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One of the many things that I absolutely ADORE about Thailand is the street food. Right at the beginning of our morning walk toward the US Embassy, by way of Lumpini Park, we luck out and for less than $2 we get some barbequed pork on a stick, some sticky rice and BLAM – Living The Dream!

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A quick flight up from San Jose del Cabo. Gracie (with her C-1 Transit Visa) heads off to Bangkok and I head over to Las Vegas for the vmworld-2017 Conference at Mandalay Bay.

Here’s a link to our Hotel, Casa Natalia:
https://www.agoda.com/partners/partnersearch.aspx?cid=1730848&pcs=1&hid=182502

It was really nice and quiet!

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We walk around San Jose del Cabo while staying at the beautiful and quiet resort: Casa Natalia.
Here’s a link to the ‘Casa: https://www.agoda.com/partners/partnersearch.aspx?cid=1730848&pcs=1&hid=182502

A Great, Easy, one night in San Jose – Love this place! Enjoy the beach!

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We hop on a Volaris flight to SJD (San Jose del Cabo) and spend the night in a great hotel near Plaza Minjares in old San Jose.

I’ve done other videos of the location so its a real treat to be able to share it with Gracie. Stay tuned for more travels.

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After about 2 months of publishing nothing, its time to start up a regular cadence of videos. Fear not, I’ve still been living my a** off for the last month or so, living in Tijuana and commuting up to work at USD. BUT, Now its time to head down to one of my more favorite places in Mexico: San Jose del Cabo.
Here’s a brief update on the happenings.

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I went down to Mexico a few times over the last week. Mainly with the goal of figuring out how to stay with Gracie since she will be here (there) for 50 days. The Mexican Tourist Visa was fairly straight forward once we started the process. SEVERAL times the folks at the Mexican Embassy simply told use to “Just get a Schengen Visa and you can use that to get into Mexico…” Right… that’s kind of like saying, “Just get a US passport and you’ll be able to come into California for lunch…”
Easier for some, difficult for others. Personally, I think it is more of a way for Mexico to not have to bother issuing visas However, you do need to at least fill out some paperwork when entering Mexico, even if you HAVE a visa. Anyway, with Mexican Visa in hand Gracie will be in Tijuana the end of this week.
We’ll be hanging out in some AirBnB’s and possibly heading down to Puerto Vallarta or San Jose del Cabo/Cabo San Lucas or La Paz.

For now though, I’ll basically be staying with her in TJ and crossing the border in the mornings like many people do, heading up their jobs in the San Diego area.

This video shows a co-working space I discovered that is very close to the PedWest Mex to USA border crossing.
Co-Working Space: http://www.centroventures.com/wrk
Living Area: http://www.centroventures.com/lvng
Retail Space: http://www.centroventures.com/rtl

The Whole area – http://www.centroventures.com

Thanks, hope you enjoy!
~mikes

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After a LOT of paperwork,, interviews, second interviews, 6 train rides, taxis, motorbike trikes, walking, and WAITING In Line all over the place, Gracie has a 6 month, Multiple Entry Tourist Visa for Mexico!!!!

This is so awesome and a REAL SUCCESS as it allows her to visit VERY near where I live. Additionally, as you may have seen in previous videos, I discovered that San Jose del Cabo is also a GREAT place to hang out.

Next Step: Schengen Visa and then ideally US Tourist Visa. The latter, I’m discovering, is not a simple task. The “proof” that you will return to your home country seems to be quite subjective.
Proving that you own land in your home country is apparently one of the reasons you will return. By contrast, I sold my house years ago – BEST thing I ever did. I now rent. Does this mean I might not return from other countries to live in the US? Not really.
Believe ME, I am not saying that there shouldn’t be boundaries and clarifying documented proof that you will absolutely not leach off the social welfare system that is excessive in the US.

Other countries don’t have this issue because they have systems in place that do not allow for that behavior. I FULLY appreciate the fact that to obtain a Schengen Visa you have to obtain Medical Insurance for the duration of your stay. That is Awesome! I actually wish tourists to the US had to prove that.

…so, This and a few other topics are part of this check-in from one of my favorite places in the world: World’s End in Hingham, Massachusetts.

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One of the oldest continuously used churches in the United States is the Old Ship Church in Hingham, Mass. It gets that qualification as I am sure there are in fact OLDER Churches in the US However, most are not still being used or have been continuously used. Regardless of the limitation you might think they are putting on it, This Church, holds a special place in my heart – a great memory of my childhood, having fun playing in the pews as a boy I a huge building full of forts! Awesome, right!!!??

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