I flew down to Puerto Vallarta on Wednesday, December 17. I took a local bus from the airport to my Airbnb, which was just off of the Malecon. I was just up the stairs to the first floor, trying to unlock the door to my room, when the occupants of the room across the hall stepped out of their apartment. I introduced myself to the couple and when they heard that I was from Canada they expressed how sorry they were that they were NOT from Canada. They were from Colorado but apparently they had tried pretty hard to immigrate to Canada. But because non-citizens were not permitted to purchase land, they had looked elsewhere. They tried Portugal, but after spending some time there they decided that didn’t suit them. The gentleman said he had also considered Argentina, but now thought that the president there had too much in common with the American president. Well, it was early afternoon, and I arranged that I would meet them at a nearby restaurant where we could have ‘happy hour’ and continue our conversation.

More to come…