It's Tuesday and we got home yesterday afternoon. We came back on a different road than we went over on, this one was less twisty thru the mountains, but the problem was there was alot construction and detours. The other thing was we noticed there were no cops or those emergency phone boxes along the road in case one has car trouble, and the Rumorosa road has them all over the place.
So we came home empty handed. The house we were supposed to see at 7am Sunday morning was a bust. The house was HORRIBLE inside. I don't know how this woman was telling us (in Spanish of course)...oh- I'm going to paint it, and it needs to be cleaned up a little- you know how it is have a single man living in your house....It was a shithole, a dump. The floors were cement even though she said it was tile- it was tile in one small room and it was broken in places. The place looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years! So the big thing we learned was "really nice, or beautiful, or grande" is all a matter of perception.
As it turns out, the grandmother of Everardo's nephew lives in Ensenada and we called her because the nephew thought she might know about a house for rent. She didn't but was very nice and next time we go we will go to visit her. Her kids or grandchildren are around and maybe they can help us with some things like telling us the names of the neighborhoods; since I called on a house that was in an area called "Ojos Negros", and it was miles and miles outside the city-maybe half hour or 40 minutes inland. Most of the ads say in "colonia ..." naming the neighborhood, so we need to know which ones are in the city and which are not. Also, it seems her son lives on a rancho...but we're not clear if it's in the Ensenada area or not, but if it is, maybe we could pack up and store everything at their rancho while we look for a place.
So we have some homework to do. We also realize that we need to move up in price range for rents- at least initially to get in somewhere. There were lots of rentals in the 2000-3500 peso range, but they are horrible little places, so we need to be more at the 5000-6000 peso range (meaning up around $500 USD). We ran out of time before we could adjust our plans. Oh and another thing, we were used to houses not having refrigerator, but these houses have no stoves...and some have no hot water heaters! I find this amazing for a place to rent.
So we came home. I actually sent an email to thank the first guy with the house on his property that was out of the city, and while I was writing I thought- why not ask if he'd rent to us just for a month or two; he hasn't replied yet. We also need to see if we can work something out with Everardo's relatives. I just need to chalk it up to a learning experience, regroup, and start fresh.
We came home to hot hot hot!! The day before we left it had been a tiny bit cooler for 2 days, so silly me though ok, the heat is over and when we get back it will be headed for cooler. WRONG!! It's so hot outside that I thought I might burst into flame. But the good news is my motherboard came while we were gone and I dropped it off with the guy this afternoon- so I may be (maybe maybe maybe) using my laptop again!! Yipee!! This one is big, and heavy. We're planning to give it to Elena, Everardo's daughter. And Sam was so happy to see us! Poor baby, his skin is so dry from this heat and all the dirt, so this morning Everardo brought him to the vet for a nice medicated shower with oils for his skin. He doesn't seem to be scratching and last nite and this morning it was all he did.
Everardo is making fish for dinner. We had invited the woman and her husband who babysat Sam, but she forgot and called to say her hubby was sleeping- so I guess we'll eat the fish. She did a wonderful job, Sam is happy and she even did some yard work...she's a nice lady.
ok time to eat....
One unusual Mayan weapon was a “hornet bomb,” which was an actual hornet’s nest thrown at enemies during battle.
So we came home empty handed. The house we were supposed to see at 7am Sunday morning was a bust. The house was HORRIBLE inside. I don't know how this woman was telling us (in Spanish of course)...oh- I'm going to paint it, and it needs to be cleaned up a little- you know how it is have a single man living in your house....It was a shithole, a dump. The floors were cement even though she said it was tile- it was tile in one small room and it was broken in places. The place looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years! So the big thing we learned was "really nice, or beautiful, or grande" is all a matter of perception.
As it turns out, the grandmother of Everardo's nephew lives in Ensenada and we called her because the nephew thought she might know about a house for rent. She didn't but was very nice and next time we go we will go to visit her. Her kids or grandchildren are around and maybe they can help us with some things like telling us the names of the neighborhoods; since I called on a house that was in an area called "Ojos Negros", and it was miles and miles outside the city-maybe half hour or 40 minutes inland. Most of the ads say in "colonia ..." naming the neighborhood, so we need to know which ones are in the city and which are not. Also, it seems her son lives on a rancho...but we're not clear if it's in the Ensenada area or not, but if it is, maybe we could pack up and store everything at their rancho while we look for a place.
So we have some homework to do. We also realize that we need to move up in price range for rents- at least initially to get in somewhere. There were lots of rentals in the 2000-3500 peso range, but they are horrible little places, so we need to be more at the 5000-6000 peso range (meaning up around $500 USD). We ran out of time before we could adjust our plans. Oh and another thing, we were used to houses not having refrigerator, but these houses have no stoves...and some have no hot water heaters! I find this amazing for a place to rent.
So we came home. I actually sent an email to thank the first guy with the house on his property that was out of the city, and while I was writing I thought- why not ask if he'd rent to us just for a month or two; he hasn't replied yet. We also need to see if we can work something out with Everardo's relatives. I just need to chalk it up to a learning experience, regroup, and start fresh.
We came home to hot hot hot!! The day before we left it had been a tiny bit cooler for 2 days, so silly me though ok, the heat is over and when we get back it will be headed for cooler. WRONG!! It's so hot outside that I thought I might burst into flame. But the good news is my motherboard came while we were gone and I dropped it off with the guy this afternoon- so I may be (maybe maybe maybe) using my laptop again!! Yipee!! This one is big, and heavy. We're planning to give it to Elena, Everardo's daughter. And Sam was so happy to see us! Poor baby, his skin is so dry from this heat and all the dirt, so this morning Everardo brought him to the vet for a nice medicated shower with oils for his skin. He doesn't seem to be scratching and last nite and this morning it was all he did.
Everardo is making fish for dinner. We had invited the woman and her husband who babysat Sam, but she forgot and called to say her hubby was sleeping- so I guess we'll eat the fish. She did a wonderful job, Sam is happy and she even did some yard work...she's a nice lady.
ok time to eat....
One unusual Mayan weapon was a “hornet bomb,” which was an actual hornet’s nest thrown at enemies during battle.
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