Day 5 Pickelball & HSBC

Made it to the PB courts today. As luck would have it, there was a festival going on - lots of good pics.

As for PB, it was super hot (28 - 30C) but good fun - lots of friendly good players. Seems many of the players have moved here permanently from other states, but there were also some locals, and some Canadians down for several months. There was 1 young Mexican artist who often showed up and was a delight to play with. Caught a taxi there, but took the local bus back - that was an experience. . . . .

My saga with the banks continued. I went to HSBC to talk to someone - fortunately his English was quite good. Bottom line - if I wanted to take out more than 2,000 pesos ($150) at a time I had to call my bank. Fortunately, once I got through, after numerous questions, they increased the amount I could withdraw to $2,000 so all was fine. I then called Diego’s Dad and he came over to collect the 12,000 pesos I still owned. All was fine.

That night Sue & Hank invite me over for dinner - so thoughtful ….Leggi altro