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I think we have a plan
Yesterday, I asked the mechanic who worked on Igor’s brakes if he knew where was the best place to find propane lines and fittings. He recommended a place that was conveniently close to the big Walmart store about 6 kms away, so we packed up Igor and went for a drive. Of course our fridge…
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There’s always something
The primary problem with having an older RV is that there is always something needing repair. The secondary problem is finding out what else breaks when you go to fix whatever needed repair in the first place! Igor’s propane regulator decided to start leaking. They can’t be repaired, so we needed a new one. Of…
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Well that was a tiring 36 hours or so!
On Tuesday, our friend Chago drove us to the bus station in town for our 3:00pm bus to Mexico City. In exchange, we took him for lunch and we all had a nice meal together. We each had our carry on suitcases, but they were full and heavy. And one small backpack each, and I…
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And we’re off!
Headed back to Oaxaca City to reunite with our campervan Igor! We’re definitely ready to get back to our favorite form of travel as we drive down to Panama and back over the next six months or so. In the process, we’ll be adding six new countries to our list! 3,800 kms (2,356 miles) or…
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Day of the Dead celebrations in Valle de Bravo
Despite all of our time in Mexico over the past twenty years, we have never been to a Day of the Dead parade. This year, we made it a point to go! We actually thought about going to the city of Oaxaca to see their larger parade, but hotel rooms in the central area of…
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October Expenses
I hesitated to continue writing these expense reports because they’re always the least viewed posts, and they’re not as relevant as they used to be when we were traveling on a strict budget. But I do the work in compiling them for our own use anyhow, so it’s not much more effort to share them.…
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A week to go
We are staying here in Valle de Bravo in order to see the Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations this coming weekend. Right after that, we will be taking the bus to the city of Oaxaca to meet up with our campervan Igor! From there, we’ll be heading to the beach town of…
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We have a visitor
A bit of a scary story today. I went to my paraglider training every morning last week. It involves leaving our house at 8:00am, fighting with the traffic getting into Valle at that hour, and meeting our paraglider friend Raul who then takes me on the back of his motorcycle another 40 minutes or so…
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Paragliding lessons are hard work!
I’ve been doing ground training the last three days. We were supposed to do another tandem flight again the second day, but I was exhausted and couldn’t finish the training that day! And I thought I was in pretty good shape. Today went much better though, and although I’ve still got some ground training left,…
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Paragliding Lessons Day 1
We were up at 6:00am in order to leave the house at 7:20am. We hopped on the ATV and drove into central Valle de Bravo. I don’t think we’ve ever had to go into town that early, and sure enough there is rush hour traffic! It looked like it was mostly related to parents taking…