What began as a simple remodelling project for a private holiday home in Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta took a wildly romantic turn and blossomed into an enchanting boutique hotel. Janice Chatterton can’t say exactly how Hacienda San Angel happened – she’d never run a hotel or restaurant – but it’s possible she couldn’t resist sharing the [...]
New resorts in Mexican beach communities are attracting many American expatriates.
When he cocked the machine gun on the front deck, one got the immediate feeling that the people on the Mexican PT boat did not want me stretching out my arm to help pull our boat closer to their’s. We had left the coast of Mexico about 40 miles north of Puerto Vallarta around 6.00 [...]
Every year, more than 100,000 students flock to the beaches of Cancun for spring break where beautiful locales and tropical weather lure them to the resort where MTV broadcasts the non-stop party and debauchery that is Spring Break Live. Movies and television seem to show all college students partying in a similar manner. At Stanford, [...]
SAYULITA, Mexico – The sky lightened to pale blues and pinks over the lush green hills as fishermen pushed their skiffs into the sea, started the outboard motors and headed out with their nets. From the third-floor balcony of Villa Amor, Sayulita’s boutique hotel 25 miles north of Puerto Vallarta, the Pacific Ocean appeared pale [...]