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Family-friendly Hotels In Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Blog: My Little Nomads - 25 February 2012
The Best Family-Friendly Hotels and Resorts In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Baluarte Bridge – North Mexico’s Newest Site
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 6 January 2012
Usually travellers stick to the south of Mexico, where there is lush jungle, ruined temples and tourist attractions galore. Up north (by which I mean anywhere north of about halfway up) there are a few fabulous areas that shouldn’t be missed, including the fantastic Copper Canyon, where you can cycle and hike and generally admire [...]
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The Best Beaches In Mexico
Blog: My Little Nomads - 3 November 2011
An opinionated list of the best beaches in Mexico. Continue reading →Read the entire article here: The Best Beaches In Mexico Or check out Where to go in Southeast Asia with kids
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Family on the beach at sunset in Acapulco, Mexico
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 22 September 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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Trip Review: Puerto Vallarta to Mazatlan with Kids
Blog: My Little Nomads - 21 April 2011
Most emailed post: Great tips for traveling the world with children Most popular post: The best travel books for kids A brief review of our journey up the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
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Petatlán, Mexico Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 25 February 2011
In Petatlán Mexico, if you find a miraculous Jesus statue and cross you adorn him in lime green polyester fabric. The town only a few dozen miles east of Zihuatanejo has become a major pilgrimage site in the Guerrero state of Mexico. In the 1500s, a statue to Christ complete with a cross was found [...]
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Zihuatanejo, Mexico Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 11 February 2011
After a time, you forget little details about a place, just as after a time, you forget what transpired in the 6th grade. Heading to Zihuatanejo, I had no memory of the town, no idea I had heard of it somewhere before setting foot on its sands in January. A fishing port for centuries, the [...]
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A Traveler’s Colored Coconut Process
Blog: Suzy Guese - 3 February 2011
On the side of a nothing road, something unnaturally bright catches my eye. These roads are often viewed from the train, bus or car window. It appears like a nothing town, but maybe it’s not. I start to see vendors set up amidst shacks for homes, selling neon colored substances. So bright, these little balls [...]
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Daily Travel Photo – Acapulco, Mexico
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 3 February 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. No related posts.
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Barra de Potosí, Mexico Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 30 January 2011
Off in the distance, it appears men are walking on water. A biblical scene formulates right before my eyes in Barra de Potosí, a small beach town just a 30 minute drive from Zihuatanejo, Mexico. My guide Francisco is quick to quiet my miraculous vision, telling me the water can’t reach the surface at that [...]
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La Quebrada Cliff Divers – Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 21 January 2011
The La Quebrada Cliff Divers have been icons of Acapulco since the group officially formed in 1934 after the owner of the cliff side Hotel Mirador blasted out a section of rocky coastline below his hotel to create a dramatic death-defying gulch for the divers to leap into as a show for tourists. A veritable Who’s Who of celebrities and politicians have watched the spectacle over the years and ABC’s now-defunct “Wide World of Sports” even featured footage of their feats in its show opening for years.
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New Cool – Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 19 January 2011
We almost didn’t get to Acapulco at all. As we drove north from Mazunte and Puerto Escondido toward Acapulco our journey was halted at a small town called Copala just short of our destination when we encountered a missing chunk of highway which had been undercut and washed away by heavy rain. Uncertain whether or not the lone front-end loader would be able to clear the debris and create a passable way through the break, we consulted our trusty Gia Roji road atlas and decided to try to drive around the break on a network of dirt back roads.
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Taste of Thailand – Sayulita Beach, Nayarit, Mexico UPDATED
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 15 June 2010
It’s been a long time since we’ve felt the kind of laid back beach vibe that was so common during our four years backpacking around South and South East Asia in the late ’90s. But the minute we pull into Sayulita we recognize a certain languid pace, smiling attitude and happy go lucky approach to life. Ahhhhh. While Sayulita is far from undiscovered, it has yet to be overrun with foreign visitors (though you will not be alone) or tourist-price food and lodging–a big part of what makes the place so nice is that locals haven’t been priced out of the market yet.
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Ferrying Across the Sea of Cortez Between Mazatlan and La Paz in Baja California
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 9 March 2010
One of the things I promised myself when I embarked upon this trek around Mexico, Central and South America was NO planes, unless absolutely necessary. Back in the days when it didn’t take three hours to get checked in and through security, back when the airlines actually cared about their passengers, flying was a lot [...]
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Stroll Along the Malecon for a Taste of Mazatlan
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 4 March 2010
Hundreds of years ago, Mazatlan was founded as a fishing village on the north bank of a natural inlet from the Sea of Cortez. Over time, Mazatlan grew northward from the inlet as the protected deep-water lagoon beyond the inlet attracted a commercial fishing fleet that now numbers in excess of 800 boats and provides [...]
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El Centro – Heart and Soul of Mazatlan
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 3 March 2010
To really discover Mazatlan one must leave the touristy “Golden Zone” along the town’s northern shores and venture into its historic old town. At its core is the lovely Moorish and Gothic style Cathedral Basilica de la Inmaculada Concepcion, which presides over Plaza Republica and calls the faithful to worship with a puzzling array of [...]
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Putting On My Travel Skin
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 1 March 2010
Like a man who has two wives, my life shifts back and forth between time at home, where I enjoy all the creature comforts bestowed upon those of us who are lucky enough to live in the United States, and extended international travel, during which I often lack access to even the most basic amenities. [...]
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Sleeping in Mazatlan
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 25 February 2010
Blissful, blissful sleep. At 9 p.m. last night I pulled the hand-loomed blanked up to my chin and sank into the two thin pillows doubled beneath my head. There was no television to distract me. My cell phone has no international service, so it wouldn’t be beeping every time I received an email. A few [...]
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Float Our Boat – San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 25 January 2010
San Blas, on the Nayarit coast between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, sits on an almost-imperceptibly high spot amidst a sprawling, swampy, jungly mangrove. This means many things, both good and bad. Mosquitoes and other mercilessly pesky and blood-thirsty insects abound, for example. It also means that the sleepy town’s secluded, wide, white beaches aren’t the only watery thrill to be had.
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The New Old Mazatlan – Sinaloa, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 21 January 2010
We headed to Mazatlan as much because of its illustrious past as Mexico’s first truly glamorous beach resort and to see what’s become of it lately. We were pleasantly surprised on both fronts. Yes, Mazatlan’s Zona Dorado (Golden Zone), the main and more-modern drag, is a kind of low-rent Cancun or Fort Lauderdale with high rise resorts of certain era (one 1,000+ room monster is literally called a Mega Resort), lots of restaurants offering buffets or hamburgers and a half-hearted attempt at style. However, the original heart of Mazatlan is still a charmer.
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Bargains, Backbones and Bar Fights – Durango, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 19 January 2010
It’s true. Durango doesn’t have the museums or restaurants of Mexico City. Or the charro culture of Lagos de Moreno. Or the tequila of Tequila or the beach resorts of the Costalegre. And it’s certainly not on most visitors’ itineraries. Then again, we’re not most visitors. Durango it is!
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Beach and Mountain Escapades
Blog: Say Yes to Tacos - 17 November 2009
A few weekends ago, Andy and I whisked the girls away on a four day caper to the coast and through the mountains. We kicked it off with a boat ride to Isla Alacranes on Lago Chapala at sunset (above). The next day we swept down crazy, winding mountain roads in our tiny red rental car, [...]
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Buses, Beaches, and Virgins
Blog: Say Yes to Tacos - 14 October 2009
Just got back from a lovely weekend in Puerto Vallarta; lost a pretty serious farmer´s tan and gained some battle-scars from surfing in very shallow water over barnacle-encrusted rocks. Highlights: snorkeling under Los Arcos (monumental rock arches soaring above the water near Mismaloya beach). We snorkelled in the middle of a torrential downpour, so the contrast [...]
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Dolphins! – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 21 April 2009
Vallarta Adventures, which runs a long list of tours out of Puerto Vallarta, also has more than 20 resident dolphins. We stopped by the training pools one afternoon and were treated to an impromptu behind the scenes show. There’s even video at the bottom of the post. [geo_mashup_map] Related posts:Weeeeee!!!! – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Sea Lion Kisses – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Lap of Luxury – Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
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Weeeeee!!!! – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 20 April 2009
For a taste of the action outside Puerto Vallarta, we went on Vallarta Adventures’ Outdoor Adventure trip since it seemed to offer a bit of everything. Their Outdoor Adventure course includes eight zip lines up to 650 feet long and 250 feet off the ground totalling about three quarters of a mile of zip line. Then there are the four rappels, including one that drops 100 feet down the face of a waterfall, and a free-fall rappel off a platform, Special Forces style.
