Transportation
Our location is not great for public transportation if you don’t have a car or motorbike. Taxi and private drivers are available. I do have a beat-up 4-seater, manual transmission car that I am willing to lend out for short trips. We are building two electric bicycles which we will make available to community members and will get you into town, although not at night as the roads into town don’t have shoulders.
Note about bringing a car into Mexico
To drive a car into Mexico beyond the “free zone” which is roughly 30 miles past the border, you need what’s called a “Temporary importation permit”. This is fairly easily obtainable online, via a $400 refundable deposit that is taken on your credit card and refunded after you leave. The easiest way to do this, however, will be to do it on the Mexico side of the border after you cross at Laredo TX. Budget 1-2 hours for this and make sure you have all the papers necessary (google “Mexico Temporary Importation Permit”). Talk to me as the place is hard to find and the process not obvious.
The drive from here to Laredo TX (closest border town) is a bit costly given tolls and price of gas, but it’s possible. For a longer-term stay you will want to consider bringing in your car. You would need to exit the country after 6 months, possibly immediately re-entering it either with or without your car.
For the rest, with the default visa (whether you come by air or by car) you can stay here 6 months. You renew the visa by exiting and re-entering the country. There is not normally a problem with visa renewal.
Driving during the day in this part of Mexico is safe and sometimes quite scenic. If you come and you have time, I recommend that you skip the toll roads.