Don't Drink the Water!! Huh?
Sorry I have been so slack this last few months. In a nutshell, we are back with Apolima in La Paz at anchor, Gary is back in Canada driving truck, I have been enjoying being a recluse on the boat just puttering around, and grandson Johnathan arrived on the weekend from Calgary Alberta, Canada.
I really wanted to do this post because of some of the misinformation he arrived with.
First of all, he didn't bring a bank card or any Mexican money. Oops, mistake # 1. The Baja, at least as far as we have gone which is to Santa Rosellia, has loads of banks and bank machines, including Scotia Bank, and HSB. No bank down here want to take much cash, and even if they do, you will stand in line forever. When we first came down we asked the Royal Bank to get us $2000. in Pesos and it took them a few days but we brought it with us. We could have gotten $200, and the rest from bank machines but didn't know then what we know now. I have used a money changer once, but the extra charges and the exchange rates were really bad, so I changed Johnathan's money at the bank rate so he would have more spending money to play with.
The second thing that he says came up with all his friends was "don't drink the water or eat anything that comes in contact with water, including ice cubes"! Wow, we should be dead by now. Our water here is not a problem. Granted, I do put my drinking water thru a Shaklee water filter, mostly to get out the chlorine taste, because we add chlorine to our tanks because sometimes they sit for months, but I buy ice cubes at the local store, use ice cubes from any restaurant that I go to, and wash dishes with good old Baja water. I will state again, that the only experience I have had this time around is in Baja Sur, and there maybe places in Mexico to be concerned about but definitely not here.
Another really gross fallacy was not to eat things raw! Wow, you can't beat the veggies down here for raw and tasty, and ceviche which is raw clams or fish, depending on how you make it, has rave reviews from everyone. What a shame to come all this way and miss out on the best that the area has to offer.
I really wanted to do this post because of some of the misinformation he arrived with.
First of all, he didn't bring a bank card or any Mexican money. Oops, mistake # 1. The Baja, at least as far as we have gone which is to Santa Rosellia, has loads of banks and bank machines, including Scotia Bank, and HSB. No bank down here want to take much cash, and even if they do, you will stand in line forever. When we first came down we asked the Royal Bank to get us $2000. in Pesos and it took them a few days but we brought it with us. We could have gotten $200, and the rest from bank machines but didn't know then what we know now. I have used a money changer once, but the extra charges and the exchange rates were really bad, so I changed Johnathan's money at the bank rate so he would have more spending money to play with.
The second thing that he says came up with all his friends was "don't drink the water or eat anything that comes in contact with water, including ice cubes"! Wow, we should be dead by now. Our water here is not a problem. Granted, I do put my drinking water thru a Shaklee water filter, mostly to get out the chlorine taste, because we add chlorine to our tanks because sometimes they sit for months, but I buy ice cubes at the local store, use ice cubes from any restaurant that I go to, and wash dishes with good old Baja water. I will state again, that the only experience I have had this time around is in Baja Sur, and there maybe places in Mexico to be concerned about but definitely not here.
Another really gross fallacy was not to eat things raw! Wow, you can't beat the veggies down here for raw and tasty, and ceviche which is raw clams or fish, depending on how you make it, has rave reviews from everyone. What a shame to come all this way and miss out on the best that the area has to offer.
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