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  1. Lewis & Lewis provides excellent coverage at a fair price and they are easy to sigh up with on line.
  2. This is terrible news. For the seven and a half years we lived in Ajijic we always used Mike's services. Over the years we got to know him as a friend! He was a wonderful person.
  3. I will be going to the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara to renew my passport and was wondering what I can bring in since security is so tight. I was planning on bringing my application, my wallet with credit cards and identification and currency for FedEx. Is there anything I am forgetting and will these items pass security? If you have gone through this procedure I would appreciate your advice! Thanks
  4. Yesterday my wife and I returned to GDL and went to the bank of machines to pay. All machines on both banks were shut down and indicated so by a big red light. There was an indigenous woman and her child there and she said that parking was free today. I doubted her but there was no way I could pay since the machines were shut down. As we drove towards the ext gates they were all in a raised position and another indigenous male was sitting there. Anyway, everyone was simply driving through the gates and we ended up doing the same. I felt badly about not paying but am confused as to what is going on. Does anyone on the board have a clue as to what was/is happening ??
  5. According to an article in the Guadalajara Reporter the emissions testing program has been suspended until July when they will have new equipment on line and a new list of accredited garages. I keep this article in my glove box for those police that aren't aware of this. Also, cars that are one or two years new don't require testing. Since the cops have been targeting nortenos ( in my opinion ) I have done my own research at Walmart and other places where there are a great deal of cars and it would appear that about five percent of all cars have the smog hologram. I'm just saying !!
  6. I have a very good friend who ws forced to move from here to Florida because his copd was getting so bad he literally could not breathe
  7. can't help you with calls back to the U.S. as we never did that. Regarding email, we used local wifi so it did not use our 4g data. I recommend you go to Telcel and discuss these questions as they might depend on whether you are on a plan or not. As I mentioned, we just load pesos as we need them and heavily load up before we leave the U.S.
  8. We were in Basil, Switzerland last September and used our Telcel card and it worked just fine. It automatically switched from Telcel to T Mobil. Then as we moved up the Rhine and Mosel rivers it automatically switched to Orange and we used it as far as Amsterdam. We have UNLOCKED smart phones with no Telcel plan. We just load about 500 pesos on each phone prior to leaving.
  9. Mike Riley ( Ajijic Computing ). We have used him for years and he does excellent work at a fair price. Comes to your home. and does work there. Phone: 765 4156
  10. Hi Syver, Thanks for the info. I am a bit confused regarding payment however. I was told by LCS I can pay in actual pesos and don't need a banamex check as I don't have a Banamex account. I also read that banamex will issue a cashier's check. Can you help me with this ? Thanks
  11. My wife and I are getting close to having to renew our passports. I used the search bar and it says that the U.S. Consulate is at L.C.S. on Wednesdays at 10:30 but does not say for how long. Also it says that checks must be for exact rate which confuses me . I plan on paying in U.S. dollars with a check written on Bank of America as I do not have a Mexican bank account. So.. my questions are how do I pay for the passports and how much are they? How long is the consulate at L.C.S. ? How long does it take to have a new passport issued after completing the process ? Any thing else I should know ? Thanks for your help !
  12. Mexico has a high content of fecal matter in their ground water. Some of the fracs do a better job than others of purifying their water but taking the risk of just rinsing seems foolish when soaking with Microdyne takes so litle time. I have had several friends that did not take proper precautions end up with amoeba or bacterial infection. It's your choice!
  13. .If you think soaking is disconcerting wait til you get amoeba or bacterial infection. Soak everything in Microdyn but don't soak lettuce and leafy vegetables until ready to use. Also soak things like papaya, etc that you will cut through the skin.
  14. Don't know how this ended up in La Cocina. Perhaps the Moderatorwill move it for me.
  15. I have a Motorola smart phone with a pre paid Telcel SIM card. Can I use this phone in the U.S. and or Canada or must I buy Sim Cards for the US and Canada ?
  16. I never write on the open forum sice the  hostility can easily get out of control. However, I feel compelled to point out that the vast majority of negative comments and spiteful remarks come from mostly the same people. These are people that seem to have very little in their lives and live for the ability to express their opinions on this site and to  disrespect others is their hobby. To me, this site has always been a source for information and in general many topics start out that way but degenerate into a comntest of opinions and wills.

    I used to comunicate with John ( mod 3) because he tended to have a viewpoint about the purpose of Chapala.com that was more in line with what I considered the purpose to be. However, it seems that he has opted out and mod 2 who, is much more liberal has allowed this forum to be taken over by a hostlie few. I would ask that those who attempt to control this site be warned and eventually punished if they continue to hijack threads.

    Thanks

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