Better than a Cuban cigar: Mexico's Santa Clara Puros
Puros Santa Clara number among the world's finest cigars. In fact, these fine Mexico cigars rival — and surpass — Cuban cigars in flavor and quality.
Señor Jorge Ortiz Alvarez
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Sotol: another drink from the New World's oldest wine producing region in Mexico
Indian on the high desert: "When poor Mexicans have no money for beer or liquor they say, 'There is always sotol.'"
Driving to the Hacienda de Perote
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A German cigar produced in Mexico: Puros Sihuapan
Still cool, in the early tropical morning, I pulled to the curve to savor a coffee at the Fractal to enjoy the early morning activities on the malecón along Laguna Catemaco. The Fractal had been an ac...
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Catemaco, Mexico: home to an eclectic group of international expats
The producer of Medicine Man, starring Sean Connery, found Los Tuxtlas, as did Mel Gibson when he filmed Apocalypto. Being the home of the mysterious Olmec civilization, which predated the Mayans, make...
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Retirement in Paradise: a '50s burger drive-in on Mexico's Emerald Coast
Retiring in Mexico means different things for different people. But an American couple in tiny Tecolutla on Mexico's Emerald Coast have forged a unique and fulfilling lifestyle by taking the road less ...
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Alberto Turrent and Te-Amo: Six generations of Mexican cigars
Mexico's famous Te-Amo cigar comes from Sihuapan, near Catemaco, Veracruz. The producer — Turrent, Nueva Matacapan Tabacos, S.A. de C.V. — takes its name from the owner, Alberto Turrent, the fifth ...
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Tabacalera Alberto: What's smoking with Mexico's leading cigar maker?
Driving to Yucatan, I made a wrong turn and wound up in the town of Catemaco. A shady beach drive along a huge lake provided a tranquil setting reminiscent of Hollywood's 1930s America. I pulled to the...
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Wild Bill discovers Mexico's Costa Esmeralda — the Emerald Coast of Veracruz
Wild Bill is a seventy-six year-old expatriate enjoying his motor home and life in relative seclusion at Quinta Alicia Trailer Park on the palm covered coast of Costa Esmeralda, Mexico. Retired from bo...
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A perfect Mexico camping spot on the Costa Esmeralda of Veracruz
The term Costa Esmeralda covers a stretch of highway about fifteen miles long from Hotel Riachuelos to Casitas. Five tiny beach towns, occasionally broken by cattle farms and small rivers running down to the sea, enliven the stretch. These Mexican Gulf beaches are veritable tropical gardens. The location is 259 kilometers south of Tampico and 205 kilometers north of Veracruz on Highway 180.
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