Nurall Experts are seasoned digital nomads, remote work travelers and freelancers traveling and working across the world.

Lydia Carey is a freelance writer, author, and translator based out of Mexico City. She has worked as an editor and writer for various publications including Delta Sky magazine, Meal Magazine, National Geographic Travel, Mexico News Daily, Culinary Backstreets, Luxury Latin America, and Hemispheres magazine among others. She has been blogging and writing in Mexico for more than a decade and lives a double life as a local tour guide in Mexico City. She is the author of Mexico City Streets: La Roma. Follow her urban adventures on Instagram and see more of her published work online.

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