Posts from ‘November, 2009’

Stand-up paddle surfing. The first time you saw it at the beach you probably exclaimed, “What is THAT?” Or you rushed right out, rented a board and tried it yourself. Stand-up paddle surfers (or boarders) have been in the Los Angeles Times’ Outposts blog in recent years for coming close to humpback whales in Australia [...]

The huge Banderas Bay opens on either side of our eyes like horns of plenty, on the right there is visible far away, the once lovely, now flamboyant, Punta Mita, and to the left can make out between a storm and over the tip of Cabo Corrientes, where the insensible claw of “developers” still hasn’t [...]

Like a lot of folks from Southern Oregon, Jim Krois has scheduled a trip to Mexico during our rainy season. Most travelers head south this time of year to get a break from winter weather. Krois has a different motive. He needs hip-replacement surgery, and he can have it done at a hospital in Puerto [...]

Nayarit (Mexico). One of the most intense duties of the Secretariat of Tourism of the State of Nayarit (SEDETUR) is the constant innovation of forms of tourism promotion, brand positioning and the Riviera Nayarit's cultural industry in the 20 municipalities of Mexico and tourism abroad and what the architect said Edwin Hernandez Quintero, owner of [...]

Bring high-end tourism, more jobs and serve the Bay of Banderas are goals as president Hector Paniagua Salazar Banderas Bay Municipal Fernando Senderos and president and CEO of Group DINE , yesterday in Punta Mita, opened a second golf course in the presence of Jack Nicklaus. The corporate vision of Paniagua and Fernando Senderos is [...]

Margaret "Mary" Piazza wasn't going to let cancer stop her from living. In the middle of her fight with the deadly disease, she opened a boutique in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 18 months ago. She traveled back and forth to Florida to get chemotherapy while nurturing her new business, The Flying Iguana, said her longtime friend, [...]

via examiner.com Puerto Vallarta is Mexico’s most popular gay vacation destination and the Thanksgiving weekend is party central. It will be an embarrassment of riches with two competing parties going all throughout the long Thanksgiving Weekend. Vallarta Fever includes a number of events exclusively at the city’s wildly popular gay nightclub, Club Manana. It runs [...]

Tepic, Nayarit / November 23 .- With the new rules for the distribution of budget allocations, the states are required to improve its gross domestic product. This was stated on Monday by the finance secretary of Nayarit, Domingo Acosta Coronado, who said that as states increase their GDP may receive more resources from the federation. [...]

Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Riviera Nayarit – The Marina Riviera Nayarit is the ideal space that houses more than 150 new boats in what will be the event called "Latin America Boat Show 2010".This was announced by Dusty McCoy, International President of Brunswick, a leader in this sector and brings together more than 14 prestigious brands [...]

Hey, Spike! and Mary were recently South of the Border, taking in the Puerto Vallarta scene again at the invitation of her cousin Arlette Butler and husband Don, staying at their Sheraton Buganvilias timeshare. The Butlers reside in Clayton, Calif., and Grants Pass, Ore. Their daughter, Marcelle, lived here for a few years back in [...]