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Mexico: Casting Off for Greener Shores
 Guardian UK
Paul Torpey leaves the built-up resorts on the mainland and joins the local fishermen for a greener view of Mexico's Caribbean beaches.
Guide Makes the Difference In a Visit to Mexico City
 Laurence Iliff
There was a time when the culturally rich Mexican capital was a lot more user-friendly for the average tourist with a guidebook, a subway map and a dozen words of Spanish. That is so last century, however.
Summer Fair Offers Affordable Family Fun
 PVNN
Stocked with carnival rides and circus acts, live music, entertainment and games of chance and stands selling arts & crafts, souvenirs and trinkets, candy apples and cotton candy, there's something for everyone at the Puerto Vallarta Summer Fair 2008.
Worse May Come for Epic Lines at Tijuana Crossing
 Dan Keane
It looks like any Southern California traffic jam — except you can buy a cappuccino and a 4-foot statue of Jesus from your car while watching dogs sniff vehicles for drugs. This is the U.S.-Mexico border's most congested crossing.
Cancun Opens a ‘Green Door’ to Sustainable Tourism
 TravelVideo.tv
Cancun’s commitment to sustainable tourism has reached another goal. There is a new community-based alternative tourism network called ‘Puerta Verde’ (‘Green Door’) that provides visitors, through the NGO Kanché, a sea and jungle route operated by 14 cooperatives from 7 different Mayan communities in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas.
For Turtles Mayto Beach is Paradise Found
 Alice Carter-Tyler
Every year from July to November, Mayto Beach, a little piece of paradise two hours south of Puerto Vallarta, provides a nesting ground for hundreds of Olive-Ridley turtles - and one group of biologists and volunteers is working to protect them.
Riviera Nayarit Celebrates First Year Anniversary with Impressive Record of Achievement
 TravelVideo.tv
On its first anniversary as Mexico's newest official travel and tourism destination, Riviera Nayarit is celebrating a record of impressive achievement in the development of new facilities, infrastructure, travel packages and tours, and world class hotels and resorts.
July 2008 Turtle News
 Grupo Ecologico Manos Unidas Por Litibu A.C.
During the 2007 turtle season, Mexican Biologist Gilberto Galindo Castro, and Grupo Ecologico Manos Unidas por Litibu A.C., successfully released 17,849 baby sea turtles into the sea. Here's how you can help protect Banderas Bay area sea turtles in 2008.
TripAdvisor Exposes Top 10 Clothing-Optional Resorts
 PR Newswire
TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel community, today announced the top 10 clothing-optional resorts, according to traveler popularity and TripAdvisor editors.
 Help a Kid and Win A Vacation in Yelapa, Mexico
 Judith Roth
Yelapa's Children's Center, Casa de Imaginación, is holding their 2nd Bi-Annual Raffle until October 11, 2008. Buy your tickets today for your chance to win a week's stay in one of Yelapa's lovely tropical lodgings.
Authentic Alternatives to Mexico's Tourist Meccas
 Christine Delsol
Beguiling and frustrating in equal measures, Mexico's most lucrative tourist destinations can quickly come to feel like a U.S. transplant rife with American excess and none of its virtues.
UNESCO Slams New 7 Wonders
 The Australian
The UN body for culture oversight blasted a private initiative that drew nearly 100 million Internet and telephone voters to choose seven "new" wonders of the world.
Tourism's New Wave
 Enrique Gili
David Aabo is en route from Peru to New York City after having spent much of the last few years in the South American country investigating opportunities for development that might help local entrepreneurs build a sustainable regional economy.
Save on Mexico Adult-Only Beach Packages
 ShermansTravel
School’s out for summer! But if you’re looking for a peaceful getaway sans the exuberant shrieks and enthusiastic cannonballing of delightful children, read on.
27 Sites Make Unesco's World Heritage List
 News24
Unesco's World Heritage Committee added a whopping 27 new sites to its World Heritage List at its 32nd session this week, including French fortifications, a Hindu temple and a butterfly biosphere.
Flying High at Los Veranos Canopy Tour
 Alice Carter-Tyler
It was a cloudy, humid morning when my friend Rosa and I visited 'Los Veranos Canopy Tours' in Puerto Vallarta. I found the entertainment aspects of the trip balanced perfectly with the chance to appreciate some of nature's most beautiful surroundings.
Spain: 7 Hurt in Pamplona Bull Running
 Alvaro Barrientos
A pack of fighting bulls gored a Spaniard, knocked an American unconscious and injured five other people Thursday in a dash through the streets of Pamplona to the city bullring, officials said.
 American Tourist Gored In Bull Run
 Reuters
An American tourist was gored in the abdomen on the third day of the centuries-old annual bull-running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Wednesday (9 July 2008), organisers said.
Baja Bliss
 Lydia Kremer
Feeling triumphant for having survived yet another whirlwind season in the desert, my husband and I were yearning for a getaway to celebrate his birthday in April. Baja's Sea of Cortez seemed the perfect choice - close enough (La Paz is short two-hour flight from LAX) yet a world away.
Totally Enthralled: Chasing Eclipses Around the World
 Jane Roy Brown
"I saw my first total solar eclipse in 1991, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico," recalls Dan McGlaun, 44, of Belleville, Ind. "Everybody calls that The Big One, because it was one of the longer eclipses on record. Where I was, it lasted 6 minutes, 48 seconds."
New Shop & Spa Money at All-Inclusive 5 Diamond Puerto Vallarta Hotel
 PRWeb
Forget about rising oil prices and airline costs - the AAA Five Diamond Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort in Nuevo Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Mexico offers guests a 50% savings with money for shopping and spa visits during their stay. Guests of the Puerto Vallarta hotel can enjoy the $250 credit per suite at the boutique or Grand Velas Spa.
CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa Invites Meeting Guests to Go “Puerto Vallarta Green”
 PR-Canada
CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa is launching “Puerto Vallarta Green” meeting initiatives as an innovative eco-friendly option for meeting attendees to do their small part to help fight global warming.
Surfin' Safari Hits Todos Santos
 Ondine Cohane
One of my very favorite trips has to be when I learned to surf in Sayulita, Mexico. My program at Surf Las Olas was an all women's week-long intensive for both seasoned wave riders and mere beginners to practice on breaks not far from Puerto Vallarta. I am very excited to hear that the camp is now adding Baja, Mexico as its next surf safari destination.
And the World's Happiest Country Is...
 Maggie Fox
Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers said on this week. Zimbabwe, torn by political and social strife, is the least happy, while the world's richest nation, the United States, ranks 16th.
The 2nd International Marlin and Tuna Fishing Tournament
 PR-Canada
The International Marlin and Tuna Fishing Tournament enters its second year this year with last year’s competition drawing thousands of participants from all over the world including the United States and Canada. This year’s tournament begins on July 10th and ends on July 12th, 2008, featuring a first place purse of USD$10,000 in each category for marlin and tuna catches.
CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa Undergoes $10.7 Million Renovation
 PR.com
The CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa will undergo a $10.7 million renovation of guestrooms, banquet rooms, and the resort’s main restaurant, La Estancia, in an effort to enhance guests’ experience, and further capture the authentic charm and warmth of Mexico.
Vallarta Botanical Gardens: The Crown Jewel of Vallarta
 Bob Price
If you’d like to see a different side of Puerto Vallarta and one of the genuine treasures of the city, then head out to the Vallarta Botanical Gardens, located on coastal route 200, just 30 minutes south of town.
The Mazatlans, Old and New, Are Beautiful Refuge
 Judy Wiley
Old Mazatlan is an excellent reason for a vacationer to forgo the usual trip to Cancun and try Frontier's new nonstop flight to (new) Mazatlan on the Pacific, a route just started last year.
Fair Draws Latinos From U.S., Mexico
 Leslie Berestein
It took the Estrada family of Tijuana more than four hours to get to the San Diego County Fair last Sunday, factoring in two hours of sitting in border traffic, then a quick break for lunch in San Ysidro en route to Del Mar. But after an afternoon of carnival rides, games and decadent snacks, the strain of hours spent on the road had worn off.
Resorts Deserve Their 'Luxury' Designations
 Patti Nickell
Getting robbed is never a good way to start a trip, but especially a trip that promised to be as idyllic as mine to El Tamarindo Resort on the tranquil Bay of Jalisco on Mexico's Pacific Coast. This was no ordinary robbery, however, as I was soon to find out.
Bay Area Glider Makes Record-Breaking Flight to Mexico
 Melissa Weaver
Six hours into a record-breaking glider flight from the San Francisco Bay Area to Mexico, Eric Rupp finally allowed himself to breathe. The end of the flight that he had begun to think was impossible was within reach. The continuous 444 miles of non-powered flight - from Hollister to the border town of Calexico - using only wind currents and thermal air pockets took him over remote mountains and deserts.
Native Ingredients and Rituals Distinguish Mexico's Top Spas
 Christine Delsol
Once known mainly as cheaper alternatives to U.S. or European destination spas, Mexico's spas now offer thoroughly unique experiences that combine sophisticated treatments from all over the world with indigenous rituals and native materials.
San Sebastian - A Cool Summer Getaway
 Pamela Thompson
With this hot and sticky weather in Vallarta, why not escape to refreshing San Sebastian - at least for the day? There is still space for people to join in on a day trip to the Hacienda Jalisco in San Sebastian on Friday, June 27, 2008.
Puerto Vallarta Zoo Welcomes New Arrivals
 PVNN
Now there are even more reasons to visit the Puerto Vallarta Zoo! Over the past few weeks el Zoológico de Vallarta has welcomed a slew of new arrivals, including a giraffe from the US and several newborn babies: a zebra, a jaguar, a burro and a kid.
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