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  1. You should use a USB to 12 V adaptor. We use the phone up to the border and back and have plenty of data left. We're on a 2 gb plan.
  2. I stayed at the Fairfield Inn again last week and the gates have been removed, but I still feel the front parking lot is safe. In June we stayed at the City Express Monterrey Norte. They have gated parking and a nice restaurant next door and a Carl Jr's also. The rooms are smaller, but nice. Breakfast included and it was easy to access and exit driving north.
  3. Last month we drove north by the Zacatecas route and returned last Sunday by the SLP route and prefer the SLP route somewhat. The drive from Saltillo to Lake Chapala took about eight hours. We use both Garmin and Google maps on the smart phone. Garmin was showing the speed limit at 80 kph, but with the new, smooth road we could easily drive 120. The SLP bypass was signed 100 kph, but traffic was doing 80. The Lagos de Moreno bypass still sucks. The road from SLP to just north of Guadalajara is still an old road that ten years ago was acceptable, but now seems old and slow, so that's why the SLP route is not an overwhelming preference for us.
  4. I know people Raquet Club, El Limon, Villas Carolinas, Lago Encantado and the village and all say they live in San Juan Cosala. If you're on Facebook you could join the Westenders Lake Chapala page and find people that live in the area you're considering. You'll have to be specific about where you'd like to rent.
  5. I'm resurrecting an old thread as an example of an ongoing problem. Why do this? Clearly places to park on the street, but feel entitled to park in front of my garage signed no parking. Why?
  6. This week I reserved a car with British Car Rental. This was a FAQ on their website: Do I need an international driver's licence? FAQ Answer If your licence is not printed in the Roman alphabet (i.e. Arabic, Greek, Russian or Chinese) you will need to bring an international driving licence and your domestic licence.
  7. I faced the same problem with my Vanguard account last night wanting to text a code to my U.S. cell phone. There's an app for that. I downloaded TextNow to my smart phone and chose a phone number in the same area code as my family. Vanguard was able to send a text to the app. I now have a US phone number to use on accounts and my family can call me without a long distance charge. My mother and old neighbor called me this morning and the quality is great. US and Canadian calls are free. International calls are 10 cents if you have money in your account.
  8. Monday we tried to use Uber from the airport to San Juan Cosala. The driver accepted, but once we were in the car he told us that it was Uber policy that they only serve the Guadalajara metropolitan area and couldn't drive to Lake Chapala. I wasn't surprised because last month our friend had a similar experience with an Uber driver that wanted cash payment in addition to the Uber fare. The total would have been more than an airport taxi so he declined. We took an airport taxi, which is now $650 (up $100 since August), instead of the $377 Uber price. Then I was charged a cancellation fee, which Uber reversed this morning after I complained that it was the driver that canceled. Is anyone else having this problem with Uber? Should we just keep trying until we find a driver that will drive to Lake Chapala?
  9. To be clear, we did not break the man's door handle. In the THREE minutes he was gone my husband took a photograph of the man's license plates, noted the make, model and color of the car, and looked for a hang tag from the nearby gated community. My friends that live there will be glad to know that he is not their neighbor. Nor did he have a disabled hang tag or disabled plate. My husband then waited for my observant neighbor to come to the door and tell us where we would find the owner of the car. In the THREE minutes my husband stood and listened to the man speaking a string of English to my Mexican neighbors. The husband understands a few words of English and the wife none. My husband deduced that this was going to be a long transaction due to the communication barrier and asked the man if he'd be long. I did watch as he opened the rear car door, climbed into the front seat and unlocked the front door from the inside due to the broken handle. I should be so disabled. When we relayed this story to our friends at lunch yesterday they roared with laughter at the characterization of my husband. Everyone knows that he's the milk toast personality in the family. I'm the mean one and I sat, without saying a word, in the drivers seat of the car in the garage simply waiting for the car to move. A few years ago when our neighbor's son-in-law "inadvertently" parked in front of our garage leaving town with the keys for a week we did not retaliate. That is not what we do. That is why there are buses and friends that will give us rides. Our neighbors and their relatives have ben very nice to us since and that is what you earn in return for not being vindictive. My husband also thought it said gal/daughter, but most think gay. It's possible that in Virginia a gal (girlfriend) and daughter can be one and the same, but in either case there was no one else in the car, so I don't know who he consulted for this opinion.
  10. Yesterday there was an event outside our village home and there were nearly 100 Mexican people standing outside my house. When I had to leave for an appointment I simply opened the swing door, used my hand to make a motion to part the sea of people, they smiled and complied. As I backed out I smiled and said gracias. Compare that to the night before when there was a car parked in front of our garage and my husband asked around, found the owner at a business nearby and asked if he'd be moving soon because we were trying to back out of our garage. My husband got a verbal tirade from the man with the entitled and superior attitude and the U.S. plated car. When we returned home we found, what I consider, a nasty note from the offender calling us a couple of a##es. When we find a Mexican parked in front of our door they usually come running and always apologize for the inconvenience. Often they leave someone in the car to immediately move the car or fetch the driver. Always we get a smile and an apology. Before you criticize us for buying a village house with parking on our side of the street, I'll remind you that when we bought the house I made note that the parking was on the opposite side and wouldn't block our garage. Two weeks after moving in a neighbor across the street orchestrated a change that everyone would start parking on my side of the street. It's seldom a major problem, but in our eight years here there is definitely a problem when the snow birds return and can't understand the sign with a big E with the red slash through it and the words, "Gracias Por No Estacionarse" also applies to people with limited Spanish skills. It further confounds me why some people seem to check their manners at the border. Just another example of why I would rather deal with 100 Mexicans to 1 rude gringo.
  11. Yes, that's the house I'll be looking at - the Viva Mexico house. I don't know how it is going to hit me as yet. Assuming that it looks like something we are going to pursue, I'd love to meet some neighbors. I'll know much more after I've seen it on Monday. I'll send you a message once I'm in Ajijic. I'm staying at Casa Flores. :-Paul

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