Working Online in Mexico

I work online in paradise every day right here with a gorgeous view of the beach from my patio. I found this place a long time ago and have been coming here every year for a couple of months to clear my head
and to write without interruption. When I am back in the states the phone ringing and people talking interrupt my train of thought. The only sounds that interrupt me here are the occasional coconut dropping off a palm tree, boats going by way out by the reef, workers picking up coconuts or chopping palm fronds off trees. The sound of mexican voices from the lots next door or from my room mate upstairs or if I am staying in the cottage - I don't hear anyone from the house at all. Sometimes they come out back and ask if I need anything from the store - which is nice because sometimes I need a mango, potato, onion or tortillas as these are things you use daily. I also cook with coconuts which are plentiful around here and drink coconut water. It is easy to learn how to husk and open a coconut yourself. Sometimes if I am energetic I will crack open some almonds that grow on the trees behind the cottage. I will be leaving soon and the cottage will be vacant so if you are interested in renting an oceanview cottage go to: Oceanview Cottage Rental

Living on the Beach in the Mexican Carribbean

I live in a house on the beach in the southernmost part of the Yucatan peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It has a gorgeous view of the turquoise blue waters of the Mexican caribbean, the area is also known as the Costa Maya. You can only do so much scuba diving, fishing and snorkeling so I also pass the time working online on my laptop. After you have lived here awhile you will find that you need something to occupy your time and it's also great if that something helps you to make money. I like to blog about many different topics and the Google ads that appear on my blogs help to make me money. I also teach people how to blog so they can do it for themselves too. I also post ads from different affiliate sites on my blogs and websites to help generate additional income. Yes writing does take time but I have found that even my older blogs still make a little money from time to time. It's nice to know that even after I die my writing will endure and maybe I can donate the funds my writing generates to a charity of my choice thru my estate. You can read more about making money online thru my affiliate marketing website.

Retire in Mexico on the Costa Maya

Enjoy the feathery leaves of the coconut palm trees swaying in the balmy breezes of the Mexican Caribean here at this Oceanfront Beach home overlooking the mexican caribbean ocean of the Costa Maya. Great scuba diving and snorkeling can be done right in front of this house with an amazing 90' dive on the other side of the reef called Chiminea that has you slowly descending to come up thru a chimney of coral. Watch giant sea turtles swim slowly by and a myriad of reef fish school in swarms in front of you.

Hire a guide and go out fishing out by the reef right in front of this ocean front beach house then get dropped off right in front of it so you can go inside and cook that fish you caught. Relax in the comfortable beach front lounge chairs while sipping on a coconut or cocktail. Life is good here at this waterfront paradise beach house which you can live in long term by checking out the ocean front beach house rental page.

Living and Working in the Costa Maya

I have been having one of the local guys come here to this oceanfront beachhouse to cut down the palm fronds and coconuts out of the highest palm trees.
 It is best to do this at least once a year so that coconuts don't fall on peoples heads when they walk under them.  It also lessens the debris that you have to pick up after a storm.
Every morning I go out and pick up fallen palm fronds and coconuts and put them
into the burn pile - storms have a tendency to clean out the trees so some days
there is nothing to pick up. I don't mind doing it as it gives me some exercise while staying here at this oceanfront beachhouse and a reason for this computer tweeb to go outdoors. I do lay out in the lounge chair to tan on the beach every now and then but not as often as I used to because I am already quite tan. I am also at the age where having a tan is not as important as it used to be as I no longer consider myself to be a beach bunny.

 
Alot of people email me here while I am staying at this oceanfront beachhouse and ask me if it is safe here in mexico. From where I sit upstairs overlooking the costa maya caribean ocean I would say yes it is safe right here where I am now. I have no problem driving
into the local village or into the cruise ship port of Mahahual one hour away and shopping for groceries or even driving all the way to Chetumal which is two and one half hours away by myself.
 While in Chetumal I shop at the local big box stores there such as Sams Club, Walmart, Chedrai and Bodega. Since I don't go to Chetumal very often I stock up on enough to last me a month. So yes to me it is quite safe here as long as you don't do stupid things. Like leave your wallet on the front seat of your car with your windows down and walk away from your car ...I actually have talked to people that did that and they wondered why they got their wallet stolen in the US. Some people do not use common sense while traveling so for people like that the world will never be safe enough.

Working Online in the Caribbean

Into everyone's life a little rain must fall and sometimes pour and that is what it is doing today even in this oceanfront paradise...lots of wind last night but no rain but this morning there is so much rain you can barely see the reef. Before the rain started I went out and picked up fallen palm fronds and coconuts and threw them into the burn pile. This is the tropics so rain starting in late May is to be expected. Dry season is from December thru May. The rain has cooled things down and it is quite comfortable here in shorts and a tank top. I spend my mornings checking and returning emails and posting ads on the free classified advertising websites. During the weekdays when my website customers are at work I sometimes update their websites from requests they email to me.

Tomorrow I am going to the nearest major city of Chetumal to do some shopping at the big box stores and find things I can't find here locally. It takes from sunrise to sunset to shop and get back so when I return I will have alot of emails to return about living and working online in paradise.

Some crazy green and yellow birds have made a nest on the side of this oceanfront beachhouse and amazingly it survived in the wind and rain because it is on the west side. I tried to discourage them by removing it early in their nest building but they just kept on building it so I gave up. I think their springtime mating instinct has taken over their little bird brains. Reminds me of some people I know.

Working Online in a Tropical Paradise

It is a cool and very breezy day today here in paradise...the palm trees palm fronds are swaying in the breeze and it has rained a little this morning. One of the things I do while working online in paradise is post ads on free classified sites which enables my websites to get more traffic and then possibly more click thrus on my money making affiliate links. I am of course advertising for waterfront beach rentals at the same time. So these ads enable the websites for those properties to get more traffic. It is what I like to call circular marketing. 

I can see boats going by from the upstairs balcony overlooking the azure blue waters of the mexican caribbean. Sometimes I will go out and lay in the hammock later in the day when the sun is on the other side of the house. If you would like to live in an oceanfront paradise and learn more about making money thru affiliate marketing you should visit my affiliate marketing website.

Working Online in a Caribbean Paradise

Each day I wake up to a beautiful caribbean sunrise  at this oceanfront beach house and have a cup of coffee and maybe some cookies or maybe something I baked the night before like brownies or a piece of carrot cake. Later I will have a bowl of oatmeal with bananas and mangoes. Sometimes later in the morning I may go out and crack open a coconut and have some coconut milk and then crack open the nut and snack on coconut. I have an overabundance of coconuts here so green coconuts are cut open to give to the birds. There are all kinds of colorful birds in the palm trees...someday I will learn what they are called. I have even seen hummingbirds and keep reminding myself to get a feeder for them next time I go to chetumal.

Most groceries can be bought nearby in Xcalak and Mahahual but some things you can't find you have to go to chetumal for.

Most of my online income comes from website hosting for my customers from all over the world and the rest from affiliate marketing thru many affiliate programs. I would say that google adsense and ebay partner network are my top paying affiliate programs so far over the years. If you are interested in getting started with learning how to make money online be sure to visit my affiliate marketing webpage.

Thanks, Ann