This should be categorized in a “I couldn’t have said it better” column.  Charles Simpson worked on Wall Street for a quarter of a century, and then retired to Puerto Vallarta where he has been living with his wife and daughter for 8 years. He feels an education about Mexico is the first step for [...]

Driving from Cabo San Lucas to San Diego, May 2011 While this is a blog about my last drive up Baja from Cabo to San Diego,  it is really my chance to vent  about the rude, inconsiderate, hostile attitude displayed by one of our border agents.  I was embarrassed by the actions and attitude of this [...]

2010     Wind Farms in Baja        Mexico is quickly breaking ground and moving forward to join others in the pursuit of clean energy. Wind energy is fast becoming the optimal way to produce clean and green electricity. The much anticipated Aubanel Wind Project is set to be constructed near La Rumorosa, which will put the [...]

I read this article in one of my AARP newsetters…okay so now you know my age group.  The newsletter didn’t say that I couldn’t reprint the article so I am. I could send you dozens of articles written about the safety of travelling in Mexico but this one was short and to the point.  Is Mexico Safe for Travel? By [...]

Need to get around Cabo? Hey it’s a lot better now.  Years ago many of the streets were not named, or if they were, the name signs were not placed at the corners.    Okay, so it’s not perfect yet but most of the streets have names and if you get lucky there will be a [...]

BE ALERT ! Driving in Mexico is definitely a challenge!  People who live in Mexico always ask me how I can stand the traffic in the United States. My standard reply:  what’s not to like?  Most of the time U.S. drivers obey street signs; they don’t stop in the middle of the street to talk to a [...]

Need to Reach Out and Call Home? First let me say that I am a Vonage person…I love my Vonage! My home phone is Vonage.  Did I tell you how much I love it! With Vonage your computer can be in Anyplace… USA… Europe, Mexico, and as long as your vonage modem  is connected to [...]

Hurricane Preparedness Hurricane season runs from June 1st until November 30th. While each year experts make very educated predictions concerning the number and severity of storms for each given season, hurricanes can still wreak a massive amount of devastation and chaos on any area despite today’s advanced warning systems. I have been in Cabo since 1994 and the [...]

The Los Cabos Humane Society is run by an amazing group of volunteers who are truly some of the unsung heroes in Cabo.  I’d like to give you a little history on the “dog problem” not only in Cabo but in many areas of Mexico.  I am well aware that I did not provide a [...]

Cinco de Mayo or Where’s the Fiesta? I know that I will probably hear from some irate people on this take on Cinco de Mayo but just to make sure that I was dispensing the correct information I did a lot of research and basically every article I read said the same thing.  Cinco de [...]