GPS on the road to San Pancho, Nayarit
The woman's voice from the dashboard announces, "In three point five kilometers, turn right onto I 80 toward Qptlantapque." - "What did she say? What is she talking about?" I ask. I'm driving, peering at the array of green signs ahead which look vaguely familiar. Not one comes close to matching any destination our audible guide has pronounced with such an unusual number of consonants. Bill consults the Mexico map book spread across his lap. "Ignore her," he says and takes the GPS from its special perch to enter new information.
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Bienvenidos a San Blas
How did Robert Mulligan find himself, in August, in a Mexican jungle, running a small flat-bottomed boat up a sleepy little river into the steamy interior, pointing out tiny alligators to the wives of ...
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Bumbling bulldozer in a Mexico beach paradise
Artist James Vitale, owner and operator of El Encanto, a boutique eco-hotel or maybe a healing place or perhaps a vibrant retreat for creativity and education, came onto his verandah to say "Good morni...
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Rincon de Guayabitos revisited: the major sights nearby
“An earlier article on the easy-going beachside town of Guayabitos focused on the services the town offers and on activities within easy walking distance. Most people staying more than a few days beg...
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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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Thanksgiving in Puerto Vallarta
I just returned from an all-inclusive five-day trip to Puerto Vallarta. Many of us expats leave at this time of year. First, because it's Thanksgiving and our families are elsewhere; and second, becaus...
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A ten year retrospective of Puerto Vallarta real estate
*Statistics from Multi List Vallarta
The last decade of the millennium has brought a multitude of changes to the real estate market of Puerto Vallarta. The effects of this can be seen by the expansion...
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Budget hotels in Puerto Vallarta
We try to travel to Mexico twice a year, for a week or two at a time, packing just one carry-on bag each. This limitation is absolutely necessary when our two kids go along, because more than four carr...
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Fiesta de Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta
Felipe Avila handed me his burning candle, converting me from spectator to pilgrim in the Fiesta de Guadalupe!
My arrival in Puerto Vallarta coincided with the beginning of the weeklong Fiesta de Guad...
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Lost and found in Puerto Vallarta
After a month riding long and short distance buses, the unthinkable happened! Reaching for the travelers checks hidden in my security belt, to pay for the hotel in Puerto Vallarta, I discovered them mi...
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Puerto Vallarta versus Cabo Beaches
Mexico Connect Forum Discussion Threads
Posted by Tim Bowen on July 12, 1999
I am going on my honeymoon in 30 days, and I was told by someone who just returned that the beaches at Puerto Vallarta w...
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Puerto Vallarta: Getting to know the city
The Rio Cuale, the main river running through today's Puerto Vallarta, empties into the 7th largest bay in the world, the Bay of Banderas. The area is a tropical paradise, blessed with an abundance of ...
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Mexcaltitan, Nayarit: an island city in the swamp
The mangrove swamps of Mexico’s Pacific Coast shelter a seldom-visited jewel of a day-trip destination.
Legend has it that the man-made island city of Mexcaltitan, was Aztlan, the ancient home of th...
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