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Imagine running away to the Mexican Caribbean and never coming back. That dream became reality for author Jeanine Kitchel and her husband who traveled to the Yucatan in 1985 and a decade later, left their Silicon Valley jobs to pursue a relaxed lifestyle in Puerto Morelos, a small fishing village on the Quintana Roo coast south of Cancun.
Chance links them with a contractor who offers to build them a beachfront house--and this is where the true story begins--including the Mexican government's seizure of their land by eminent domain, the contractor's financial crisis, and a category-5 hurricane. After sidestepping disaster on several fronts, they build their home, settle into Mexico, and then travel deep into the
heart of the Yucatan to explore the Mayan ruins.
Share their dreams, their heartaches, but most of all, see how they cope with
buying land, building a house, and retiring in a foreign country. This evocative adventure tale is a cockeyed love letter to Mexico, their adopted homeland.