September, 2005 The Expat... Buying a House, part 2 It’s been almost a month since I wrote the last trip report on house buying here in Puerto Vallarta. I wrote it shortly before I had to leave to go back to California for a few weeks. In the couple of days before I left, we finally obtained the building permit (cost 2500 pesos instead of 500—no explanation). That was fine, tho. It’s … [Read more...]
The Expat a Year Later… Buying a House
August 2005 The Expat a Year Later... Buying a House A lot has happened since I wrote the last two ex-pat trip reports. It’s a year later now and I’ve made the jump and bought a house in PV. Some of the trip reports that I had filed in this last year were lost when the VallartaScene board where I was publishing these reports was hacked in the spring, and so many things have changed for … [Read more...]
An Expat story » Second Week as an Expat
August 2004 Second Week as an Expat It’s been a long day. Finished most of the necessito repairs on the house this morning. The hot water works, the Internet works, the TV works, the sewer works. Still don’t have any locks on the doors, but that will come. Found a fellow botanist in town, an orchid guy, and went to his place to see his operation. Pretty nice. He really knows his … [Read more...]
