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On the bus

Click to see the day’s pics Big building on the Island of Tiber Today was a casual day but the sun got in the way. The heat has returned with a vengeance and walking had to be selective – shady streets only if possible. With Ubers or Taxis costing about fifteen euros a ride it...

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A day in the Mountains – story

Enough of the touristy/snowbird stuff we want to see more of Mexico. Usually a external trip is planned before we arrive for our sojourn, but this year we decided not to have one. As the weeks went on we thought a day trip was in order and we planned one – a 12 hr trip...

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A day at the beach

We do not usually go to the beach, too much sand and glaring sun – nice to visit but not so much to stay and lounge. Today we decided to visit the beach of Mismaloya and the area. We took advantage of a local tourist trip – the Hopon Hopoff bus. This is just like...

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Music Day

El Rio is a large outside venue that has live music and large BBQ. As part of the “Great Family Tour of PV” it was decided that we would visit the place and listen to the most famous of Mexican RocknRoll bands – the The Gecko Band, Facebook Page here. This band is led by...

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Well the first bunch of Family is here.

Lunch downtown, with the family. One of the perils of living here is that members of the family want to visit. Not a huge problem if you want to see them but some of the family need more handholding than others. None of my family but one son, one brother and a sister of Doreen’s...

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No posts for a couple of days

Well why haven’t I been posting items in the Mexican Diary? We have been out of sorts, I f I didn’t know any better and because we never brought any test-kits with us, I would have said that it was a touch of Covid – just a little touch! We didn’t do much Ben went...