suddenly in the cornfield of a farmer in 1943 and immediately caught the attention of the entire world. The volcano was active for nine years and received a tremendous amount of scientific study. It is still a tourist attraction and the Cable News Network (CNN) has listed it as one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World”.

 

Just south of the United States and north of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico is a huge desert reserve, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and includes the Pinacate volcanic. One of the features is the Elegante crater, which is 1.6-km-wide.

 

 

Photos: El Elegante crater, Pinacate

Tuesday is fresh fruit and veggie day, which is when the shipments come in off the mainland and you can buy from these little stands.  On these days, you’ll find a variety of green peppers, potatoes, onions, and other fresh vegetables.  The produce is fabulous and inexpensive.  You’ll find bananas, papayas, mangoes, etc. for very cheap prices.  You’ll get a nice variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.  However, it is an island, so around Friday or...

Tuesday is fresh fruit and veggie day, which is when the shipments come in off the mainland and you can buy from these little stands.  On these days, you’ll find a variety of green peppers, potatoes, onions, and other fresh vegetables.  The produce is fabulous and inexpensive.  You’ll find bananas, papayas, mangoes, etc. for very cheap prices.  You’ll get a nice variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.  However, it is an island, so around Friday or later in the week, the supply will diminish a little bit and the items for sale are going to get a little bit older.  Then, on Tuesday, the stock gets replenished again.
 
There are times when we’ll run out of limes on the island, or there will be some particular thing that everyone wants certain times of the year that may be unavailable.  However, for the most part, you’ll find a wide variety of small fruit and vegetable stands throughout San Pedro and to the north and south.  The locals typically walk to where they need to go, so you will see these stands within walking distance of each other and be close to where most people live. 
 
As far as what a North American would consider to be a “supermarket”, we have a couple of what you would find in a small town in North America.  In these stores, you would find box goods, like Cheerios, oatmeal, etc.  If you buy the local equivalent, as opposed to the North American brand, it will cost you significantly less money.
 
In addition, there is a place downtown called the Greenhouse, which has the higher end products that are more expensive, and will be stocked all year round.  Here you’ll find items such as frozen shrimp, lobster tails, conch, and some of the frozen meats.
 
Downtown, there is a meat market, a chicken market, a couple of bakeries, etc., so there is not a shortage of finding good food to buy here.  The only thing that tends to be a little bit hard to find in Belize is North American beef—the typical big, fat-filled, Grade A Prime Angus beef.

 

(Women selling fruit, prepared food and drinks at a food stand, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize, pictured.)

There is a hospital here in Bocas Del Toro, which is set up just for basic care. If you ended up having a heart attack or something as serious as that, you would want to go to either David or Panama City, where there is some very good doctors. The hospital here is where you would go to if you had some type of trauma. They have some very dedicated people who work in the local hospital here in Bocas Del Toro, but as far as any major medical procedures, they are not set up to do that, and...

There is a hospital here in Bocas Del Toro, which is set up just for basic care. If you ended up having a heart attack or something as serious as that, you would want to go to either David or Panama City, where there is some very good doctors. The hospital here is where you would go to if you had some type of trauma. They have some very dedicated people who work in the local hospital here in Bocas Del Toro, but as far as any major medical procedures, they are not set up to do that, and they would suggest that you would go to David or Panama City.

In my opinion the first information anybody must know when buying a house or other real estate in Nicaragua is if the property is in order, from a legal perspective.

 

This question has a similar reply as another in this section which asked if someone buying a house in Nicaragua needed a lawyer. Therefore that will be the first answer for this question. To buy a house in Nicaragua it is imperative to hire a lawyer so as to be assisted by a professional.

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In my opinion the first information anybody must know when buying a house or other real estate in Nicaragua is if the property is in order, from a legal perspective.

 

This question has a similar reply as another in this section which asked if someone buying a house in Nicaragua needed a lawyer. Therefore that will be the first answer for this question. To buy a house in Nicaragua it is imperative to hire a lawyer so as to be assisted by a professional.

 

It is important to know that the legal system in Nicaragua is different than in the USA or Canada.

 

We lawyers in Nicaragua are at the same time Public Notaries with the ability to prepare the Writ in order to transfer the title at the closing.