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I Built My Dream Life in Mexico, and Now I Am Leaving Everything Behind
The power of moving on when the time is right
15 years ago, I left my own country, the Netherlands. I was never happy there and always knew it was not the right place for me. Since then, I’ve traveled the globe in search of a place to call home.
I have been living abroad for twelve years, traveling to about 50 countries so far. Some touched my Soul, and others made me want to leave as soon as possible.
But there was one country that pulled me in like no other: Mexico.
Mexico found me
To be honest, I didn’t even plan to go there. Due to one of my sailboat crew adventures, I had ended up in Guatemala, and I thought I’d just hop into Mexico to quickly check it out.
I even told the immigration officer I only needed a one-month visa. He laughed at me and stamped my passport for 6 months.
It’s been five years now and my tourist visa turned into a Temporary Residency, soon to be a Permanent Resident. If you had told me back then in 2019 when crossing the Mexican border, I was about to find my home in a tiny desert town, I would have laughed at you.
