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Jeff D. Opdyke · May 5, 2022 ·

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points. Stocks rallied after this news, largely because Fed officials said …

Jeff D. Opdyke · May 4, 2022 ·

What the Local Pharmacies Tell Us About the Riviera Maya and its Future It’s like going to Disneyland to buy Viagra. That was my first …

Jeff D. Opdyke · May 3, 2022 ·

A Drive Along the World’s Most Trendy Jungle Road Only sometimes is picking up hitchhikers in Mexico a bad idea. That you are reading this …

Jeff D. Opdyke · May 1, 2022 ·

Earlier this year, I visited Mexico’s Riviera Maya in the company of Ronan McMahon, the international property expert behind Real Estate Trend …

Jeff D. Opdyke · April 30, 2022 ·

An Oceanfront Refuge Hidden Amid the Jungle I was really hoping for a jaguar… Closest I came was a black house cat lounging in the sand under …

Jeff D. Opdyke · April 29, 2022 ·

Add This Tip to Your Travel Rulebook I would now like to amend the official travel rulebook: When, in the course of seeking lunch, one comes upon …

Jeff D. Opdyke · April 28, 2022 ·

An Eye-Opening Experience Along Mexico’s Caribbean Coast About 30 seconds in, a realization hit me: I could actually afford to live in a place like …

Jeff D. Opdyke · April 27, 2022 ·

A Joyous Return to Mexico The smell of barbecued meat lingers in the sultry night air. A young, dreadlocked woman strums a guitalele and dishes up …

Jeff D. Opdyke · April 26, 2022 ·

I Turned $200 Into $12K Thanks to “Free” Crypto Assets. I knew exactly what I wanted to write as I situated myself into an Air Canada flight to …

Jeff D. Opdyke · April 21, 2022 ·

This week saw two major stories in the headlines: the collapse in Netflix’s stock, and a potential EU-wide ban on Russian oil. Though they seem …