Yes, taxis are readily available in Chapala and Ajijic. They do not have a meter. They charge a minimum of 40 pesos ($2) and it goes up depending on the distance. It is 40 pesos ($2) from the gas station to the Square in Chapala. From Wal-Mart going to the Square in Ajijic is also 40 pesos ($2). They charge the same from my house to my mother’s, which is two blocks away. But from Chapala going to Ajijic, they charge 80 pesos ($4) during the day and if you go all the way to the...
We don’t have cars here in Ambergris Caye; we use golf carts.
Yes, you can get a good caregiver in Portugal. But the way to do it in Portugal is not to just put an advert and wait for people to knock on your door and expect someone who is brilliant. You have to to have references like any other country in the world. Even in America, if you want a babysitter, you want references. You want someone who knows that person and that’s exactly the same here in Portugal.Arriving in Our Little Village in La Ventana Bay, Just Southeast of La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
As you progress south on Highway 1 in Baja, you know you’re starting to enter La Paz because, just like in any other part of the world I’ve visited, as you enter a more densely populated area, the road adds lanes on your side, in this case, from one, to two, and then, eventually to three. The first major thing you see when you arrive driving south on Highway 1 into La Paz is… Wal-Mart. So we had driven 842 miles into Baja from Mexicali to La Paz,...
