Last week we travelled to a beach town called San Pancho, also referred to as 'San Francisco'. It took about four hours on a toll road. Toll roads are very expensive here: 2000 pesos return,which is about 130 Canadian dollars. San Pancho was lovely, with great food, entertainment in the streets, fire throwers, dancing and many musicians. It was FUN!!!. It was nice... Continue Reading →

It has been a very busy start to 2022: socially active and trying to plan the next few months for myself. First of all, COVID-19 is getting worse here every day. My lovely cleaning lady's boyfriend died the other day and she turned up to clean my apartment two days later in tears. But she... Continue Reading →

It has been a very busy start to 2022: socially active and trying to plan the next few months for myself. Questions: When do I leave?…Where do I go?…How long do I travel for? I have to make some decisions in the next month, or I lose my tickets to Canada and the UK—so will... Continue Reading →

20 million people…amazing! Tough city, with many layers to it. First of all, I will start with the airport. It's old, and not very functional. Apparently they will be opening another airport as a secondary one, which seems to be under a lot of suspicion as to whether it will actually work or not. I... Continue Reading →

Numerous friends contacted me the other day to inform me of the passing of Mel Lastman, former Mayor of Toronto. They knew we used to work together. He wasn't always the easiest guy to work with, but there was never a dull moment; very boisterous,and flamboyant. Mel had a good and massive heart. My best story about Mel? I... Continue Reading →