via calgaryherald.com More than a few Canadians have vacationed in Yelapa only to fall in love with it and put down roots there. One such couple is Randy and Judy Sonstelie from Crossfield. The Sonstelies run the Mar y Sol Villa, a deluxe ocean front villa perched on a bluff overlooking the ocean and town [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Boaters Help San Blas Celebrate Ninth Annual Children’s Party
via thelog.com Even though they didn’t know each one another, dozens of doctors and U.S. boaters helped bring health and happiness to an underprivileged community south of the border. Photo by: www.MexicoBoating.com A Gift to the Hospital — Carried down from California by a pleasureboater in November, this donated ultrasound cardio evaluation device is already [...]
Wineries host fun weekend dinners and more
It’s Friday so what should I do this weekend? Wineries in our area have come up with lots of innovative things to do, married with the romance of wine. Of course, it is more fun with two or maybe even more. Get your BEST friend (in this case my wife Marty) and head out to [...]
Lorena Ochoa plays in Pro-Am to benefit Mexican pros
via golf.co.uk A year ago, several enthusiastic men and women golfers gathered to host a pro-am in Monterrey, Mexico. The goal was to raise funds to benefit the Mexican players competing on the 2009 Duramed FUTURES Tour. The event was a success and the organizers decided that this effort should be repeated. So this year, [...]
We come to the Fitur to promote the movement of money: Ney
via periodicoexpress.com.mx The Governor Ney Gonzalez Sanchez informed that the Riviera Nayarit is doing well at the International Tourism Fair, “this year, Mexico has both feet very well in FITUR, the Mexico Pavilion, proudly makes us feel strong in the international competition, to bring more movement of money through the tourism industry”. Interviewed on national [...]
New year fireworks in Puerto Vallarta
via youtube.com Posted via web from Puerto Vallarta Mexico
International Migratory Bird Festival, an offer in Riviera Nayarit
via caribbeannewsdigital.com Riviera Nayarit, and in particular the territory of San Blas, will host between 24 and 31 of January the Sixth International Migratory Bird Festival, date in which scholars and researchers around the world can experience close to hundreds of different species of birds, that for these months come to wetlands Nayarit fleeing the [...]
Deadline for Cheap Slips in Paradise Is Feb. 1
via thelog.com The 18th annual Banderas Bay Regatta starts March 16, so you have plenty of time to head down to the Puerto Vallarta area for this five-day nautical festival. Photo by: www.MexicoBoating.com Space Still Available — Vallarta Yacht Club is hosting the five-day Banderas Bay Regatta in March, and if you hurry, you can [...]
You’ll need a pot of gold to buy in Punta Mita, but it’s worth every penny
Real estate moguls like to impress people with inane demonstrations and descriptors. They’ll gush about the “state-of-the-art” kitchens (aren’t they all at this price point?) and request that you peer appreciatively at a scale model (when you’ve seen one plastic broccoli-floret-sized tree, you’ve seen them all). But it takes a very special developer to woo [...]
Five Quebecers arrested in Mexico
Five Quebecers arrested in Puerto Vallarta on New Year’s Eve remain behind bars somewhere outside Mexico City, but it is still unclear why they were detained and handed over to military police, and in which way they were subsequently “mistreated.” A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Canada would not release the names of the five men, [...]