My friend Garry, who I met 3 years ago when I came to Bucerias. Among other things, he was in my Spanish class back then.

A nice shot of palm trees from the rooftop of Garry’s place, right beside the ocean off Lazaro Cardenas in Bucerias.

Another shot from the rooftop, looking towards northern Bucerias.

Sunset from the top of Garry’s place. Getting this place has a bit of history behind it. Two years ago, Garry and myself were looking at renting long term places when he found this one. We entered into negotiation with the Mexican couple who owned the place.

Yours truly acted as translator and my Spanish was pretty limited. We went back and forth between Garry and the couple, with me translating from Spanish to English and back again. After 45 minutes of this, I was ready to fall on my face but we seemed to come to a satisfactory conclusion. That’s when Garry decided to make sure that everything worked out by talking to a neighbor who knew more Spanish than I did.

I got out of there as fast as I could; I was absolutely beat. Two days later, Garry informed me that all worked out and he got the place. He’s now been living there full-time, for over a year. Lucky dog. It’s a great place.

One last shot of a relaxed Garry. Mexico has done wonders for him, as it did for many of us who came here. It certainly made a change in my life; for the better.