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Met my wife on Bastille Day in 1990 on the French island of Guadeloupe. Oh what a celebration they threw that day!

...another person who wants to be a Mod...

Big drug problems now in Ecuador.

We got 2 inches in 2 days last week but today will again top 100 F and another High pressure dome has moved in. Hope you guys aren't affected as much as we are.

Here in the Rio Grande Valley it's hot money from Mexico flowing here. You wouldn't believe the new construction and influx of people going on here.

Remember...it's UP TO 300 with no minimum guaranteed.

Bali has nearly been ruined by entitled tourists.

Rainy season has not yet begun. Check with the locals and see if someone was buried with a crucifix. I remember that story from probably 2004 or so. Our employees told us that story. OK, I don't make fun of anyone's beliefs. So a few days later and still no rain in Ajijic but copious amounts in Chapala and elsewhere, they said the body was being dug up and they would remove the crucifix. OK, fine. Not a cloud in the sky and in the 90's we smugly felt this superstition would be put to bed. Around 8 PM clouds appeared and a deluge of 3-4 hours happened. I have told the story many times and I have no opinion of whether there was any connection but it was what it was.

You should have seen it in 2003...at least a mile to the water's edge and the caddys in SA constructed a 9 hole golf course in the exposed area. 3 roads were available and you could drive all the way to Joco without seeing a Transito.

Buy some crema para batir and cut it 50/50 with milk if they don't have half and half.

Not if you simply wipe and do a factory reset. Google is your friend.

Been over 100 F here in the Rio Grande Valley for the last 4 days and next 7 day forecast shows the lowest day at 102. High pressure sitting right over us so as MC says until it moves north neither of us will see any rain chances.

I remember sometime around 2003-04 it was very late, almost July before it started but man...once it started...

Do your due diligence. IPTV services are coming under heavier fire around the globe and are being taken down much more often than in the past years. I'm not talking about the threats of prosecution of subscribers but about signing up for a yearly plan and seeing it go bust. I would suggest month to month plans only and have several backups in mind just in case.

Cuidado, Chilangos!

Yup, I was trying not to exaggerate, lol. Holy Week is a great time to visit Mexico City, they have all gone to the beach.

A truly fine, nice and intelligent person. He was the guiding light for the transformation of the old house we bought on Zaragoza in Ajijic into Casa Flores B&B and also he designed the home we had constructed on some land behind the B&B. He asked us what we wanted, sketched it on a piece of paper and showed it to the maestro. Maestro gathered his crew one Monday morning and as I watched he drew the outline in the dirt for all to see. A few questions were asked and answered. I never saw the drawing again and sure enough in about 4.5 months it was done and just what we wanted. Permits were all secured after it was done as well as payment of IMSS. That's how things were done then. Rest in Peace da VEED, you were a fine human being.

Whatever you do each year at this time, don't even consider going to the beach. It's 3 times as bad there. Always stock up on food, tequila and pesos and enjoy the long weekend at home.

That was the one and only. When we were doing the remodel on the home that was to become Casa Flores I had a payroll of around $15,000 pesos to meet every Saturday afternoon. I had arranged to use a personal check each week but I had to stop in on Thursday and tell them how much I would be needing. Many a Saturday would find them telling me to come back in an hour or so when they thought the money would be there. They always made good but some weeks were easier than others. So at 9 to 1 you can picture how many pesos I ended up with to stuff into a plastic bag and then walk back up Colon onto Zaragoza hoping nobody would notice this bag of money. Looking back I wonder if I would do that again. And no $500 pesos notes since the workers said they couldn't spend them, which was kinda true back then. Getting the maestro to write up the list of names, hours and pay every Saturday morning was another case of pulling teeth before I could even write the check. Getting approved to use a check back then was a big deal.

Or standing in line at the Casa de Cambio in Ajijic hoping they didn't run out of money before your turn. And in PV comparing the different rates at the various casas before deciding where to exchange your dollars. The ones further away from Old Town had a better rate just like gas stations a mile or so from the Interstates.

Since we owned and operated a B&B in Ajijic and employed people we always had an attorney. We were constantly being visited by the Union people, Bomberos and plenty of other grifters. Always had plenty of his business cards available and smiled and handed them out and advised he would handle everything. He took care of the legit ones and the others we never heard back from. If you have ever used an attorney there suggest you get some cards and let him/her know what you are doing.

There are many things about Mexico I miss here in the RGV and Pechugon is right up at the top. Closest to me is in Monterey.

Yes from England, don't know about soccer star but he moved to Lakeside after living and having restaurants in Bucerias.

That's where he came from and then returned to.