Archive for February, 2006

Sea creatures outdo disco animals

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Trolling in a small fishing boat on the south end of Jaltempa Bay off the coast of Rincon de Guayabitos, Mexico, we spotted several dark objects leaping out of the water in the far distance. Assuming they were dolphins we encouraged our boat operator to head over for a closer look and to our amazement [...]

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Local Rotary club assists Mexican medical clinic

Friday, February 24th, 2006

In April, a group of volunteers from the Rotary Club of Truckee and the Rotary Club of Tahoe City will venture down to Las Varas, Mexico, a town about 60 miles north of Puerto Vallarta, to construct a vision center at a privately run medical and educational clinic. The Tahoe City club is sponsoring the [...]

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Boomers are buying up Baja developments

Friday, February 24th, 2006

For more than a decade, the high-rise tower at Calafia Resort and Villas was an empty shell, a stark reminder of oceanfront dreams gone sour. Built on the northern Baja California coast shortly before the Mexican peso crash of 1994, the project couldn’t find any buyers. Over the years, rumors abounded: The developers had gone [...]

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Aeromexico offers 15% discount

Friday, February 24th, 2006

AeroMexico has extended its online discount promotion until April 5. Under the terms of the offer, passengers can fly to a number of Mexican destinations with a 15 per cent discount if they book their flights online. Suntraps such as Acapulco, Ixtapa, Mexico City, Los Cabos, and Puerto Vallarta are all included in the offer. [...]

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PUERTO VALLARTA SQUEEZE

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Welcome to Puerto Vallarta! The sun is hot, the culture is exotic and life is cheap, except when two American army officers are assassinated in broad daylight. Clayton Price (Scott Glenn) is a government assassin who may have gone off the reservation. He offers a writer Danny Pastor (Craig Wasson) and his Mexican wife Maria [...]

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