We don’t get any hurricanes in Chapala and Ajijic. We are four hours from the Pacific by car. At times, we can get the tail end of hurricanes that may blow in from the gulf or may come in from the Pacific. Perhaps they can produce 3 to 5 inches of rain, but no significant winds that you would associate with a hurricane. 
Though international pet travel can seem mysterious (and frankly a little scary) at first, this part of your move can be completed safely and smoothly by taking advantage of the resources available online and by following the advice of pet travel experts.
Typically, if you pay a housekeeper or a maid in Belize US $15 for a day, that is about average. We have a housekeeper who comes in once a week. We have a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house and she does all of the cleaning in the house, all the laundry, and she will do additional things that you need done such as pressing clothes or washing dishes in the kitchen, or whatever needs to be done. We pay here really well at $25 for the day. That is considered generous. We are very pleased with...
The center of Granada is changing and it is now more business- oriented. Back in the 70s and the 80s, the businesses that you see there today, were only residential houses back then. There were not that may businesses. There weren’t many hotels and restaurants. People are now moving out of the center and trying to adapt their houses into business. Some people use their house for both residential and business purposes. 
itime zones in the world is that its outer fringes are bordered by the archipelago of Madeira, comprised of Madeira and Porto Santo, and the archipelago of the Azores, which are strategically located in the mid-Atlantic (the US has had a military base at Lages for many years, although its presence has recently reduced to much concern of the local population). Portugal's highest...Our Life in the Little Town of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit, Just North of Puerto Vallarta
We have just recently retired and plan to spend winters in our condo in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit. We bought the condo 3 years ago and have spent school holidays (I am a retired school teacher) setting up our condo and exploring our village and neighbourhood a little. We barely scratched the surface but look forward to learning more about the area in our 6-month trip this year!What we have discovered, we love. The locals are so generous and accepting of us "gringos'...
Driving south on Highway 1 from after it intersects Highway 5 is fairly uneventful, if by “uneventful” you mean "the hundreds of times when you’re confronted with the fact that even a slight miscalculation on your steering wheel will result in certain death." A half inch to the left, and you’ll crash head-on into a semi barreling towards you at 60 miles per hour. A half inch to the right, and you’ll go over the roughly 12-inch shoulder to plunge either into...