The expression “High walls make for good neighbors”, may be taken literally in Mexico because people frequently enclose their property with masonry walls two meters (6.5 ft.) or higher. Mexico’s climate encourages indoor, outdoor living, so besides security, walls provide privacy. A high stone wall surrounds our entire property, but as we’re dividing it into three separate residences, we are adding more brick walls. When they began, trenches running a half meter deep and half

The Yucatan is a unique geographical region because there are no above ground rivers. The peninsula sits on a huge limestone platform of highly permeable rock. Rainwater filters below the surface and forms one of the largest underground freshwater reservoirs in the world. Of course, we have city water, but like many who live in this region, we rely on the underground water for the garden and pool. There was already a well on the property when we bought it, but over time, it b