Retiring in Mexico: How's Manzanillo?
It is useful to think of Manzanillo as two bays in an arc of some 20 kilometers with its southern point where the port and the town center are located. About mid way north, a peninsula juts straight out to sea to form another bay. Then another more sizeable peninsula, Juluapan, extends into the Pacific.
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Mexico backroads
The backroads of Mexico often offer adventure, perhaps a bit of excitement, sometimes a touch of the dramatic and, occasionally, a hint of danger.
We thought we'd found all four on a deteriorating 10-...
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Railroads in western Mexico: the next train to arrive....
Many of the things we take for granted today didn't exist in the last century. A case in point is the railroad from Manzanillo to Guadalajara.
The grand celebrations for the inauguration of this line,...
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Clickable interactive map of Colima, Mexico: Colima, Manzanillo, Tecoman
Clickable interactive map of Colima, Mexico
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Clickable interactive map of Pacific Coast beaches: Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima, Michoacán, Mexico
Clickable interactive map of Pacific Coast beaches: Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima, Michoacan, Mexico
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For a Mexico beach vacation, try Manzanillo
My friend and I just returned from a special four-day getaway. At the recommendation of friends, we stayed in the Dolphin Cove Inn, known to locals and people giving directions as Playasol Las Hadas. T...
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South of Yesterday: A True Story by Virginia Downs Miller
"South of Yesterday" is the story of my mother's life as a bride coming to a strange land. The book flows through the charmed life of an American living in Guadalajara in the early nineteen hundreds, into the violence of the Revolution, escape from and return to a much-beloved Mexico. I related never before publicized events of history."
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Colima: Langostino in the sierras
“Everything about Colima smacks of the sea or the sierra,” I said appreciatively, gazing from the balcony of travel-writer Susan Dearing’s condominium. The sun rose like a great gold marigold abo...
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Manzanillo: Bustling port? Quiet resort? Or both?
Manzanillo. Most people can't pronounce it, have no idea where it is, don't know what the city has to offer, and can't figure out how to get there.
Manzanillo (pronounced mahn-san- nee-yoh), is ...
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Atlantis in Mexico: Part Two
Manzanillo, Colima is an important seaport since before the Spanish Conquest and a popular international tourist destination. The old, provincial port is also the western home for the Mexican navy. Dri...
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