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Melanin Man Travels is committed to assisting, educating and coaching Black men about traveling abroad with the option of living abroad. Learn how to travel freely and embrace the world with a decolonized mindset. Learn how to “furlough” yourself from your job to travel. Learn how a minimalist lifestyle can provide maximum adventures and experiences.
Has this channel motivated you in your international travels or moving abroad decision? If you would like to buy me a coffee, feel free at the link below. Muchos Gracias!
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Has this channel motivated you in your international travels or moving abroad decision? If you would like to buy me a coffee, feel free at the link below. Muchos Gracias!
www.buymeacoffee.com/melaninman
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The Global Gameplan: Expat Insights from Mexico & Beyond. @fromlacktolegacy
zhlédnutí 374Před 21 dnem
Introducing "The Global Gameplan: Expat Insights from Mexico & Beyond" - an eye-opening dialogue between two seasoned CZcamsrs who've mastered the art of living abroad. Join us as we unpack a treasure trove of life hacks, comparing notes on our vibrant life in Mexico and adventures across the globe. This is your backstage pass to thriving overseas, tailored for mature African American men looki...
What does a weekend look like in Guadalajara? Regular yet Abundant Living
zhlédnutí 225Před 21 dnem
This video is a “Day in the Life” style - a day in MY Life in Guadalajara. My new city is a total vibe and I always have a good time. However, most of my days are just as normal as they were in the States. Running errands, running a household and living the “chido” life. They say that “life’s a beach!” I agree but not every day. My days in the city are great too. Check out Bread and Butter on A...
Mexico has a Legal Nude Beach? Welcome to Zipolite, Oaxaca!
zhlédnutí 608Před měsícem
I’m a Black man. Of course, Nude Beaches don’t scare me. Welcome to Zipolite Mexico! Have you been to a nude beach before? What are your thoughts about going “au natural” in an approved public space? Would you feel apprehensive or right at home? Share your experiences. #naturist #nudist #lgbttravel #lgbt #Solotravel #Expat #blackexpatsworldwide #blaxit #gaytravel #blackjoy #blackmentalhealth #b...
I’m not visiting. I live here! Move in Day in #Guadalajara #Mexico
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I’m not visiting. I live here! Move in Day in #Guadalajara #Mexico
How to live CHEAPER and EASIER in #Guadalajara #Mexico
zhlédnutí 522Před 2 měsíci
Many people move to Mexico for the cultural experiences and healthier lifestyle but also to live a life that is less expensive and easier. We call it Tranquilo. Here are some tips I use to make living here a breeze! I order most of my needs on my phone and have them delivered to my door…food, groceries, medicine or even an extension cord! And what else comes to my door? My doctor! Yes, doctors ...
When you take a vacation away from Paradise…#mexico #puertovallarta #guadalajara
zhlédnutí 89Před 2 měsíci
Being a Black Expat in retirement allows me to,basically live wherever I desire. It’s not a utopia but I am free from constant micro aggressions and the threat of gun violence. Guadalajara has been the most peaceful place I have lived to date. But sometimes you want a vacation from your “paradise”, so I hopped on a plane to Puerto Vallarta! Check out my 4 day weekend! Boat ride to a secluded be...
Olivia Pope vs Annalise Keating: Smackdown.
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How #Scandal almost became How to Get Away with Murder #HTGAWM. #shondaland at its finest. #bingewatch Olivia vs Annalise #funny #shorts #funnyshorts
Inexpensive Apartment Hunting in Guadalajara MX - $1,000/month Budget
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Inexpensive Apartment Hunting in Guadalajara MX - $1,000/month Budget
Guadalajara’s Underground Bridge - History revealed
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Guadalajara’s Underground Bridge - History revealed
Tequila Saturday - Visiting a Pueblo Magico
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Tequila Saturday - Visiting a Pueblo Magico
Guadalajara, Mexico - A Lower Cost of Living is STILL possible here in 2024
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Guadalajara, Mexico - A Lower Cost of Living is STILL possible here in 2024
Las Vegas, The Sphere and Mexican Residency: 3 Things That Happened this Week. @SphereVegas
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Las Vegas, The Sphere and Mexican Residency: 3 Things That Happened this Week. @SphereVegas
Happy Black History Month. Free yourself. You deserve a vacation!
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Happy Black History Month. Free yourself. You deserve a vacation!
4 Reasons Why We Live with Ease in GDL
zhlédnutí 354Před 4 měsíci
4 Reasons Why We Live with Ease in GDL
A Day in the Mexican Lives of 2 Negritos in Guadalajara @DesigningEase @MelaninManTravels
zhlédnutí 267Před 4 měsíci
A Day in the Mexican Lives of 2 Negritos in Guadalajara @DesigningEase @MelaninManTravels
7 Essential Things You MUST Know Before Traveling Internationally
zhlédnutí 89Před 5 měsíci
7 Essential Things You MUST Know Before Traveling Internationally
3 Reasons why Black Men are LIVING BETTER abroad
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3 Reasons why Black Men are LIVING BETTER abroad
5 Things you MUST DO before Moving Abroad - 2023 A Year in Review
zhlédnutí 154Před 6 měsíci
5 Things you MUST DO before Moving Abroad - 2023 A Year in Review
What a Scouting Trip looks like and why you MUST take one…or two!
zhlédnutí 88Před 6 měsíci
What a Scouting Trip looks like and why you MUST take one…or two!
6 Places you MUST visit when you are in #madrid, #spain
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6 Places you MUST visit when you are in #madrid, #spain
A Decision to Blaxit: A Wine-Down Chat with Chrishan Wright @BlaxitGlobal
zhlédnutí 202Před 7 měsíci
A Decision to Blaxit: A Wine-Down Chat with Chrishan Wright @BlaxitGlobal
Dichotomies: Lisbon, a city of hills, beauty and wonder…and the Portuguese African Slave Trade.
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Dichotomies: Lisbon, a city of hills, beauty and wonder…and the Portuguese African Slave Trade.
1 main thing to not do while #traveling! #privilege does not always serve you well. #funny videos
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1 main thing to not do while #traveling! #privilege does not always serve you well. #funny videos
Now, what do I do with my house? 3 Options to help Black Expats who are #movingabroad
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Now, what do I do with my house? 3 Options to help Black Expats who are #movingabroad
Top 3 SmartWatches that are essential for #international travel, #blacktravel and #blaxit.
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Top 3 SmartWatches that are essential for #international travel, #blacktravel and #blaxit.
BLAXIT - Blacks Exiting America for Better Lives? Join the conversation and learn why!
zhlédnutí 24Před rokem
BLAXIT - Blacks Exiting America for Better Lives? Join the conversation and learn why!
This made me smile. Thanks for a look at some of these beautiful structures.
Guawww..so nice ❤😂
Not nearly as cheap as it used to be. But you don't move there anymore about money.
True. With global capitalism, no place is cheap as it used to be.
Eres un gran hombre
Good morning my dear friend, nice to meet you, welcome to Guadalajara, very nice place to live, I live in Chapala, Jalisco, near Guadalajara, it is a place where there are many Americans.
Teach me ya’ll. I want to move to Mexico.
My only concerns moving there will be employment. Can we move there and get good jobs ?
That requires research because it depends on your specific situation. All visa types don’t allow you to work for a Mexican company. Assuming you’re American, you would need a Us employer or work online.
Thanks! I enjoyed the video. It was helpful
lol vote blue. Bwahahaha… you people are too much. Kaykaykay was started by democrats. The confederate states were all democrats. The republicans were the party that freed the slaves and if you don’t vote for Joe Biden, then you ain’t black.
The worst propaganda I've seen in a long time. Trump 2024.
Grateful for my freedom! Let’s keep it that way!
I love the level of collaboration among African-American CZcams travelers and explorers. Keep finding and dropping these gems!
Thank you for your support. Stay tuned
This is such a refreshing conversation. I see the connection and the love you have for each other and the experiences you shared as you travel throughout the world are so inspiring. Get to people… It’s time to live your Blaxit!
Great video & conversation! Your friendship is beautiful. Can't wait for my 1st visit to GDL this summer! This is such an inspiration...keep it coming! 👏
You are welcome. 🙏🏿. Thank you for watching. GDL and its citizens are great so I am sure you will enjoy it.
Amazing story! I hope you're happy and loving your new home. I plan on renting my home in AZ and plan on moving to Mexico, too! 😊
Hi Dora. I love my new home and city. Congrats on your decision. I’m excited to learn so much about Mexico. Are you considering GDL?
Thanks for watching and supporting @FromLacktoLegacy. Here’s the link to the backpack video Sondra talked about. czcams.com/users/livey6HXjerYsUI?si=3mJW_BTqYkfQB82f
Great set*
Yo vivo en Tlajomulco jaja Disfruten su visita.
Just want to show another side of life here in Guadalajara. It’s easy living but it’s regular living. #LOVEMYLIFE
From shy to (mildly) wild! 😉🥰🥰 Beautiful video❤❤❤
Hey Kev. Nice video. I hope you are settled in and living your best life🎉❤. What street are you on now?
Thanks PJ!!
Hola, I’ve been enjoying your videos ❤️❤️
Thanks for watching Jade. More to come
Grand rising 💜 came across your channel this morning and enjoyed this replay 6/6/24🎉
Thank you so much. Subscribe and stay tuned. There’s more to come
Gracias from Texas 👍
Gracias from Texas 👍
Gracias from Texas 👍
De nada!
It was such a fun conversation; we have to do it again. Random Ramblings from the Rooftop!
I want to go back.
I love that place
Love Providencia Btw, I have good friends there & Play Ball @ Ruben Dario Park 🏀
I’m living here too king, let’s connect, I love Guadalajara
Cool Brother. I remember you from a @BlaxitGlobal interview with Chrishan
hello i am so happy to see other black men here,i have been here 30yrs.and will never leave.someday i love to meet you all,,.
I love it here too! Good to meet you
Thank you for this most encouraging and informative video. You and Kira are the impetus for my move forward.
Awww. Thank you for such kind words
EXCELLENT breakdown!! Thank you!
Blessings upon Blessings, for sure! 🙏🏽 Hope to meet you when I come over for my relocation tour in June! 🇲🇽 💃🏽 You have the most relatable content for GDL!!
Thank you so much Kevin!!!!you are describing the atmosphere of the place instead of where to go and what to do, Thanks again!
You are very welcome. Everyone needs to have their own experiences so I want to provide as broad of a landscape as possible. Thanks for watching!
😂😂🤣😂🤣 “Mega Bus”
I love your videos. God bless you always, and the world. Hola from Queretaro. Over 62 years visiting Mexico, all 0ver the world and all 50 USA states. Keep frozen water bottles for body, bed. pets in and out. Wear a wide brim hat, and loose clothing. See how the Arabs are dressed in the desert. MOVE! YOU are not trees. Carry frozen water bottles for body, bed, chair, car, animals etc. REAL TRUTH. Move to Mexico. Criminals are worldwide. Be alert. Hola from Queretaro. There are African Mexicans. Africans are all over the world. Africa is the mother of ALL civilizations. I was born in Chicago in 1942 Southside, and happy I obeyed my parents. I live in Queretaro now since 2021. I wish you the best, and stay away from drugs, drinks and lust. Be honest. Do not marry, shack, or have babies. Live alone is safer. Hola from Queretaro. I have been speaking Spanish since age 14. Merida was too hot. I never wanted a house in Acapulco, but I rented a home, had a timeshare, rented rooms and apartments. I am a USA Muslim. I am in my 82nd year living in Queretaro since 2021. I was 20 in 1962, when I came alone from Chicago on a 2 weeks vacation to Mexico, from the border down to Acapulco. You are never alone, when nice families are around, and beware of the evil and scammers around. Earthquakes were the deal breakers for not retiring to Acapulco. I always worked, and never asked anyone for anything. I am a giver to nice and honest none beggars, and my 411 is FREE. USA got too dangerous, so I left at 79, for I would have eliminated the John Gacy look alike trying to get into my heavily blocked apartment with a key at all hours of the day and night. I was being poisoned for life insurance, but God warned me, and he took care of the evil demon. God protects me, but I do protect myself also by any means necessary. I have had to protect myself from evil demons, no matter where I live. I pity the fool, who tries to eliminate me. I have traveled all 50 USA states and the world on my own dime from WORKING A JOB, that paid every 2 weeks, overtime, and paid vacations up to 6 weeks. Never needed a go fund to travel. I speak Spanish and other languages since age 14 as a second language. I survived the USA for 79 years and earned all my income there. A nice pension and small savings support me and allows me to help non beggars. I can smell scammers and dishonesty a block away, and then I block their behinds. RENT is all i pay, because it includes everything, maid and security. Since 2021 it has been $672 per month to a present $916 per month. I order stock up groceries etc once a month or two at about $400 or less and delivered to my home in Queretaro. Gifts excluded, since it depends on you, and I prefer to keep that private, but I only am generous to none and honest beggars, who are not scammers or dangerous. I block evil criminals worldwide. CLICK, I am not rich or stupid.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!~!
love the memories. beautiful
Nudity = liberty. Desnudez = libertad.
Thank you so much for contributing to Guadalajara's gentrification. But please, tell me more about this "decolonized mindset" or does that only go a certain way?
Just for clarification. Are you suggesting that no one move to another country? Is it not okay to live amongst local Mexicans? Should I not contribute to the local economy? I live in an older established neighborhood with Mostly Mexican families and residents and have Mexican friends who earn WAY more than I do. So please define gentrification so I can understand your point. Thanks for watching.
I just started watching your content . I am curious as to why you choose Guadalajara over CDMX ? I have been researching both cities .
Thanks for watching. You can learn a lot about my story and why I chose GDL over CDMX in my video, “A Wine down…”
@@MelaninManTravels I will watch the video .
I don't think that I would like anybody calling me a Negrito!!1 I don't like anything with N-words...I don't like my own people using that N-word at all!!! I think it's unacceptable ...don't start something then it won't be nothing!!!
I totally understand. The difference is the purpose and history behind the word in the US. Those words weren’t used in other places so they have a different meaning and connotation like many English words used in the UK or South Africa that a totally different meaning in the US. Thanks for listening
Hey Kevin, to us in mexico, guadalajara , you are not melanin man, you are a good respected friend on the neighbourhood that is welcome. Bonito Dia , Amigo!
Awww. Thank you so much for that kind welcome. I feel very at home in GDL.
Sounds like heaven! See you there. When is the shoulder season?
I don't know if GDL has peak and off-peak seasons as it is not a huge tourist destination like CDMX. Maybe July through September as it is rainy season here and not a lot of crowds. It's great weather year round although this Spring has been very hot.
how is the heat there? im in merida burning up lol i want to come visit guadalajara for a bit and get away from the extreme temps tho i do love it here in merida
It is hot today. The high has been around the 90s for weeks. It’s warm but nothing like Merida. I like Merida too but I couldn’t live in that heat. Come check us out!
I'm in Puerto Vallarta and it's heating up fast...been looking in Guadalajara but it looks hot too...any ideas 💡
@@avalonmist254 PV is a bit cooler than GDL. AND you have ocean breezes!
I so enjoy watching content like this! I was born in the US to a Mexican mother from Jalisco. My husband and I are dual citizens so we’re looking forward to our move!
Look forward to meeting you both.
Great video, I am a Mexican living in California for the last 38 years and planning my retirement back to Mexico. There are definitely many words and lingos in Spanish that are difficult and sometimes impossible to translate, but one thing is for sure, Mexicans are not racists, for the most part anyway, and not in the way that we see it in the US. So for someone to call you Negrito or "Negrita", is a way to describe you in a dear way, like someone that is chubby, will be "gordita", or someone that is blonde, will be "guerita", or someone that is short, will be "chaparrita", someone that is brown skin will be "morenita" and so on, these are some examples, it is more of a reference to identify someone, never about being racist, a Mexican would never understand the racism that goes on in the US and what black and brown (me) people go through. I lived in Guadalajara until the age of 17 and go back often, I hope you enjoy your life there, is definitely a lifestyle that I miss, and hope to go back to soon, I visit often and have family and friends there, if you ever need anything, I will be happy to guide you.
Hi Martha. Thank you for your sweet and kind words. I’m enjoying living here amongst these lovely people. Thanks for the lesson as well. I’ve not felt anyone has treated me differently here because of my race. Growing up in LA, I cannot say the same about my experiences there. Thanks for watching and sharing!
REAL TRUTH. Move to Mexico. Criminals are worldwide. Be alert. Hola from Queretaro. There are African Mexicans. Africans are all over the world. Africa is the mother of ALL civilizations. I was born in Chicago in 1942 Southside, and happy I obeyed my parents. I live in Queretaro now since 2021. I wish you the best, and stay away from drugs, drinks and lust. Be honest. Do not marry, shack, or have babies. Live alone is safer. Hola from Queretaro. I have been speaking Spanish since age 14. Merida was too hot. I never wanted a house in Acapulco, but I rented a home, had a timeshare, rented rooms and apartments. I am a USA Muslim. I am in my 82nd year living in Queretaro since 2021. I was 20 in 1962, when I came alone from Chicago on a 2 weeks vacation to Mexico, from the border down to Acapulco. You are never alone, when nice families are around, and beware of the evil and scammers around. Earthquakes were the deal breakers for not retiring to Acapulco. I always worked, and never asked anyone for anything. I am a giver to nice and honest none beggars, and my 411 is FREE. USA got too dangerous, so I left at 79, for I would have eliminated the John Gacy look alike trying to get into my heavily blocked apartment with a key at all hours of the day and night. I was being poisoned for life insurance, but God warned me, and he took care of the evil demon. God protects me, but I do protect myself also by any means necessary. I have had to protect myself from evil demons, no matter where I live. I pity the fool, who tries to eliminate me. I have traveled all 50 USA states and the world on my own dime from WORKING A JOB, that paid every 2 weeks, overtime, and paid vacations up to 6 weeks. Never needed a go fund to travel. I speak Spanish and other languages since age 14 as a second language. I survived the USA for 79 years and earned all my income there. A nice pension and small savings support me and allows me to help non beggars. I can smell scammers and dishonesty a block away, and then I block their behinds.
very informative and to the point....Music is a little overwhelming.