We (and Molly the dog) made it back to La Paz safe and sound!  It is hard to believe our summer in Vancouver passed so quickly and that we have already been here for almost a week. 

The house looks amazing! Raul and his team of workers have done a fantastic job, but, as we expected there are a few “hiccups” and fixes to take care of… 

For example -  the entire pool had to be drained Friday, and, as we speak, is being entirely re-grouted. Looks like the tile grout cracked in the hot sun over the summer, and when the water went in a few weeks ago it started to leak! Raul admitted that he was so eager to get water in it that he forgot that the grout may have become porous over time. It’s good that it will be properly repaired. Hope to have the water back in tomorrow or Wednesday. 

Otherwise, finishing details to be completed before we head back to Vancouver for Christmas and then return via Guadalajara to buy furniture.

Car update - we talked to the mechanic (finally). He has not progressed much (if at all) on the car, but promises to have it ready for us in 25 days.  Hmmm… we’ll see - we are mildly optimistic as he is returning our calls now, and asked us to come Thursday to see the progress. Poor “Stu the Subaru”…In the meantime, we are driving “Joyce the Jeep” (our neighbours car) until then. Fingers crossed!

Paul has set up his new office in the main house now and the A/C unit is keeping him cool during office hours. Already the Casita feels more spacious without the computer equipment, 3 guitars and 2 amps! 

Saturday there was a tennis tournament up at Ed’s - Paul was invited to play, but he wasn’t able to this time as we had lots of running around to do.  We did however, join the “after party” which was lots of fun - I finally left the guys (and the tequila!) to carry on - Mexicans (and Paul) have amazing party stamina. (Paul also came to the rescue when a bottle of artisanal tequila from Guadalajara hit the deck, and an “emergency” was declared, luckily we had another bottle in the cupboard!)

Looking forward to our first visitor as Helga arrives Wednesday. Hopefully the new bed mattress will be delivered on time (Wednesday) so she has something to sleep on! Who knows if it will arrive, could be mañana. 

All our worldly goods. Locker on Annasis Island.

Passenger on the windscreen into town

Please don't turn the wipers on!

Draining the pool

Dos bodegas! 

Hard at it, watching the water go down

New roundabout in the neighbourhood

Comfy seats in the back

The local beer guy knows I'm back!

Fresh tortillas

ahh - The Burro Maya for lunch at McFisher

Don't worry, we walked away from this guy (it was touch & go)

Hopefully, the pool will look like this again soon