A mustachioed man in a traditional Mexican serape rides a donkey along a cobblestone street in Old Town. Elderly women stop at midday to kneel in prayer at the city’s landmark Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe as laundry flaps in the breeze from a nearby stucco balcony. At dusk, Puerto Vallartans gather in the [...]
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico has become a beacon for ecotourism. Surrounded by lush tropical jungles, filled with amazing blue waterfalls, and home to thousands of species of flora and fauna, Puerto Vallarta is naturally suited for tourists looking to experience all that nature has to offer on a vacation. Among the amazing experiences that tourists can [...]
Just beyond Banderas Bay and the city of Puerto Vallarta, the Sierra Madre Mountains create an epic backdrop to one of Mexico’s premier destinations. Within the valleys and canyons of this mountain range, a lush rainforest serves as home to an incredible variety of plant and animal life. Though human residents are few within the [...]
It’s hard to say exactly when Punta Mita charmed me in spite of myself. Maybe when I took that first sunrise walk on an empty, pristine white beach. I picked up a free souvenir: a speckled blue spiny lobster shell. I climbed to the top of a huge rock and did a few sun salutations. [...]
By Jim Scherrer: Upon retiring from Houston, Texas more than ten years ago, we were very fortunate to have chosen Puerto Vallarta, Mexico as our retirement destination. Fortunate, because during the past decade, more specifically during the past seven years while the PAN Party has governed Mexico, the Vallarta area economy has virtually exploded with [...]