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The Quest for the Elusive Mung Beans -- A Visit to Abastos from Ajijic / Lake Chapala

Kan, on Kung FuLike an aspiring knight in a medieval fairytale who had been told to bring back the egg of a fire-breathing dragon or a nascent American Indian brave who had been given the task of producing a specific feather from a fearsome bird on some faraway mountaintop, I now had my challenge: bring me the mung beans.
 
In this case, the one issuing the challenge was none other than my wife, Jet, a devoted cook who sees the world as her laboratory.  “Lakeside is a ‘pot luck...

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Mahahual to Chetumal, Mexico: An Otherworldly Lake, a Time Machine, and Great Presents for Everyone

Bacalar Lake with piersAlmost on cue, just minutes after my wife Jet was finished with her massage on the beach in Mahahual, the wind picked up, and we and everyone else could notice that the squalls that earlier were further out and more separated were now consolidating and moving closer.  Evidently not strangers to what would happen next, everyone but us folded up and headed for nearby shelter.  Having a full itinerary, we got in our van, retraced the road back to the main highway, and made a left...

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I Have Needed to Change the Way I Think Since I Moved to Panama

I moved to Panama about seven years ago.  I thought differently (much differently) when I first moved to this interesting, fun filled, beautiful and different country.  When I first came to Panama, I thought like an American. 
 
I thought I could get things done like I used to in the USA.  I was wrong, very wrong back then.  I thought a lot of the laws, rules of living, customs, do's and don't's would be the same .... They aren't!  Panama is Latin America, not USA...

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