Author Archives: Randy Devoli

Ajijic is a lovely lakeside town of about 11,000 people located on the shores of Lake Chapala, the largest lake in Mexico. It is a friendly community, with both locals and expats sharing farmers markets, holiday celebrations and wonderful dining opportunities. The city has many art galleries, yet the true art is displayed in theContinue reading “Ajijic, Mexico Sept 1-Nov 4, 2022”

San Miguel de Allende is truly an amazing city, a UNESCO World Heritage city as well as Travel and Leisure’s world’s best city in 2017, 2018, and 2021. We thoroughly enjoyed our time here. Cost of living is very low here. Our friend, Caulyne, is renting a 1 BR fully furnished, including utilities for $650Continue reading “San Miguel de Allende Aug 2-Sep 1, 2022”

We have been planning our USA visit for quite awhile. Randy’s Ojai Valley School 50th reunion, visiting the Baskins in Fountain Valley, CA, a stop in Vegas (timeshare exchange) and visiting our daughters in Seattle were all on our agenda. We had a lovely 4 days with the Baskins, enjoying food, conversation, hiking and life.Continue reading “USA Visit June 2-Aug 2, 2022”

What a beautiful paradise we found just west of Panama City. Playa Blanca is a large resort with condos, villas, hotels, shops, restaurants and the largest saltwater lagoon in Central America. Our unit is fantastic, 5th floor of Founders 1, a 12 story building. We are walking distance to a mini market, happy hours, cafes,Continue reading “Playa Blanca, Panama. March 16-June 1, 2022”

We took a private shuttle from La Fortuna to Alajuela, just outside of San José. We stayed at the lovely Alice and Juancito boutique hotel and caught our flight from Costa Rica to Panama the next day. Felix and his wife Mani, picked us up at the Tocumen airport in PC and drove us toContinue reading “Panama City, Panamá. Jan 21-Mar 16, 2022”

We chartered a private shuttle with Ricardo and his wife to La Fortuna. It took over 3 hours. We had a pleasant ride and enjoyable conversation with the opportunity to pull over for photo ops when needed. Our place is in Arenal Rooms and is quite cozy, that is, tiny. Unfortunately, we have almost noContinue reading “La Fortuna, Costa Rica Dec 7-Jan 20”

We flew into Liberia airport from Houston. Pleasant and uneventful flight. We did check our bags. We have come to the conclusion that a 22 lb carryon and a backpack (maybe 15lbs) is a bit much to lug on and off a plane. Once we get back to the states in June, we will sellContinue reading “Playas del Coco, Costa Rica Oct 24-Dec 7, 2021”

We finally got out of the country a year later than planned. La Paz and even Mexico were not on our initial list, but proved to be a relaxing, budget friendly stop before heading to Central America. At an average of $36 per night, our Airbnb is walking distance to many stores, restaurants, banks, quickContinue reading “La Paz, Mexico Sept 15-Oct 23”

We spent the last 30 days on multiple dentist and doctor appointments, visiting our daughters and several of our Seattle friends and just further downsizing for the start of our international travels. We visited some old Seattle haunts, went to Ellensburg and Index, Woodland Park Zoo, Edmonds Arts Festival and Green Lake. It was aContinue reading “North Seattle Aug 15-Sep 14”

We finally made it back to the Seattle area, residing in Snohomish, about 40 minutes north of Seattle. We are back to visit our daughters and take care of medical and dental visits before leaving the country. We have a great Airbnb in the basement level of a large home. The married couple who ownsContinue reading “Snohomish, WA July 11-Aug 15”