Hidden Places to Retire in Mexico (Tenancingo)

Hidden Places to Retire in Mexico January 25

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It’s exciting to think about how there are so many wonderful little “hidden” places to retire in Mexico.

Today, on our way to purchase new blades for the rototiller (there aren’t any available in Morelos) we think we found a town that may be a great place to retire. Tenancingo (pronounced Ten-an-sing-go, sometimes called Tenancingo de Degollado) in the state of Mexico really welcomed us as we drove through.

We noticed that it is orderly and tidy, with a variety of shops open. It is laid out on a grid making getting around efficient and comfortable, yet the people showed a relaxed, easy going way about them. It is a little south of Toluca and not too far from Mexico City, so would be relatively easy to access, yet avoids being too urban. It has many trees and plants, giving it a shady, green feel even in the dry season.

Surrounded by greenhouses, Tenancingo is located in a mountainous region, though is relatively flat. Surrounding areas provide plenty of lovely mountain vistas and scenic small towns. It’s high elevation would mean that temperatures would remain cool throughout the year. The main industry in Tenancingo is flower cultivation which keeps the local economy strong and you can’t get any nicer than that. It is also a good place to have horses, if you like that sort of thing. While I can’t say for sure because we were just passing through, prices are probably not as high as in other places due to it’s relatively “undiscovered” status.

Finding this lovely place reminded us that when one is planning to retire in Mexico, it would be worthwhile to spend a few months to a year, just traveling through the unbeaten paths and seeing if there are any perfect little places to retire. While in the process of retirement planning it is difficult to get good information about places to retire in Mexico unless they are already really well-known. I think that traveling the back roads of Mexico and discovering one’s own perfect place to retire is the way to go.


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From Greg SolvbJerg Group

Here is a quick email just to say thank you for a great week in Tenancingo. Mike, Barry, John, Deryk, Steve and myself stayed in Casa del Piloto the first week of March. Great location for a base only a few hundred meters from the main LZ.

Bob and Dion showed us around the first day which was very helpful. We were briefed on La Malinche and El Picacho. Daniel Vallegas was very helpful to us the week we were there and provided a lot of good local flying information. Even though Daniel Pedraza spoke limited English and we spoke limited Spanish he was a friendly guy who always had a big smile on his face.

The flying during the week we were there was good but quite often the winds got to strong even for launching. After talking to both the Daniels it seems like December and January would be more mellow and consistent for paragliding in Tenancingo. Our experience was that March can the quite strong both in terms of winds and thermals.

After a few attempts we managed to get up from La Malinche and fly back to Las Insurgentes LZ next Gari's store. La Malinche is a great site with lots of potential but it is highly technical since it is only 300 meters above the deck and you have to get up 300 or 400 meters to make it back to the main LZ. It is with great satisfaction though when you do make the mini XC flight back to Tenancingo from La Malinche. We flew El Picacho twice and that site is more forgiving in terms of landing. The semi-desert views there are spectacular.

Tenancingo is the real authentic Mexico. We did not see a single tourist the week we were there. We quickly became "the gringos with back packs"
and the people were friendly and curious about us and the flying. The taxi system works great and is cheap. That's a perfect way to meet the locals as well.

That's it for now. Hopefully we get to fly Tenancingo again in the future.

A few pics from our trip are attached.

Hasta luego,
Greg

End of Season

We are wrapping up our stay at Casa del Piloto, Tenancingo and had a dinner party with the local pilots last night.

The flying has been best at the end of the day 4- 5:30 pm, with easy altitude gains to 1000 + meters over launch, soft thermals and sunsets. The afternoons thermals are strong, so we usually avoid launch 1-3 pm, except yesterday when i decided to give it a go at 1pm, it was a roller coaster from 6 meters lift to 4 meters sink..... Very active flying ,"top gun" flying stuff. The launch is being reshaped every day and is now suitable for top landing. Daniel Pedreza started to seed across the top half and once we are gone Daniel plans to groom the launch with 10 truck loads of fill. Daniel Villegas made us an official sign outside the house.

Looking forward to a grassy launch at the La Malinche fly in December 2008. Christine & I are home this sunday.....hoping to get some Fraser Valley spring.