Weather and el niño

el niño

Everyone, yes well maybe not everyone as some people already know, that whenever I speak with them about Guatemala, all they can think of is "heat."

Well that is true is has heat here. 

But not exactly where I was.

By that I mean I was hardly ever in a tropical zone. I lived mostly in the western Highlands and at an elevation of 2330 metres or for you folk still not in metric that is 7600 feet. 

Now back a few years ago when I lived for a time in the Canadian Rocky Mountains well yes those mountains are a lot higher than the mountains in Guatemala. In western Canada, Alberta and British Columbia I lived at an elevation of around 1460 metres and once again for the folk using standard measure, that's around 4600 feet. At the time well, I thought I was living at a high elevation.

In Guatemala there are two great major mountain chains and then three major geographical areas. There are also several sub-geographical areas The difference in elevation which can be drastic produces sharp contrasts in temperature and all in such a small country. I come from Canada and it is really big, so yes Guatemala is small compared to that. (heck every country but China is smaller than Canada)..  But this blog is about Guatemala, not Canada. I should start that Canada blog soon.

Anyway back to temperature differences...
This link maybe explains than a lot better and in greater than I can. 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Guatemala


All that aside, here where I always seem to end up, is warm during the day and yes cool at night.

Warm is being say, mid twenties Celsius and again for you folk still in that old way of measuring things, that is around 80 F during the day and yes sometimes it can get a lot cooler at night. I have seen frost in February (early mornings) which is darn cold, in Celsius or Fahrenheit.

So is it hot and sweaty in Guatemala? 

Well Quetzaltenango (Xela) being at such a high elevation (remember) the air is dry and very comfortable during the day. But just about an hour or so west towards the Pacific Ocean, well it starts to get hot and sticky really fast. You can actually feel it happening the closer you get to the Pacific. And once there on the Pacific shores well, it is very hot and yes very sticky and a sweaty place to be.
There is such a major difference in temperature and humidity in such a short distance. 

BUT

I have seen it rain, that is heavy rain, not just a shower in the dry season. 

So what is happening? 

Maybe as people are saying is is all because of 

el niño

 or 

Global Warming 

Well something is happening, because things are somewhat, a little different than when I first arrived down in Guatemala back in early 2010. 

Who knows what that is... 
But I somehow suspect that we (humans) are involved in this change of weather patterns...and that is not good at all.

Climate change happening here?

Well, that is a real concern because I came here to escape the winter...

I just hope it does not snow in Guatemala.

Guatemala and Canada

Guatemala and Canada

When I first started writing this blog way back then it was to let people now what I liked about Guatemala and to maybe have them experience what I have experienced in Guatemala.

http://visitguatemala.com/en

I did that and and experienced a rush of people from all over the world wanting to know more about this enchanted country. Guatemala is a special place. It took my heart, it was my quest and thus my blog became heartquest.

Most people, the Guatemalans and sometimes people from the USA that  I meet and experience here think I am an american. Well I am in the sense that,America is a continent (not a country as some people wrongly think) and I live on that continent.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/north-america/

The actual country on the continent of North America that I am live in, is called Canada. It's the big one just north of the USA.

http://www.rcgs.org/maps


We are actually the largest country after China on planet earth.... so here is a very BIG link...

https://www.google.com.gt/search?q=cartoon+map+of+canada&tbm=isch&imgil=rlj1bLweyYUvrM%253A%253BlBbKsDlV4TeHxM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.lahistoriaconmapas.com%25252Fatlas%25252Fcanada-maps%25252Fcartoon-map-of-canada.htm&source=iu&pf=m&fir=rlj1bLweyYUvrM%253A%252ClBbKsDlV4TeHxM%252C_&usg=__cs9hOX65ZLcAvXMQZTt_MHlzxCs%3D&biw=931&bih=446&ved=0ahUKEwi7hoX3rJHLAhUI1R4KHR3YBt8QyjcIOA&ei=gyHOVvu4IIiqe52wm_gN#imgrc=rlj1bLweyYUvrM%3A

That aside, our population is very small for such an expanse of land.

Some history...

Canada is what is called a constitutional monarchy. The top person in charge of the the country of Canada is voted in and that person is a Prime Minister (not a president), while yes Queen Elizabeth the Second is our head of state. A governor general represents the queen in parliament.

Etc bla bla bla...

Unlike the USA we have more than one party that can be elected and become the leading and ruling party of Canada. In the last election there where several parties wanting to be elected. We had the New Democratic Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. There where also smaller parties such as the the Green Party but in reality it was only three main ones that that had any chance of success.

The Liberal Party who's platform was change won the last election.

http://www.liberal.ca

In Canada the term of office for any party in charge is four years. But that party if it remains a favourite of the people can have as many successions of that four year term as possible. There is no limit in Canada like there is in the USA (two terms of four years) and Guatemala (one term of four years) so in Canada a party could in theory remain in power forever.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is our current leader of the Liberal Party in Canada. His platform was change and change to happen for the good of all Canadians.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/meet-justin-trudeau-canadas-liberal-boxing-strip-teasing-new-pm-n447636

In part of that change his cabinet has an equal number of men and women (a first ever) in it. Also for the first time two members of the first nation people are on his cabinet, giving them a strong visible representation.

We call the first people that settled here in Canada "first Nation people" not Indians. After-all
Indians come from India not from here... and the only Indians in Canada now well they immigrated to Canada from India, didn't they?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations


All of this makes me think that some of the people that wrote the history of the early days where not that educated... and the anyone that thinks the same way today, well ditto.


Meanwhile back to the main topic...


Canada through one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promises is allowing refugees from war torn Syria to be settled into Canada. He is doing that and many have already settled into a new life in Canada. From my prospective and from similar moves that happened in the past all these people will become solid deeply involved in the future of Canada.


http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/welcome/index.asp?wbdisable=true



Back once more to that main topic... Canada... ah I get distracted so easily.



Well... Canada has ten provinces.

And Canada also has three territories.


I, yes well I was not born in Canada. I was born in a small country in the United Kingdom called Wales.

http://www.thewalesmap.com/

The language of Wales is Welsh, not English, although English is spoken there as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language

In the country of  Wales (Cymru), the language Welsh (Cymrieg) is now officially and a compulsory language in the school system. Where I was born in Wales (north Wales) you must speak that language Cymrieg in school and in business first and English as a second language.


http://cymraeg.llyw.cymru/splash?orig=/



So what happened next then?

Well what happened next was that after being in Wales for almost ten of my first years on planet earth.. well...

THEN

Everything changed...

http://www.lastoceanliners.com/

My father, my mother, my young brother and my sister.. and along with me, well we all got on a huge ocean liner and sailed across the North Atlantic, got a little seasick along the way and yes immigrating into Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQyrEzUsQ8E

It was a long journey and back then the only way to travel.

Foolishly I have done that twice since, crossing the North Atlantic Ocean, yes and getting seasick on a steam ship. The last time I crossed the north Atlantic Ocean we ended up on the tail end of a hurricane. I will never do that again, nor should anyone else, unless you like hurricanes at sea.

HOG TOWN (Toronto)

http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/10/how_toronto_got_the_nickname_hogtown/

My family all settled in Ontario (one of the ten provinces of Canada) and are still there. My father was a minister of the church and had found a Welsh United church in Toronto that needed a Welsh speaking minister. He was set up pretty good there and had a very good life in Toronto. The church is still there and is called Dewi Sant Welsh United Church and is the only Welsh church in Canada. http://www.dewisant.com/


I grew up in Ontario, namely the city of Toronto... 
http://www.toronto.com/

THEN

Then well I had itchy feet for travel it seemed and thus I did and traveled and lived and worked in five of the ten provinces and one of the three territories. So while I am not an expert, I do know and understand a great deal about Canada.

The ten provinces are (from east to west)...

Newfoundland; Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Ontario. Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta; and British Columbia. 

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/canada-quiz.php

The three territories are Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Yukon. In 1999 a part o the Northwest Territories was separated to form Nunavut.

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/province/nwtz.htm

I have worked and lived in Quebec (a summer); Ontario (many years, growing up there); Manitoba (a winter..brrr); Alberta (several years) and presently I call British Columbia home.

I also lived in Yukon one of the three territories. Yukon is known as the land of the midnight sun and for part of the summer the sun never sets in the far north of Yukon anyway. Then of course for part of the winter the sun never rises.

http://www.travelyukon.com/Explore/Midnight-Sun


I live now on the west coast of British Columbia on an island called Vancouver Island. It is about a three hour ferry ride, or a twenty minute float plane flying experience, to the city of Vancouver.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g154935-d4782219-i136466913-
Harbourfront_Walkway-Nanaimo_Vancouver_Island_British_Columbia.html


http://www.explorevancouverisland.com/travel_map_vancouver_island_bc_canada.htm



I have been down into Guatemala five times (and my espanol should be better). My problem is that I write in English and a lot. I write a blog, well more than one, but one is the main blog.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/396598310907603439/


I have also written some stories, books even.  I wrote a screenplay (Clowns) and then wrote the treatment for it with the intent of selling it. But if I can have my way (hope, hope) I would like to produce that myself.

I also wore a musical based on some Latin music. It was originally written for the Tango, but then I changed it for the Salsa. I also wrote two other stories, both period pieces, one set in 18th century North America and the other set in 11th century Wales.

I also have the background and story-line for something called Back Stabbers a project that I am also working on which is partly based on true events.
.
My main fictional work that I am presently toiling on is an action, adventure,romance story which is nearing completion. I will publish that one first, most likely within the next few months

http://www.123rf.com/stock-photo/canadian_money.html?mediapopup=555161

Living in Canada on a Canadian pension is impossible without working at least part time somewhere. I do that when I am there in Canada or I work seasonally sometimes.

I can though live very well in Guatemala on my pension even with the weaker Canadian dollar.

The problem with that is that when one gets older, we like to be closer to family and they are all in Ontario, Canada aren't they?  Another move coming?

In the meantime, writing stories is my outlet, is my part-time work, possible my seasonal work as well and is my way of subsidizing my pension monies.

It works.
so off to work, I have much to accomplish...

Back Stabbers

TRUTH...


I believe that truth will set is all free.

Let me tell you a little story.
I live in Canada and from time to time, a lot it seems, I travel down to Guatemala and when there I help people in whatever way I can. 

That could be helping with money, with giving someone a bed when they have no place to sleep, giving someone a better chance at a new life by putting someone through school. 

It could also mean helping with something as simple as fixing their shower, doing some electrical work, teaching someone to drive, helping out with housing construction projects, helping out with ideas and new ways to do things.

It works. 

It works because the people I help well they become better off from my actions and it is better for me, because it makes me feel really great.

Whenever I live in Guatemala, I seem to collect things. Things being furniture, kitchen equipment, appliances, tools (to fix and help people with). 

Some of these things I use to make my life easier and others things, I use to repair things and other things I have to be able I to give away to people that needs these things.

I am not a rich man and I live on a pension when in Guatemala. 

I cannot afford to keep getting new things every-time I am in Guatemala, so then I was offered a free place to keep everything I had collected.  

This was from some people I had met and they where from Texas. They where running a parking lot in Guatemala, which is another story altogether. 

At the time I was very happy to accept their very kind offer.

BUT

At the time I did not know about their illegal activities. 

But what I found out later was pretty horrible as they where involved in some despicable things that involved 

drugs

alcohol

human trafficking
(The latter I feel is a rumour... but knowing them now it could be true).

But as I said, at the time all I knew is that they had a place that was being offered to me and it was (free) to store my things in, for as long as I wanted. 
I suppose looking back I should looked closer at what they where really doing.

Then something terrible happened. 

When I arrived back in Guatemala, they had either given away or thrown out all my belonging. 

It wasn't a lot as far as money goes, maybe 20,000 Quetzals or about $4000 CAD, but it was things I needed to assist me in helping people. 

The only explanation I got was that I had bad mouthed them to strangers. 

This is of course was totally untrue. 

Why on earth would I ever do that? 

I was in the business of helping not hurting people. I knew that for some reason, someone I knew or knew them had.... Back Stabbed me. 

So can I forgive them for their misguided actions? 

To be truthful, I am having a difficult time doing that, but I am trying. 

When it first happened, I felt like giving them a taste of their own medicine but I am not a person that is violent or into vengeance.

But then I thought that something needs to happen. 

So I have decided to tell the truth, the whole truth and allow everyone reading these words to be the  judge. 

I will not do it here, this blog is not the place for that kind of activity. 

So I have decided to put together a book that I will publish online, an eBook. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go towards helping people. 

I call the book Back Stabbers.

The Analyst, A man with a Secret: Leading a double life

The Analyst

A Man with a Secret: Leading a Double Life.

The story is based on a premise, a scenario of "what ifs."

It seems whenever we look at the news on-line or in the newspapers there are people out there and all they do is create havoc and pain for everyone else. 
Above the law they are in control of:

drugs 
prostitution
gambling
human trafficking
child porn
money laundering 
terrorism
organised crime

They have their causes, bend the rules to suit their needs, misinterpret values and religious ideologues to suit their own goals that have little to do with reality. 
They are above the law it seems. 

They know how to use the systems to their advantage, buy off witnesses, bribe officials, make people disappear... they are above the law and it seems untouchable. They even get away with murder, yes literally.


"What if" there was as organisation out there that would take care of these people, these organisations and the undesirables that control them.


"What if" this organisation operated separately from other law enforcement groups, and operated without bias and yes in total secrecy and above the law. 

No fancy announcements when the "bad guys" are taken care of. 

They would just disappear, without any fanfare, or proclamations of "we did it" and they would just be gone.
Just a silent disappearance, never be seen or heard of ever again.



"What if"my story was about one of the operatives that works for such an organisation.

The organisation is simply called The Company with no real street address, no phone or fax numbers, no Internet IP addresses and for all practicality it only exits in thought, in ideas.  

The Company is totally autonomous and needs to be, to operate effectively.

The Company operates under the guise of another organisation that investigates highly level fraud in and with travel it allows its operatives (assassins) to travel freely anywhere in the world without suspicion.

So our hero, the operative (the protagonist) lives a dual life. 

On one hand he is a well liked man with a loving wife, two daughters, yes even a grand daughter, has a great job, and is well known and liked in his community. 

But in his other life he is a well trained and highly skilled assassin. 

His background:

Born in England he immigrated to Canada with his mother after his elderly father dies. He attends schooling (university) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

He later goes back to England and joins the Royal Marines (dual citizenship) working with 3 Commando Brigade. The missions are highly secretive. During this time he also works on occasion along side of other commando units such as Navy Seals on joint operations. 

Returning after several years he is recruited by The Company and receives further intensive and specialized training. 

The Company is hidden beneath the confines of an insurance
company.

International Insurance & Global Fraud Inc.
New York, New York (headquarters)
Paris, France (branch office)
London England (branch office)

Our hero lives in a small town just outside of Newark, New Jersey, USA with his wife, who is totally unaware of his real work. 


Interested? Want to read more....

The Analyst

A Man with a Secret: Leading a double life.

COMING SOON ... to an eBook near you..... free for early orders....

Magical Christmas moments

Pushing through the clutter of my memories, I can still clearly see precious moments in time and yes remembered here. My father was a church minister and back then, no one doing that kind of work had any spare money. There was also no real security in the profession really and as God was more concerned with capturing new souls, well dad was not going to get any help there.

He used to build us toys for Christmas. Now in a childs idea of reality what he built back then and the imagination created was pretty well very much right on par. He somehow was able to capture what we needed and I have no idea how he did that. Then with whatever he could scrounge, beg and borrow he was able to create such magic.

There was that small steam engine train he built out of mostly discarded tin cans, to the fret cut wood donkey and cart and yes I just cannot ever forget the toy fort with its sliding front entrance way corner turrets and raised walkway for soldiers to guard the treasures within. Years later, after I had exhausted my imagination he rebuilt that same fort for my younger brother. He was in reality creating for us what he missed himself in the bare existence he experienced as a child. 

What causes someone to do that? 

Love of course was there, but beyond that I believe he also just needed to play himself. So through labour heavy intent he created such mystery captured with each evening in the emotions that happened and in total top secrecy.

How can you keep secrets from children? 

We always knew he was up to something but finding that before Christmas would have spoiled not only the magic that was somehow happening, but would have thrust us away from that time a child needs to develop  their imagination.

Whatever happened it changed me. It changed me in the way I developed into a man. My imagination is as wild as ever now and sometimes it still interferes with my normal life. That all equates to the fact that I in some ways I never really grew upand that I am still there playing with that fort. No big deal really and yes God still can't find time to save me from that.

So thanks dad for the toy train, the donkey and cart and yes that wonderful fort and for instilling in me through what you did, such incredible memories and that understanding that in some ways being a child is not really all that bad.

Season Greetings everyone and try to keep a little of that child alive in you this special time...

So if you will excuse me now, I have to play.

Guatemala, I traveled light, hey why not come down and join me ?

Hello to all my wonderful readers.
I cannot believe the amount of readers I have and yes from all parts of this shrinking world.

After a long trip.... I space it out, I have arrived in Xela, Guatemala.

Hello as you know my name is Gavin.

But I am also known as Gavino... or Gabino as some locals in Guatemala call me.

Jokingly I am also called Gabino Herrera after the late Mexican revolutionary, which incidentally many B-western movies that where made in Mexico have featured. Gabino Herrera was a revolutionary during the Spanish mexican civil war and womanizer I am told, having had several wives in his colourful past. 

Now just because I have had several wives (actually three), wow...those rumours, well he bares little resemblance to me and my lifestyle.

I am not a revolutionary in any aspect of the word, choosing a more solemn life style. I would always fight with the pen and not the sword.

Yes, I have expressed political views from time to time and yes I even did that here and in this blog. But the real purpose of the blog is not for political demonstration or even financial gain. It is solely to inform you the reader what traveling to and staying in or even living in this beautiful country of Guatemala can be like.

Anyway I am here once again. This is my fifth trip to Guatemala and should last a duration of six months tops. The reasons are many. 

While living on Vancouver Island seems idyllic to most people with its mediterranean climate, it is that dampness I am experiencing now that is painfully aching to my older bones. Injuries of the past haunt me in this damp sea climate, so I have decided to wait out the winter out in Guatemala. Daytime temperatures where I will be staying will hover in the mid twenties celsius (the eighties in Fahrenheit).

I have also spent the past year and a half writing a book of fiction about a man who leads a double life. He is a nice family man and well respected on one hand but also a very secretive side to himself on the other hand. He is an assassin. The story takes place in England, Canada, the USA and in Guatemala. Being here now in Guatemala I will be able to do further research in certain parts of this country.
To make any fictional story believable one has to have facts that are correct. This process makes the characters in the story appear real.

While the present ailing Canadian dollar makes living in Guatemala a little more expensive now, it is still very affordable, certainly well within my means and perhaps yours. Perhaps with our new prime minister, the economy will improve in Canada.

As I have mentioned in other blog entries, one can live very well, yes very reasonable in Guatemala on less than $500 dollars a month. This is still very true and this amount includes accommodation, food, travel and of course some fun. Yes for $500.00 you are living upper middle class in Guatemala. The one thing you will not have is a vehicle, but since public transportation is so inexpensive, why would you need a vehicle of your own?

The costs I offer here are the ones you would experience in Quetzaltenango. Costs can vary in different parts of Guatemala, of course just like it can in different parts of the USA, or Canada or in other parts of the world. Soon my plans are to check out the lake as it is known. The lake refers to lago Atitlan and is about an hour and a half away by chicken bus. Parts of Lago Atitlan offer a cheaper way of life and a little warmer with lower elevations (1800 metres).
Not certain what centre In shall live in while at the lake... but I will et you know when I arrive.

Most of my journies to Guatemala have me staying in Quetzaltenango or as the locals call it Xela. 

Xela is a derivative of the k'iche Mayan word Xelaju. 
The actual wording is Xelaju noj, which translates to "below ten spiritual leaders." The city is surrounded by ten mountains, thus the spiritual leaders. There is one active volcano called Santiaguito also called the angry baby as it spits and fumes from time to time. It sits directly behind volcan Santa Maria. Santa Maria has been mostly dormant since 1902, when a huge eruption levelled the city of Xela.

Xela with a population of approximately 250,000 people it is the second largest city after the capitol in Guatemala. A good fifty percent are indigenous. 

It is also termed the "Cradle of Culture" because of its many (10) universities and several more (30) trade schools. Also within Xela are about thirty Spanish language schools and now some English language schools. 

I originally chose to travel to Xela back in 2010, because of the large indigenous population and for the fact that the people do not cater to English speaking tourists. 

Learn some Spanish or stay confused and disconnected. 

I also really like the elevation 2330 metres (7600 feet), which gives you warm sunny days, cool nights and yes no bugs. So (for me) perfect.

Yes I am going to be in Guatemala for several reasons. Since I am there and a part of my journey will be to examine where the main character of that book I mentioned I am writing about, and his experiences in Guatemala. 

His name is Jack and he spends time in Panajachel (Pana) on lago Atitlan which is about an hour and a half away by an exciting chicken bus ride away from Xela. So yes I shall also spend a quantitative part of my time in and around Pana and take lots of pictures while there that I will upload here to this blog. 

I also want to travel if time allows to El Mirador an architectural pre-columbian structure north of the El Peten area in northern Guatemala, Lastly I want to visit parts of Quiche. 

On my first trip to Guatemala in 2010 I met and discussed a project with some local professional business people in Xela. This is a project that would provide housing for people with no land or hope. While there are several organizations and groups that help people with building housing, the majority require that the people have free-hold land. This is usually to secure a bank loan to purchase building materials.

Along with some professional business people I personally know in Guatemala, I would like to help those with no land and no hope of ever having help. Who will help them? We want to.

We want to get this going, at least started. It will include the possible startup of an NGO to operate, plan and gain the funds they will need. As an NGO (non-government organization) has to consist of at least seven Guatemalans, so I will take a back seat to this group. It also needs a fixed address.

Then there is that needed dental work, um yes. Yes we all really do not like that dental experience. Mine is softened with a huge difference in costs. 

Did I mention that the cost of dental work is one tenth the cost of what it is in Canada... 1/10 the cost, imagine that!! ... with the same procedures and well trained dentist and surgeons.... That sure works for me. 

So if you need some dental work done, contact me as I can set you up with great professional dental services and along with that show you how to have a great holiday at a fraction of the costs of anywhere else. 

It is going to be a busy and exciting time...

I traveled light, so hey why not come down and join me?
 

Biting pests

Bed Bugs and Fleas have one purpose and that is to bite and drain you of your blood.

Yuck eh!!!

They look sort of similar, but there are differences.
They are both very very small, more tiny than small.
They both bite you.
Like all critters of the biting ilk, they both will bite you to provide for their eggs and new young critters they produce to bite you more...

Surprisingly most people that think they have been bitten by Bed Bugs have actually been bitten by Fleas. Meaning bed bugs have had a bad rap to some extent. Never-the-less they, both the Bed Bug and the Flea create a bad itchy experience for you. The itching is caused by the anticoagulant they put into you to prevent you from bleeding...

Bed bugs like fleas are attracted to body heat and carbon dioxide (that part of our breath air we breathe out). We are a natural feeding place for both of them.  But Bed Bugs and Fleas both attack us in very different ways.

Okay to begin, Bed bugs do not live in beds, period!! The will live near the host. They will live under the bed, in the cracks in walls, in electrical wall sockets or anywhere hidden, but not usually in the bed with you..

They are nocturnal and are incredible so tiny that they are very difficult to see. Then sometime before daylight about usually about two hours or actually just before it gets light they climb the walls to the ceilings above you and drop towards you. No parachute needed it's just a free-fall to their waiting feast (yes you).

They work their way into you, past blankets and night wear to reach their target and your skin, and then they gorge on your blood.

Fleas are not climbers at all, but jumpers and can easily jump from the floor onto your bed and you.
Once there they too work their way through blankets and bed clothes to their target and your skin to gorge on your blood. 
Nice eh!

So how do you know here as to whether you have been bitten by bedbugs or fleas. That is if you want to know.

Bed bugs bite in a loosely straight line pattern, while fleas have no pattern at all and will bite you all over the place. 

When I have been told by people that they have been bitten by bed bugs, I always ask about that pattern. Most people just say "I have a bite and it must be a bed bug bite. 

"Um really,"is my answer.

Well for one thing both Bed Bugs and Fleas just don't ever bite you once. You will be bitten at least 6 to 8 times by one bed bug or flea, and never just once. So if it is just one bite, it is most likely that you have been bitten by something else. Maybe a spider.

Bed bugs are everywhere and will travel with you wherever you travel to. 

People think that Bed Bugs live in dirty places and associate bed bugs with low class housing or yes less developed countries. 

NOT TRUE...

In both the USA and Canada it is well known that bed bugs hide out in movie houses and you can get bitten there. They have also been found in all sorts of high rise building and fancy hotels even.

There are all sorts of products and remedies for getting rid of Bedbugs or Fleas.

Coming up next:
How to prevent Bedbug and Flea bites.