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Our Bus | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. Some people in our world-wide audience may not be familiar with our bus, so here’s some background to give you some idea of how we’re “roughing it”. We bought our bus in 1996. It is a 1957 PD 4104 that was a Greyhound in Florida in its previous life and was already converted, but we have slowly changed almost everything. I have replaced the engine with a newer 671 4 valve turbo. Dropping in the piston and cylinders. Putting some time on the new engine before installation.
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And Now the Fun Begins/Ahora comienza el trabajo…jajajaja! | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. And Now the Fun Begins/Ahora comienza el trabajo…jajajaja! The last week of June was a whirlwind of activity, packing up 3 years of accumulated bus-overflow, cleaning out our comfortable rut in order to vacate the Oaxaca Trailer Park which was set to close on June 30. But this is Mexico, and though our promise to buy/sell contract stipulated a June 30 possession date, that didn’t happen. Nor did the OTP really close – YET. At 6 am daily and the. August 19, Alex and his ...
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48 months later… | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. 48 months later…. Within the year we had found “a place to be from”, as in, “Where are you from? Today, we are a month into our renovation project – converting a former restaurant on a quiet cul-de-sac into our home. The open design of the existing palapa-type structure gave us the freedom to enclose spaces with walls, or not. And we have no problem having a 35 foot bus parked in our living room…it is and will be our bedroom. Fridge, stove and washer all in one week!
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The Wheels are in Motion | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. The Wheels are in Motion. After 3 years (! In our comfortable rut in the Oaxaca Trailer Park, we have finally found a permanent home for us and our bus. The entire trámite, which has yet to play out, will be a story for another day. But here’s the nitty-gritty:. So…the wheels are in motion, figuratively now and soon-to-be literally, as we prepare for the 15 km move. Then will be the renos to turn “La Verbena del Tule” into our new home. Laquo; Oh Canada! On 26 June 2011.
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What a Week it Was! | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. What a Week it Was! Calvin and I realized we needed to map out the plumbing and electrical in order to get supplies and be one step ahead of the workers’ needs. Adan busted out the bathroom floor with a Hilti gun while Leo and Giro made rebar forms for the. When the work crew left at 7 pm Monday I felt like it was too late to cook anything so we ordered pizza and veged out for the night – but we considered it had been a good day’s start. Calvin spent Thursday as an elec...
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Life in Oaxaca | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. Our official address is the Oaxaca Trailer Park, located in a beautiful residential neighbourhood in north-central Oaxaca. Colonia Reforma is near enough to everything we want and need, including a 15 minute walk to the Berlitz Language Centre. 20 minutes more, and you’re at the Zócalo, where there’s always something going on. Like we’ve always said, we’re not changing our way. Of life – just our where. Ain’t no bull. Stretching our legs and admiring the magnificent vie...
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The First Thanksgiving | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. Our neighbours help us celebrate Thanksgiving. This is also how he mixes cement. The work on our laundry/sewing room roof went quite slowly the rest of the day. Not so the day we had poured that roof. After Don Adán had spent a week breaking out the old concrete roof with a Hilti gun, then 3 days untying all the rebar that had. The ultimate in recycling. Two weeks have passed since that roof was poured and the. Calvin can never NOT change something. Alex says he will sl...
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Oh Canada! | Ventana Vistas
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News and Views from Us in our Bus. I truly enjoyed seeing family and friends in person rather than via webcam, visiting my old haunts, marvelling at the changes over the past two years. It felt like a familiar place, but not really “home” anymore. Your weather was disappointing! I forgot how long the late spring days are in the North Country, but really, snow in June? Many tank tops became increasingly crumpled in the bottom of my suitcase and I borrowed sweaters and jackets in four western provinces.
