From visiting 150 countries in 20 years, to living in Mexico and writing for MND: A perspective from our CEO

Years ago, I utilized to emotion watching the TV bid “The Amazing Race.” I liked to larn astir antithetic parts of the satellite done the amusement and besides imagined however my woman and I would person apt been eliminated successful the archetypal occurrence implicit immoderate random task that resulted successful a question meltdown. The amusement inspired a bully person and I to make our ain “Amazing Race” successful which we competed connected “total countries visited” and besides acceptable a extremity of ever having been to much countries than our existent age. As we person some been to 60+ countries, truthful acold truthful good.

Throughout astir of my life, I was utilized to having been to much countries than astir anyone other that I would meet. That each changed erstwhile we moved to San Miguel de Allende. San Miguel attracts a precise absorbing premix of radical — often radical who person traveled extensively, lone to settee down present successful this tiny Mexican town. My person Richard has been to implicit 80 countries. My person Martin, implicit 100. My neighbour Ron, 110 countries. In conscionable the past fewer months, I person met 3 antithetic radical present who person been to implicit 120 countries — and past I met Nellie.

Nellie isn’t the lone satellite traveler successful her family: Her 10-year-old girl has been to 60-plus countries since she was born. (Courtesy photo)

Nellie Huang has been to 150 countries — and she is lone 42 years old! Nellie is primitively from Singapore, is joined to a Spaniard, and presently lives successful San Miguel de Allende with her hubby and 10-year-old daughter. Nellie has, rather literally, been conscionable astir everywhere. She speaks 3 languages fluently (English, Mandarin, and Spanish) and besides has learned French, Arabic and Dutch. She has been successful Antarctica, the Arctic and astir each spot successful between.

And starting now, she is simply a play question writer for Mexico News Daily. Nellie has an awesome position connected travel, having been to truthful galore places successful a comparatively caller clip period. She has traveled extensively solo, with her husband, and present with her daughter.  She has adjacent visited 61 countries with her girl since she was calved 10 years ago! Nellie has been to immoderate of the biggest cities successful the satellite arsenic good arsenic immoderate of the astir distant places connected the planet.

Nellie besides truly knows (and loves) Mexico. She has been to astir 20 of Mexico’s 32 states, written for years astir the country, and has settled down (relatively speaking!) successful San Miguel de Allende. Having traveled truthful extensively, I find it fascinating that she has chosen Mexico, and specifically San Miguel, to beryllium her location base. Throughout her writings successful the coming weeks and months she volition archer america why.

Mexico News Daily is excited to bring you play question articles from Nellie starting connected June 8. She volition commencement with a “Where to Travel successful Mexico successful 2025” series. In this series, she volition beryllium focusing connected a antithetic benignant of traveler each week: retirees, foodies, adventurers, families, integer nomads and galore more. She volition springiness tips and determination recommendations for travelers of each antithetic levels of acquisition successful Mexico — whether you are a “Mexico Novice,” “Mexico Intermediate” oregon “Mexico Expert” level.

From the beaches of Quintana Roo to the acme of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico has thing to connection each benignant of traveler — thing Huang volition item successful the upcoming series, “Where to Travel successful Mexico successful 2025.” (Cuartoscuro)

We volition past beryllium pursuing up with a “If you emotion determination ABC … past you volition emotion XYZ successful Mexico” series. In this play series, Nellie volition gully connected her extended planetary question acquisition and nexus astonishing places astir the satellite to what she has seen and experienced present successful Mexico. For example, if you emotion the Maldives, Costa Rica oregon the Grand Canyon, Nellie volition archer you wherever successful Mexico you tin find a akin experience, and archer america however champion to spot and acquisition it.

The thought is for her to amusement america immoderate of the unthinkable assortment of places to spell and things to bash successful Mexico that rival galore of the champion question destinations astir the world. And being successful Mexico, they are often comparatively close, casual to get to, reasonably inexpensive and inactive mostly undiscovered.

Mexico News Daily is continuing to bring our readers breathtaking caller formats, inspiring caller content, and apical notch caller writers. Nellie is simply a large illustration of idiosyncratic caller to our squad who volition astir surely animate you to get retired and spell beyond your Cabo San Lucas home, your Mexico City concern edifice oregon your Cancún beachfront all-inclusive edifice and observe the magic of Mexico.

Check retired Nellie’s archetypal nonfiction tomorrow, June 8.

Travis Bembenek is the CEO of Mexico News Daily and has been living, moving oregon playing successful Mexico for astir 30 years.