I love the nightlife in Ajijic. I’m 44, and I have my special places. You may find live music around Chapala and Ajijic, and you may find nice restaurants. You always find friends, or make new ones. The only problem is everything closes early. There are only two places that close late- El Bar Co., which is in Ajijic, and Iron Horse in Riberas del Pilar. Iron Horse is newer than El Bar Co., which has been around my whole life, and is very nice. That’s where people go when the restaurants close later. Both have live music, cold beer, and different kinds of people.
Iron Horse is a biker’s bar, and there are more interesting people there. The one, the “bar of the town” is also very nice, and you can have sushi and dine there.
I would also recommend Café Adelita in San Antonio town because it’s the place I love to go to on Fridays to dance to live music, and to have a great dinner. Café Adelita is in San Antonio, which is about 10 minutes to the east of Ajijic Village.
You can also see a movie if you want to. There are very good cinemas at the Libramiento at Centro Laguna, which is centrally located right between Ajijic and Chapala.
There are also comedy clubs in Ajijic, but comedy clubs are not a Mexican thing- they are organized for the foreigners, like Americans and Canadians. There are two or three theaters where they perform different kinds of plays. There’s one that’s just across the street from me called the Naked Stage. The Naked Stage used to be in Ajijic, but now it’s here at Riberas Pilar. I’m longing to go there because I like that kind of performance, but I haven’t been there because it’s always full.
There’s another theater called the Little Theater, which is also in San Antonio. I think that the actors in the plays are volunteers, and they perform really well. I have been to one, and I just had a great time. The play was perfectly organized, and everybody was very punctual. You can have a glass of wine, and you can share it with people there during recess. It’s nice. I know they also have American lecture clubs or book clubs.
(Iron Horse Bar with cows grazing, Ajijic, Mexico, pictured.)
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The best reason to retire overseas is to improve and change your lifestyle.
The dress code in Ambergris Caye is “island attire.” That would be shorts, t-shirts, and you can go barefoot if you like. Here in Ambergris Caye, it’s not really a big deal if you are half naked on the streets because everybody wears a swimsuit. 
If you want to use Netflix in Nicaragua, you would have to buy it from the States. You can still use your credit cards and go to Amazon or other sites because you can’t do that here in Nicaragua. You just have to go on the Internet and then buy it just like you would in the States.
If you’re retired or a senior citizen, the cost to go to the movies in Portugal is €4 (about $4.20 / £2.80). If you are not a retired person, it would cost you €5 (about $5.30 / £3.50). 
In these days that moral and family values seem to be hiding in different ways, we are responsible to fight back to ensure that the new generation has a place where they will raise their children that will be safe, not only from crime or violence, but the safest place we can provide to give them values, as the best legacy we can give them.
A Sunday afternoon turns from day to night quickly as dark, heavy clouds cover the sky. Lightening bolts across the dark sky and distant thunder rumbles to announce the coming storm. Lights come on like twinkling stars in homes across the valley and up and down the beach. It doesn’t rain here; it is far away but welcome no matter. The fresh scent of rain comes across on the wind and cools off the balcony. 
