The drug trade was alive and well when I lived in Thailand. I suspect the point you made towards the middle there about the government missing their cut to look the other way is the largest part of why

I would say that there are a lot of "Marks" all over the places I have been in SE Asia. It is an unfortunate aspect of any expat community that I have ever been a part of, or even heard of, that

While I have never been to the big places like Playa, Cancun, and Cabo (as well as others) I have heard they have become incredibly Americanized to the point where it doesn't even feel like you are in

I would imagine that the fully furnished aspect of it drives the price up quite a bit. The furniture isn't very nice either, from what I have seen. I guess people are willing to pay this turnkey premium

From what I have heard they are considerably smaller than USA but also considerably higher than Vietnam. I suppose that is probably true for almost anything.

Spanish is considerably easier to learn than Asian languages for me. It's still pretty hard though!

Ok, yeah, I was definitely going to cover that. You might be surprised

That definitely could be a factor. It is also the case of the fact that (and I was surprised about this) a great percentage of the Mexican population looks an awful lot like me. Often at a restaurant someone

well at least the smoke season is well behind you!

Yeah, I spend the most time with Coco because she is chill and I feel a little bit bad for her because she isn't all wild and begging for attention like the others. She reminds me of Nadi a great deal.

There's a bunch of horrible stories about how the pure dogs are treated in the puppy farms too. I'm not saying they are all like that, but enough of them are for me to not want anything to do with that.

I don't know if it was always this way. Perhaps it was just the absence of internet that made me unaware of the availablity of rescue dogs. We had a purebreed dog when I was a kid and it wasn't until all

well that's a pity that this dog doesn't like you guys. I would quickly become afraid of a dog that behaved like that and would resort to just not going near it. Nadi and Coco would get along because they

I have always admired violin players. It isn't so common and it is really awesome. It seems everyone plays guitar (I do) but almost nobody can play this majestic instrument. That's awesome that you can

I think that is kind of the idea. I've lived in Asia for so long I kind of feel like I am Asian but family has a tendency to bring people together eventually if they get along... and I get along with mine

yeah, i think that is everyone's impression.

the roads are really dangerous in Thailand. I don't even know that many people but two of my friends have died driving motorbikes here. I'm not going to lie though, a lot of the reason why that happened

oh and yes Nadi would get jealous. There are so many dogs here and so far, all of them are friendly and well looked after too.

I think I am near Lago de Chapala but since we have no discs that probably wont happen for us. That and the fact that my parents are pretty darn old.

I've seen quite a bit of it out the windows in cars and on the plane flying overhead. I'm sure those areas have their appeals as well. Agave grows all over the place though so it's no wonder tequila became