my nice little life

Well, we’re back home (earlier than we expected, due to personal considerations).   We’re tan and rested.  We didn’t gain any weight.  And we had a good time.  We spent more money than we had planned.  In fact, we spent more than we had budgeted for the entire month, even though we were only away for [...]

When in Baja, check your shoes before you put them on in the morning.  This area has centipedes and scorpions, both of the poisonous variety.  We’ve only seen dead ones, but they were in the house.  We’ve even scooped a sand crab out of the pool. Another water hint:  if you can’t drink the water, [...]

We’ve eaten at La Sirena three times.  Twice for breakfast and once for lunch.  We’ve eaten out a total  of 7 times and 3 of those were just beers and nachos.  Makes you think we like La Sirena, hunh?  Well, the food is excellent.  Made from scratch.  And cheap, compared to other places here.  And no one [...]

It’s not uncommon for us to have a bit of upset stomach when  we travel – and that’s for traveling anywhere – even when we go to Florida to visit Sherry’s dad.  Usually it’s not so much a question of germs, or “bad germs”, but just different germs.  Every place has it’s own set of [...]

We thought we’d drive to La Paz Mexico.  People tell us that it’s about 2.5 hrs from San Jose del Cabo (Google maps confirmed that), and that there are two ways to get there – the straight highway west to Cabo San Lucas and then north on hiway 19, and the shorter more mountainous route [...]

There’s money in Cabo San Lucas.  Poverty, too, but tons of money.  Million dollar homes, huge hotels.  Movie stars.  The area right around Medano Beach is a prime example.  Interestingly enough, you can buy a condo, not NEAR Medano beach of course, but in the corridor, for prices starting at $140,000 for a 2 bedroom [...]

Ah, the laid back Mexico morning (and yes, the slums of Friday are still in our minds and conversations).   This morning, after doing our chores (which is mostly taking care of the pool), we swam, did our yoga exercises, showered, ate a light breakfast and headed out to San Jose del Cabo (SJC from here on).   [...]

Did I mention  we got a car?  No choice, really.  Had to.  We aren’t happy about not having a choice, but we’re happy to have a car.   It’s an expense we hadn’t planned on.  The price for the car wasn’t bad;  it’s the insurance that kills you.  I know my credit card covers, what”s it [...]

Okay.  Let’s start with this.  I’m an idiot.  Today we got to do something, go somewhere, few people get to experience.  And what’s rule #1 when traveling?   Always carry a camera.  And did I?  No.  Why?  I’m an idiot.  Let’s start over.  I guess this tone is a bit too flippant for what we witnessed [...]

We had an interesting experience yesterday.  If you remember, I mentioned Doug and Leslie that picked us up at the airport on Tuesday.  Nice people.  They belong to a church called Foursquare . Foursquare is doing several things in the Cabo San Lucas area, among them running three or four “kitchens” and helping to establish Freedom [...]