Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Record Breaking 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends

 

DISCLAIMER: This blog post presented by PlayaWeatherman

The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season has thankfully come to an end. There was a record of 30 named storms. See the article by NOAA here.

Storm names for the Atlantic Ocean basin for 2020.  Crossed 
out names are storms that occurred.

Map of storms as of October 31, 2020.

Sunday, November 1, 2020

OPENING UP A BANK ACCOUNT IN QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO - PART THREE


Now that I have had my bank account for 6 months, I wanted to follow-up with you and share my experiences. 

Thursday, October 1, 2020

REVIEW: Night Runner 270 Shoe Lights by Night Tech Gear


Safety first.  That’s the first thing that comes to mind when I’m taking my walks at o-dark-thirty each day.  In addition to supportive walking shoes and clothing that wick in the heat and humidly of Puerto Aventuras, Mexico, I am also concerned about proper lighting.  

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

MAMMOGRAM SERVICES IN QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO





It was time for my annual mammogram, and I was a little nervous about finding an imaging center here in Quintana Roo, Mexico.  After a short internet search and reading a couple of local forums, I was able to identify four facilities:

Saturday, August 1, 2020

OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT IN QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO – PART TWO

If you haven’t already, please read Part One first

On Wednesday, July 1, 2020,  I contacted Paco again and asked him for the status of my card.  I explained that I wanted to schedule a taxi service for July 2, 2020 or July 3, 2020.  Paco responded by saying the card should be ready as promised, but provided me the name and contact number of Lupita, (executive at the bank and accountable for online banking), and asked me to call her to ensure that my card would be ready as scheduled.  On Friday, July 3, 2020, I called Intercam Banco and spoke with Lupita.  She checked on the status of my card and informed me that in fact, my card would be ready later that day.  

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Opening a bank account in Quintana Roo, Mexico – PART ONE

Before I get into the nitty-gritty of how we went about opening a bank account, I would like to share the story behind us making the decision to open an account.  It all started because of a loaf of whole wheat bread.  That is right, you read that correctly.  We opened a bank account because of a loaf of whole wheat bread.