Nothing to Mope about | Long Time Gone

***I’m losing more and more people that I care about lately. But I don’t feel like I’ve changed.***

So, I’m living it up here at the Mope Resort on La Paz beach in San Narciso. Running way behind schedule, so I’m going to have to hurry through this post and get back out to see new places other than this keyboard. I had a nice first day yesterday, taking a walk around the neighborhood. Lots of new places have opened, but I ain’t see many expats out and about. Three altogether yesterday. Matt, the owner of Mope Resort, is currently out of town, but his wife gave us a warm welcome. I chuckled when I was reminded what “Mope” stood for: Matt’s outta pocket expenses. The Resort is for sale, and there may be only one other room occupied at the moment, but we are enjoying our stay regardless. Okay, need to run, but before I go I’ll throw up some photos from yesterday’s adventure:

***The thirty-two-kilometer journey to get here.***

***A chicken burger for lunch upon arrival at Mope. I could only finish half of it.***

***That would be the beachfront road I’m talking about.***

***This house caught my eye because of the “for sale” sign out front. I liked the vibe of the place. Swan called the number, and it is 8 million pesos (around $160,000.)***

***Our loop around brought us back to the far end of the beach.***

We loved going to Kon-Tiki when it was down the road from Barretto. This version has recently opened here. It doesn’t have the beach vibe we like, and the menu isn’t as appealing, but we’ll give it a try one of these days.

***We were looking forward to seeing an ocean sunset.***

***Heading back to Mope, we passed a cluster of street food stands that weren’t there when we last visited.***

***You don’t see a 1960s Ferrari very often in the Philippines.***

***Back at Mope, we climbed up to a second-floor covered deck to watch the sun show.***

So, I took LOTS of photos. Some I zoomed in on, others I cropped, and the rest are just on normal settings. Sit back and enjoy the show:

And that was that.

***Back downstairs for more beer by the pool. That’s the deck we watched the sunset from.***

***I’m not sure drinking pool water is a good idea kitty, but you do you.***

Then it was off to our room for a good night’s sleep and getting ready for day two.

It’s now December 2018 in the LTG archives, and in this post, I claim to have gotten down to “the heart of the matter.” Basically, I didn’t have love in my life, but I had reached the point where I was okay with that. You can probably guess how long that lasted. Even so, I finally found my keeper, so it all worked out in the end.

For today’s YouTube video, I’ll share the latest from Reekay talking about the “part-time living in the Philippines” option. I used to do six months in the USA and six months in Korea when I first retired. It wasn’t bad, but it never really felt like I was at home in either country.

Some humor before I go:

***I never do that. Sometimes I give the toilet a loving hug, though.***

***Don’t drive it when you are sauced!***

Okay, I’ve got a sunset to attend to and a thirst to quench. Later, gators.

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