Oh you're very welcome. We are so happy we can help in some way. And thank you so much! Congrats on the plans! Sounds like you are already in Aruba? It has been several years since we lived in Aruba but we we call many things about the island so ask away if there's anything else we can help with. Fun times for you! ...we'll have to visit! Ayr & Lori

Hi @BrightResultsMedia, That's a really interesting and unique tip. Thank you for sharing it. Would you happen to have a link to an example of what you're talking about? We would love to see what you mean. Secondly, it's very interesting that you mention you were in Cali, Colombia... We have been considering flying there to live for 3 months this coming winter. May we ask how long you were in Cali and for what purposes (work/tourism/living)? Thank you so much, Ayr & Lori

Hi @robertofarias8997, thank so much! Glad you find our info helpful. It's always a lot of work and so your comment means a lot. We are going to assume you mean the chicken buses collectibles in Mexico, right? If yes, then we know that they "do" carry luggage but sometimes and certain times of the day they are so packed that it does become a little difficult. We personally would try our best not to travel with more than a backpack and one other small bag. If it's a larger piece of luggage I don't think we would use collectivos. Does that help?

@@PlanFree thank you for your response. The question on chicken buses is going from Guatamala City to La Messilla and on to San Cristobal de las casas. If not chicken buses are there regular buses? If so do you know the name of them?

@robertofarias8997 oooouuuuuu you have good questions! We don't think we can accurately answer you on this because of all the times we have lived in Mexico and once living and once visiting Guatemala, none of those time had us taking the route you speak of. So, we really don't know what types of buses run that route. We are definitely aware of the collectivos or buses that run within Guatemala and within Mexico but generally when we travel between two countries we opted for the more comfortable Greyhound-type bus. The big ones with reclining seats. They are more money but far more comfy, and they take luggage. It's worth it for us.

Thank you so much @teclote! Are you planning to go through this process for yourself sometime soon? Ayr & Lori

@@PlanFree I got mine a few years ago. As you said, it was required for me to get one when I bought a lot. There is also something called "Constancia de Situacion Fiscal" which is like an updated proof of registration, or a good standing certificate,, which I needed when we applied for some permits, specifically to buy a performance bond. It comes from SAT, which everyone refers to as the Hacienda. Has a QR code on it. Took about 20 minutes, no appointment necessary, we just stood in line.

@teclote glad to hear all your experiences were smooth with SAT too, what a blessing. Thank you also for sharing all that here for others. Hopefully someone gets help or encouragement from it all, that's the goal!

Hi @kain4645, were from Alberta. You? We sure do! If you click on your profile picture it will bring you to our Maine first page on our Channel and there should be an intro video there that explains how we do it. Do you see it? Ayr & Lori

@@PlanFree same and newly retired trying to figure out the next plan lol

Oh that's wonderful to hear and congratulations! Well we've been semi-retired since we were 35 and 37 traveling abroad for 6 months and then back to Canada for 6 months for the last 13 years looking for the ideal spot I guess you could say. Almost every single video on our channel has us traveling abroad for a length of time to a location and exploring it for possible relocation. So if you are interested in a location just search our channel or look through all our videos to see if there's a location that might interest you and we bring you really good information on them. If you have a question then on that specific location or video please just comment under that video and we'll see it and help where we can. Ayr & Lori

Great question. Yes many people do all their payments online now. If we were in your shoes we would ask our landlord to call the utility company and ask them to mail one just one time. See if that works? What state are you in?

@thinkfloyd2594 Thanks for commenting. We invite you to watch the video again and listen more carefully this time and afterwards reformulate your comment above to contribute something constructive.

That's a good idea, yeah @petere4540. As much as possible. But inevitably there pops up a bunch of other things a person wants to go and see! Don't you find that? Ayr & Lori

​@@PlanFreeI agree there are other things you may want to go see, that's the purpose of hop on hop off buses. You go see a place but stop,go see it and return later, like those greyhound buses

Is there a website you can share for those hop on and off buses? We did not hear of them for some reason...?? Also for safety and security some people may not feel comfortable with a public hop-on hop-off transit option and they might prefer the security of knowing that their Uber is transporting just them. Great options here though for people who are reading through the comments. 👍

@@PlanFree it's greyhound buses in many parts of the world,but in Ecuador and Colombia they don't have greyhound they have other private bus co that do the same thing

Yes that's a great tip because of a person can walk straight out of the airport during bus hours and catch one bus to their hotel makes life easy and it's very cheap. Thanks for your tips! They are super. Have you seen our cost of living video on Quito, Ecuador? We are wondering how it compares to Lisbon, Portugal? Here is the link for you so that you can find it easier: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7NUcD7U64rM.htmlsi=Bq7VLp0AOSH0ubxS Let us know how they compare, Cheers! Ayr & Lori

@@PlanFree I'm planning to visit either Cuenca or Quito next yr,no details yet. Finished Portugal for now,nice place but expensive for expat

Right now I'm about to leave Marques de pombal Lisbon to go back home but probably next year it's off to Berlin and then Ecuador

@petere4540 ok thanks for the info on Lisbon. Quito was....ok but the smaller towns (not touristy towns) were much cheaper. It's a totally different world than in Europe over in Ecuador though! Especially in rural Ecuador. Cheap, and quiet. We would recommend not staying in Cuenca but a smaller little place outside of Cuenca, for a more local traditional experience. 👍 Safe travels!

@@PlanFree can you compare your experience here to say Cartagena co or Bogota or Medellin? Thanks

Thank you Shanin.

I'll go check for you queries below now. Thanks! Lori

Hi and thanks for your questions! As we attempt to answer them here please keep in mind that we are not experts and just like any foreign country: the authorities in that area have the final say! We have heard that there are still some differences at different airports and different border crossings. But my understanding is, for your questions, #1. Yes, you just land and show your passport. #2. I have not read anywhere about showing proof of address where you'll be staying. So, we would say no, no proof of address required. #3. Again not 100% sure. Our plan is to make onward travel to Vietnam and I'm not yet ready to book the flights out of Thailand....so we will take our chances there and NOT have onwardd travel proof. I think the answer is no, you do not need to prove onward travel. But hopefully someone else in these comments can assist us. #4. No fee for the countries who are Visa exempt and get the FREE 60-day stay. #5. No there is no application needed. You simply fly to the country and land. Please remember that it is up to the discretion of the immigration officer as to how many days you will get. It IS normally 60 days for free. But they have ultimate discretion. Dont eliminate the possiblity of them deciding that a person gets less days....if they deem your travel is not for tourism purposes and, let's say, for work or permanent living...they may not grant the full 60 days. Now we don't write that to scare you but it is always, always at the discretion of the immigration officer of any country to look at each person's entry and if there's no reasonable doubt for purpose of travel then for sure you will get the free 60 days. After all that if you choose to overstay the 60 days and not go through the proper steps of extension you will face the consequences and fees from the Thai government at that point. So the 60-day free stay is meant to go and enjoy the country for 60 days and then either leave or go to an immigration office and properly go through the steps to extend for another 30 days. We hope that helps! Thank you for watching and we really appreciate your questions. Lori

Sure @ingarinehart7987! But we would prefer not to write her phone number here in public. Would you be able to email us at: planning2bfree@gmail.com ? Thanks!

You're welcome @mauimixer6040, we have used our hdmi cables in so many different countries now, it makes life so much easier! And it's fast to just pull.out your own cable. Glad we could help! Hope you like our handy links in our description area also. 👍 Safe and happy travels to you, Ayr & Lori

@randyholt6742 Thanks for listening and commenting!🙏😎

@TCB_with_Sylvie You're the best! Too sweet.🙏😎

@stephvargas8496 You're too kind, once again. Good to see you here, thanks for watching and commenting.🥂

It didn't make our list this time because Bonaire is not a location that we've ever lived in for any length of time (so far). There are hundreds of other locations... Indonesia, Asia, etc also, but for this video we put together our best list for locations that we've lived in. Have you spent some time in Bonaire @colinb8844? How would you rate the snorkeling? Thanks for watching our video and we're really glad you asked! Welcome!

Yes! Good for you, both for doing it yourself as well as catching the email in your junk folder @msbellyb! You gave a couple of extra good pointers here for people also so we thank you very much for adding your comment. Thank you also for watching! Is Puerto Vallarta your favorite area in Mexico?

@aarondavies-morris9777 We did not use any glue or sealant, only the plumbing clamps that came with it.

@aarondavies-morris9777 Coming up on 11 months later and at this point we still do not have any leaking. Are you planning on attempting this replacement soon? Thank you for watching and commenting.

Wow @bdjm8595, that's really cool. We loved reading your comment! It would have been really neat to be in your shoes in those days alright. ... love the story about climbing up the rocks and talking to the builder and yes it's very sad indeed. Thanks so much for watching our video and we really appreciate you taking the time to write your neat memory. Ayr & Lori

Happy to help @tcmazz! No, to our knowledge there are no other means of transportation for the public between the ABC islands. Airline only. We flew with Aruba Airlines at the time, but we are not sure they still operate. Do a search perhaps? (We haven't even heard of Winair! haha) We can't recall what was included in the flights we took but at that time we travelled each with a personal item, 1 carry on + 1 checked bag. The flight and all bags were no problem. It's a normal airline and you pay for what you require. You can also look at American Airlines, Copa airlines and Avianca. We always use www.cheapoair.ca to search flights anywhere before we travel! They show awesome options. Hope that helps! We hope it does and we appreciate the support in any way you can, check out our links in our descriptions...if you click on any of the Amazon links we put there and then do whatever normal shopping you normally do within 24hrs of clicking our link, Amz gives us a few cents "thank you"! .. just sayin! 😉 🥰

@@PlanFree Thanks will do!

Hi @PhoenixwayNet, It's a pretty short video, did you happen to watch it right to the end or even a couple of times? We physically hold up our green cards right in this video. So yes! You have to have your temporary or permanent residency AND your Mexican green card in order to do what we talk about in this video. If a person does not have a Mexican green card or have temporary or permanent residency in Mx they cannot enter Mexico in the "Mexicanos" line. This video is talking about after you receive your temporary or permanent residency and you are in possession of your Mexican green card how do you properly enter Mexico the first time, and it's as we described in this short video. We encourage you to watch it again a couple more times. 😉😁 Hope this helps! Thanks for watching! Ayr & Lori

Hi! What a great question. We should have asked! We didn't ask and didn't find out while living there unfortunately, sorry. There are so many different language schools, dozens! What we can do though is send a message to the people we rented from to see what they charge at their school. That might give you something to go on. Would that help or will you just try Googling it? Happy to help and we appreciate the question. Thanks for watching! Ayr & Lori

You are very welcome @ilianahernandez9473 and we are so glad you enjoyed our capture of Mindo! I think it will rain more in Sept than when we live there (Dec), but you kind of don't mind, it's so beautiful and fresh anyways. Rain gear (for sure shoes!) and an umbrella really do make it fine! You will love your time in Mindo, Ecuador. And we have other great spots to go and explore in other parts of the country also. Let us know if you plan to visit any where else in Ecuador, we can help guide you. 🥰 God bless you both and your travels! Ayr & Lori

Hi @tcmazz, Great questions! Maybe we'll touch on the scooter first. You know, there MUST be scooter rentals somewhere in Curacao! ...but we don't ever remember seeing one to be honest! Strange now that we think about it. If we were you, we would Google it. And start calling around. If all you find is car rental places, ask then if they rent scooters or if they know of any places that rent scooters. If that comes up dry, you might try joining some Facebook groups in Curacao and posting your message/question in those groups. 👍 After that you asked about renting close to the beaches on both islands. Aruba is easy! ALL beaches are FREE in Aruba. So, wherever you pick to rent and get to a beach will be free and easy. We enjoyed checking our Eagle beach but it was so overcrowded and a bit stinky from all the resort traffic....it was def not our favorite. Farther north into Palm beach and Malmok beach were more our speed and perfect for us. In Curacao, we could guide you better if we knew where you are able to get to (like will you for sure have a vehicle? Do you want to stay near Willemstad to see all that city stuff? Do you mind staying wayyyy out from the city and out in the quieter parts of the island (way up northwest on the island)?) If way out is ok for you then we definitely found that alllll the best beaches (for us) were located where Curacao pinches off small in the middle there and upwards, northwest. But, all those awesome beaches all need to be driven to! We did not explore the rental market way up there on Curacao but there would definitely be some. Try searching in the town of Sint Willibrordus and Barber. Now, those are VERY local type towns, no tourism, but they ARE closer to all of the beat beaches! If you needed to stay closer to Willemstad for whatever reason, you might try looking to rent near Parasada beach or Boka Sami Beach (located near Fort St. Michiel). We also remember getting free access to Jan Thiel beach, and it was ok but sooooo many people. That whole section of Curacao, all up and down the coastal area N and S of Willemstad) was very cool to explore (we lived there for 6 months and also had our own car) but none of those areas were very peaceful or attractive to us. Very interesting. Lots to see. But WAYYY over developed, many large and small resorts that claim their stake of that beach and deny entry to those who don't live/stay there....we many time couldn't gain access or couldn't even drive in past the security gate just to see the beach there... blech. You CAN gain entry to Mambo beach and development (it's nice for a day, see what they've built there, grab a crepe! haha), and you don't have to pay of you put your towel on the sand rather than the chairs. You can gain entry to Jan Thiel like we mentioned also. Again, good for a day. It will be trickier to rent up north and inland from the beaches in Curacao, but if we ever went back, that's where we'd look. And get a vehicle! In Curacao we rented in the Schubapeleweg area, east of the downtown area of Willemstad, and we found it perfect for our every day routine. Our dentist and gym (for ex) were near, beaches were close for an evening relax, and with our car it was no big deal to take Saturday morning and skip way up Northwest to go to our favorite beaches for the entire day. Plus then we could just walk out on our front street from where we were renting and hit lots of different food stands, grocery stores etc. We liked being "in town" for those conveniences but having a car was absolutely key! Whew! Did that help at all? ...wish we could go back and give you a tour ourselves!!

@@PlanFree thanks for your reply,. Will it looks like we found a place in Curacao not to far from Piscadera Bay are you familiar with this area? It close to Marriot Beach Resort not that we are staying there, apprx. 850mtrs As to Aruba we are good, only been there like 15 times so we are pretty familiar with Aruba. In Curacao we also found a moped rental place where you can rent a 50cc moped with a normal driver license. I'm going to post you one more question hopefully you can give me some insight on Airlines between Curacao and Aruba.

It's a very gorgeous spot...the wild flowers through June and July were endless and breathtaking. So glad you took the time to watch we really appreciate it and it was really good to hear from you Sylvie! Ayr & Lori

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed our video. Are you from Aruba or Curacao? Ayr & Lori

Thanks so much! We have seen maaaaan people just drive away from their RVs for the day not even thinking about it. ....and it only takes one big gust to run your day. And your awning! We hope this reaches the ears it needs to. Thanks for watching! Ayr & Lori

You're very welcome @edwinrosales6322. Welcome to our channel! Ask away if you have any questions. Will you visit San Pedro La Laguna? We made another helpful video on the "10 Best Places to visit in Guatemela" if that interests you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7rJuHt9XTsc.html Lori (& Ayr)

@@PlanFree my wife and I would love to visit San Pedro La Laguna and Panajachel; hopefully soon!

Oh great! Well sounds like you got our info in good time then. It's a great area. Most everything is uphill or downhill when walking about the little towns. Great exercise every day! We're here if you have any other questions! Safe travels! Ayr & Lori

@@PlanFree Thank you kindly! I do need the exercise! Thanks again for sharing your experience!

@edwinrosales6322 our pleasure!

Thank you for watching, and commenting with your opinion.

....should we be worried!?

@@PlanFree ? Why would you be worried? We just communicated via VRA and we are both travel channel. As I mentioned in the group of you don’t like my channel thats fine. In that case all the best!

...too funny! I'm Lori! Ayr (my husband) and I work on our channel together. He mentioned about connecting with someone but we thought it was someone else and also we thought it was going to be via email. So....when I got a random note here in the comments section....I figured it was spam! Lol. I'll let him know you've sent a message 😁🤣 In your original message connecting it would have been nice to have a little bit more information. "Let's connect" is a little brief. Were you more interested in: 1. connecting/collaborating; 2. promoting your channel; or 3. discussing niche related ideas?

@@PlanFree haha that's ok :) I could explain better :)

Alright 👍 And you could also answer our questions 😏😁

@@thooper4380 the linguistics is totally interesting to us also. We were keenly aware of the subtleties between the islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao) in many of the words that the locals spoke. We tried to get it right everywhere. We failed! Haha Good fun and very interesting. You'd enjoy the islands it sounds like. Thank you so much for watching and commenting we love that. And we hope you click the like button and subscribe to our channel for more awesome travel information videos. 👍 Ayr & Lori

Anything positive to say?

We wished we had more time and would have loved to visit and live in Xela. We heard a lot about it. If we ever return we will send you a note and enjoy some traditional foods with you! Sound good? Thank you so much for watching and commenting, we appreciate it. Please share the video if you can and click the like button for us. Ayr & Lori

Hey @thomasjohnrobinson4658, Depending on which part of our video you're referring to we either agree or disagree! Haha If it's the part about "staying in Thailand for the 60 days Visa exemption, leaving for a short time and coming back in again and being allowed to do that up to TWO times and then they'll say no", then we agree with you. You might have a little leeway with a kind officer who allows you to do it a third or fourth time or if you get an office who doesn't care or something like that and just stamps you into Thailand again. But, where we would have to disagree with you (if your comment was in response to it and not the above) would be in relation to all the other information about applying for the DTV Visa as an individual or a couple: those rules and fees are set. As well as being granted the 60-day Visa exemption upon arrival as a Canadian and being allowed to extend 1 time: those are set also and not up for the discretion of any given Thai officer. So, depending on which part of our video your comment was in response to we either agree or disagree with you, haha! Either way we thank you a lot for watching and we appreciate your comment! Ayr & Lori Geographically free since 2011 🙏

@@PlanFree A spokesman from the Thai government stated this on thursday.Personally I am on a visa extension for the purpose of retirement.I leave no money in a bank account I do my extension on income.We left Thailand on April 18 and return on October 24,my extension expires on 10 November,we did this to be tax exempt(178 days) and are spending our money in Europe.Really enjoying this year,the novelty and bullshit in Thailand is wearing thin.

@thomasjohnrobinson4658 it seems as though this might be what the Thai govt wants also! ....tourists and not long term stayers. 🤷‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️

@@PlanFree possibly and just shows how stupid they are.I have brought in an average of 1.5m baht a year since 2012 AND more importantly spent it in Thailand,we travel all over,staying in Thai owned hotels very rarely international chains.Going to Sardinia after the schools go back,knowhere in Asia can match the natural beauty of Corsica and Sardinia and their beaches.Well done greedy Thai's,you've done us a favour..

Thanks so much Lynne! @roundpaws Have you been to Thailand? Lori

@@PlanFree no. Looks beautiful.

It sure does. The world is so incredible and diverse! Have you seen our latest video on Plan Free Philanthropy? That's one of our other TY channels. We spent some time volunteering a few weeks in the summer, the last 2 years, in Canada's Okanagan region! Very cool organization. 🥰

You are correct. Visa exemption for Canadians. In other words, Canadians do not need a visa to fly to Thailand and stay and enjoy Thailand for 60 days. After that, you cab extend for 3o days or leave Thailand for a time and then you'd be allowed to return to Thailand one more time for a 2nd 60 day stay. Then we were told that would be it. The immigration officers would not allow us to do that again. Two entries per year. Thanks so much for watching and we really appreciate your comment! Ayr & Lori

Facts

Yeppers! Did you know all this already? Did we help you? Ayr & Lori

@@ntb8045 2 entries per year = 180 days,on that day you are classed as taxable in Thailand on money you bring in,worth considering.

Hi Clemente! How ARE you? We haven't heard form you in a while and wonder how you have been in Mexico? Where are you these days? We are going to check out Thailand because we have heard that it is less expensive than Mexico. Time will tell! Keep tuned in to our channel for info to come over the next 8 months, hopefully. Thank you for watching and we appriecate you checking in! Ayr & Lori

@@PlanFree I am in Mexico but closer to home in Texas. I can be at my House from my Mexican apartment in less than 30 minutes. I still have a room further south that I will have to pay again soon. Well, have fun and enjoy your travels!

@JuanMoreno-wo5yb wow, you're moving around too. Good for you. You're fortunate to have options and we are glad you have your residency to move freely! Have you considered Thailand?

Super! Thanks so much for letting us know @mariahakobjanyan8312, we appreciate it! Are you planning some travel to one of these islands? Ayr & Lori

Hi @kavielove7383! How cool to see you here. Welcome! Are you still renting in the same lovely little home near where we met you at the gym? 7:34 - 150 q is what we were charged for a propane refill. Bummer. Even though we had a great rapport with our landlord and he lived directly below us, it would seem like there was a little bit added on for the convenience of him having to call the propane guy for us hey!? Haha 7:48 - was our laundry cost ....hmmm. We got gringoed did we!? And I even messaged around! The lady who charged me 10q/lbs was right at the top of the path up from where you and we were renting Kavie, right yo past the English school and up to and across the main street. Named "Mary" (or something)? And it even came back barely smelling like it had been washed with soap at all. We should have asked you! Hope you like our videos, feel free to comment on any of them. Ayr & Lori

Hi back @ewock1878! Good for you for doing some research on how to travel from Puerto Escondido to San Jose del Pacifico. If you watch our entire video, perhaps again, we actually talk about where we walk to in Puerto Escondido to catch the very first collectivo and then we mention all the points along the way where we catch the different buses to get all the way. There are many different places in Puerto Escondido where you can catch the (first) collectivo to take you to Pochutla but we mentioned where we waited for our collectivo at 0:50-1:01 in our video! Did you catch that? Hope we helped! Thanks so much for RE watching! Please click the LIKE button for us also, or helps our channel a ton 🤗 Lori & Ayr

Great question @rebeccaedgett5846! We're going to say that you would NOT do what we say in this video and rather that you would enter through the visitor line (probably for your last time) because your temporary residency process would not be officially complete until after you enter Mx and after you go to your canje appointment and after you get your green card. Does that make sense? Like, think of it this way: after your consulate appointment in the US, will you have your green card? Thank you for watching, we really appreciate it. 🤗 We hope you subscribe to see more awesome videos from us on Mexico and other countries!

@@Fortran66-d7n For us, for almost any country we travel to, we always travel with USD$100-200 and just keep it handy. Especially when starting a trip. But the minute we get a chance to hit an ATM (at the airport lets say), we would withdraw the equivalent of a few hundred dollars (in Q in this case) to get starter. Or, if you can wait until you arrive at your final destination, if it's not too remote, you could always hit a local ATM in that town and withdraw some Q there. There are a few other factors you would need to consider for amount of withdrawal though: -how long is the overall length of your trip? -how are your accommodations being paid: if you already paid them in full you might not need that much Q for living. Or do you need to pay the balance of your rent in person when you arrive? Then you might need to withdraw a whole bunch more... Make sense? So long answer short we always travel with an amount of USD no matter where we go in the world, just in case, and then we withdraw local currency either right at the airport or at our first destination or overnight spot to last a portion of or the full length of our stay. * USD will not be accepted very much except for in Guatemala City and maybe a little in Antigua so we would really recommend getting Q. Congratulations on your first trip to Antigua and Lake Atitlan, Guatemala! Our first time was was recent also so our costs are pretty accurate for you. Wonderful to have another Canadian finding our channel we're here to help ask anything you like! Ayr and Lori

@@PlanFree are there any money exchange stores around Antigua or Lake Atitlan to exchange USD to Q? I always have a concern if my ATM card doesn't work or gets eaten by the ATM machine.

How long is your overall trip? Just so you know we did not exchange any USD into Q. So just know that before you read the rest of our answer. Ok? But, having said that if we were in your shoes and we're worried about our ATM card and only traveled with USD we would definitely change a little bit of our USD at the airport or an in Antigua. Because in Antigua there's going to be plenty of banks and different exchange services, and there are a lot of Travelers in expats in that small city. Once you get to Lake alAtitlan it's quite a bit smaller and quieter and the only small town around the lake that we think might exchange your USD into Q would be in town of Panajachel. The other small towns you're better to use the ATM with your card. Which town around the lake do you plan to stay in and for how long?

@@PlanFree planning Solo trip...3 days in antiqua then over to Pana for min. 2 weeks. I'll fly from yyz to sjo in Costa Rica for a few days then fly direct on Avianca to GUA then directly to Antigua by Uber. I've been a long time visitor to CR.

@@Fortran66-d7n sounds lovely! We think your plan of staying just 3 days in Antigua is plenty, we found the cobblestone streets and prices to be high(er)...good to see and good to go perhaps!? Haha Pana you'll like, it's got a good balance of products and service availability, it's local but larger. You'll really want to poo over to one of the smaller local towns though....so cute, quaint and lovely. Good for you and we hope you enjoy! If you're interested, we made a video of harvesting coffee right off the plant with a local family in San Pedro!: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fh1SvMBxxcs.html

That is a lovely 2/3rds of the trifecta, sounds like! Where would your 3rd country be for Sept-Dec? Thanks for watching and commenting! Love it, Ayr & Lori

@@PlanFree Santiago, Chile

@@jonathanLToronto ah interesting. Do you have specific reasons for choosing this site and country?

@@PlanFree Atacama desert, and Patagonia. I like beer more but maybe I will go there to enjoy some wine.

Ah yes. Well I am sure they will have both beverages for you to enjoy! ....although we would prefer a beer over Chilean wine also (not our fav)! Ayr is an avid fly fisherman and would relish the chance at traveling through the Patagonia area. 👍

Thank you so much @nannymarta4268! We agree! That's why we chose it, for sure. Plus the proximity for us to the gym we wanted to join was just a 5-minute walk on foot and with the scooter that we rented it was a quick drive down to Bacocho beach (one of our favorites) to go on long walks and to do body surfing.... very quick and easy to get to the tortilla seller and our coffee vendor for coffee grounds as well as Benito Juarez Market... We really lucked out. The only unfortunate thing is we had rented it for a full three or four months or something like that and even though we had booked the property for that property right through until the and of May, the owners still came to us a month in advance and said "oh sorry, you have to move out because we have a booking for Semana Santa." 😳 So they essentially took the higher money "booking" because it was offered to them and actually asked us to leave! They asked us in a nice way....but that was still NOT cool. We thought we had the place for the full stay in Puerto. Verbal agreement. Wild hey!? So we were forced to kind of scramble and find a new apartment and all we could find at that time, for Semana Santa month, was something just about double the price! If there's a lesson in this we could just recommend paying upfront or getting a short rental agreement signed that spans the whole time of your stay.... because what we had arranged was paying week-to-week and so they just used it as an opportunity to give us a month's notice to move out. Anyway overall they were super happy times in Puerto and we would probably go back if prices ever came back in line again (we heard they are a bit out of control right now). Are you living in Puerto right now or do you plan to go? Ayr and Lori

@PlanFree I plan to go in the next 6 months. Just retired, also just ordered my bc, so I can get my passport. So excited bc that makes it s☺️eem real. I'm watching hours of YT Thank you, yours are so helpful, and inspiring! 🤗 That's so disappointing what happened to you! Would you try to stay there again?

@@nannymarta4268 We could safely say that we would have no problems initially contacting the landlord to see if the prices are still in line with what we would want to pay. So the initial contact yes. No problem. After that, depending on what they said, would consider renting there yes. But we would endeavor to put a longer term rental agreement in place that would cover the full time and over any big holidays in Mexico! Congratulations on your retirement and passport, those are fun and exciting times for you! If you do quite a bit more research on rental prices and cost of living in Puerto Escondido and find that it's just too high, consider looking into even smaller towns with less infrastructure and less people. Good luck! We'll help where we can. Ayr & Lori

@@msmartyaz thank you for watching. We do hope we gave you things to think about. Happy and safe travels to you! Ayr & Lori

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