February 4th, 2009
 Tiled dome against blue sky in Morelia By David Wix
The beautiful, rustic, old, colonial city of Morelia issituated about halfway in between Guadalajara and Mexico City and has a thriving population of around 1,000,000people. It has everything from historical buildings and monuments to modern-day conveniences, shopping centers,restaurants, movie houses, universities and colleges, etc.
What makes Morelia special, though, is its people. Theirbackgrounds vary from native Indian to French to Spanish and other nationalities. Their greatest asset, however, is their warmth and friendliness. Read the rest of this entry »
February 2nd, 2009
 Catch and release with marlin off Baja By Anita Mckenzie
Copyright (c) 2008
Baja’s sport fishing is an exhilarating adventure and many say that Baja sport fishing is unparalleled. Anglers flock from various parts of the globe to get a piece of the big-game sport fishing action in Baja California Sur. Baja sport fishing either on the Pacific or the Sea of Cortez is amidst a wonderland of the deserts in Baja Mexico.
Baja’s sport fishing waters are becoming increasingly active each year. The fishing is so fantastic that the 1,070-mile travels south along Baja Mexico’s peninsula has been no deterrent. The state of Baja California Sur has three major international airports located in Loreto, La Paz, and Los Cabos. Many people simply choose the short 2-hour flight available from San Diego. Read the rest of this entry »
February 2nd, 2009
By Jessica Ojeda
Puebla was one of the first cities established by the Spaniards which was not built upon the ruins of conquered indigenous settlements, making it the most European of all the colonial cities. This led to the rapid development of the Spanish culture and traditions in Mexico. The Spaniards elected an ideal location for their new city, between one of Mexico’s major port cities, Veracruz, and the capital, Mexico City, which made Puebla one of the most important cities in the colonial period.
The population of Puebla was 1,290,094 in 2000. Locals are called Poblanos. The indigenous language of the region, Náhuatl, is still spoken in some areas of the Puebla Valley. The busy city of Puebla, Mexico lies approximately 129 km southeast of the country’s capital, Mexico City and sits at approximately 2,149 meters above sea level. Read the rest of this entry »
February 2nd, 2009
The economic crisis north of the border is having an impact on Mexico’s peso, with the currency falling Jan. 30 to its lowest level in 13 years.
The peso fell 20 percent last year, according to a report from Bloomberg, then continued heading south until it reached a record low of 14.4484 per U.S. dollar at the end of January. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2009
By Graciela Saldivar
You only have one month left to travel to Mexico City to visit the Mural Museum of Diego Rivera as part of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA). The exposition called “Diego Rivera y la Inquisición, Un puente en el tiempo” is on display until March 2009 and features various works of art by Rivera.
Diego Rivera, the famous Mexican painter known not only for his paintings but also for his frescos, is considered by many to be the greatest Mexican painter of the twentieth century. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2009
By Gary Dillard
If Ed Bagley’s “slice of heaven” got you thinking about a trip to the southlands this winter, you’ll want to get more detailed information. Frommer’s has a Portable guide to Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo and Guadalajara and Travelscope has a 27-minute video that approaches the trip from a different angle.
One nice aspect of the Frommer’s guide is that it will allow you to compare Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo.
With the video, you can look at Manzanillo and the Costa Alegre. Producer Joseph Rosendo, by the way, says this resort village was the setting for the movie “10.”
February 1st, 2009
By Ed Bagley
Copyright © 2008
I had some serious doubts about whether my first trip to Mexico would be a success. Now I can report that my first trip to Mexico was fantastic because I found a slice of heaven at Vida del Mar in Manzanillo (Mon-zah-knee-oh).
There are apparently some very famous places to vacation in Mexico, not the least of which are Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Acapulco and Cancun. Most of these destinations, to my knowledge, are resort areas with high traffic. Vida del Mar in Manzanillo is not.
Manzanillo, like Puerto Vallarta, is on the Pacific Coast, perhaps 150 miles south of Puerto Vallarta as the crow flies. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2009
By Elena Piccini
Ecotourism – “The union between the Natural Beauties and Tourism”
Mexico, Mexico and Mexico…
How many times you hear people talking about Mexico? But why they talk so much about this country? Because it is wonderful and full of everything you have in mind.
All the states of Mexico differ greatly from each other, and not; Mexico is unimaginable places, secular trees, lush jungle, plants and flowers, thousand of animals of every kind and biodiversity, immense beaches, red hot sunsets, volcanoes, mountains, lowlands, islands and paradisiacal spots, music, history, colors, perfumes, flavors and tastes that you just can’t easily forget. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2009
By Gary Dillard
With the centennial of the Mexico Revolution coming in November 2010, you might want to read up on your revolutionary history.
The most prominent actor in that tragedy is certainly Pancho Villa, who also is the best known of the players in the United States.
Fortunately, thanks to decades of diligent research by Friedrich Katz of the University of Chicago, there is a cyclopedic biography of Villa that doubles as a great read. While it’s a biography, it’s also a history of the Revolution, since Villa and the event which created him are inseparable.
At 1004 pages, “The Life and Times of Pancho Villa” has room to tell his complete story. With an ability to do research in Germany and Austria, as well as in Mexico, Katz also was able to tell an accurate story of Villa’s (and Mexico’s) relationship with the Kaiser’s Germany during a time when there was fear in America that Mexico would be entering World War I on the side of Germany. (The details of Villa’s raid into Columbus, N.M. in 1916 are worth the price of the book.)
Katz looks at the background of Porfirian Mexico that created the need for men like Villa, both in his manifestation as a highwayman in his early life and then when he finds purpose, thanks to Francisco Madero, as a revolutionary. It explains the hardships and subsequent micro-rebellions of the peasants and Indians of Chihuahua long before the full-blown revolution got under way. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2009
 Pancho and Luz in later years By Gary Dillard
There’s an understanding that many visitors to the United States will hit Disneyland, Vegas and the Grand Canyon and then go home.
It’s likely that many Americans who travel to Mexico see nothing but Cancun, to make use of its beaches, or the line of shops next to whatever port where the cruise ship docks.
In either case, it’s a shame that so much has been missed. With Mexico, it’s a double shame simply because there’s so much close at hand, within a day’s travel of the border, that gives a truer look at the nation’s culture.
Yet getting off the beaten path isn’t easy. Even at home, most folks end up driving by interesting territory many times because they won’t get off the freeway. That’s certainly true in Mexico.
Let’s take, for example, the birthplace of Luz Corral, the woman who claimed to be Pancho Villa’s only true, legal wife and who was considered by the government to be his only widow. Read the rest of this entry »
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