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 Travel & Outdoors
Mexican Cruise in Lap of Luxury
 Chris Tinkler
You want a room with a view? What about a room with an ever-changing view, including a dozen of the most stunning sights you will cast your eyes on – across 2000 km of land and sea. Welcome to one of the delights of cruising.
Mexican Village of Bucerias is a Diamond in the Rough
 Sheryl Salloum
Our hectic schedule allowed for only a 10-day getaway. We wanted to avoid tourist-jammed resorts, and we did not want to rough it. Our travel agent recommended Bucerias, Mexico, as a safe, tranquil sojourn.
Can Cancun Bring in the Families?
 Jewish Exponent
No longer an "adults-only" resort, the new Club Med has emerged with a new image and a strong emphasis on the facilities and the family, with a decidedly Mexican feel in its traditional Mexican architecture and bright decor.
Mexican Rodeo Traces Noble Lineage of the West
 Cindy Rodriguez
This was rodeo night, but not just any rodeo, we're talking a Mexican-style charreada, where the cowboys have bushy black moustaches, wear ornate suits and the competitions' emphasis is on style, not time.
Sin City Tijuana Parties Despite Crime Crackdown
 Noel Randewich
U.S. sailors and high school students cruised bars and nightclubs in Mexico's racy Tijuana border city at the weekend, undaunted by a crackdown on violent drug gangs by thousands of Mexican security forces.
Mexico's Imposing Peaks a Rock Climber's Dream
 Nicholas & Joshua Parkinson
Imagine holding onto the side of a building 15 floors up and knowing that any slip will send you plummeting to the sidewalk below. Now replace the sidewalk with a deep canyon and the building with a sheer limestone cliff and you will imagine exactly what Mexican climber Alejandro Fuentes faced in Potrero Chico.
Oaxaca 2007 Rural Tourism Fair
 Planeta.com
The world's largest small event, the 2007 Rural Tourism Fair will take place in Oaxaca City, Mexico on Saturday, January 27th. Highlighting rural tourism, the event showcases a variety of options travelers have exploring the Mexican countryside.
Mexico's Boutique Lodging Offers Unusual Touches
 Nick Gallo
Mexico Boutique Hotels' properties vary widely in style and settings. The group includes former palaces, ritzy haciendas, converted convents, golf hotels, spa resorts, and beach casitas.
It Isn't Illegal to Visit Cuba - but it Isn't Easy
 Timothy Alex Akimoff
Contrary to popular belief, it is not illegal to travel to Cuba. It is, only illegal to spend money that ends up in Cuban hands, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Once Again, Oaxaca Begins to Right Itself
 Patrick Healy
A few scenes from a crippled tourist town: Plywood covers the windows of a torched government building. Laborers paint over scrawls of graffiti. A maid folds sheets in a hotel with no guests. And with no travelers to hear their songs, a mariachi band idly paces the main plaza.
A Side of San Antonio That Nearly Forgets the Alamo
 Beth Greenfield
For every obvious tourist lure in San Antonio — the jammed downtown River Walk, the faux-Mexican Market Square, even the famous Alamo — there seems to exist a surprising, alluring alternative.
'Bluelist': Top Trips Around the World
 Don George
To inspire travelers' adventures in the new year, Lonely Planet has just published the "Bluelist," a 260-page compendium of top places to go and things to do around the world, compiled from our globe-girdling staff, authors and on-the-road travelers.
Touring Amid a City's Turmoil
 Gary Lee
Street crime also has long plagued this 580-square-mile, traffic-clogged metropolis of more than 20 million residents. Is a trip to a place with so many sore spots worth it? And if you go, how best to stay safe? I recently spent a long weekend in the capital trying to find out.
Acapulco, Mexico: Hyatt Regency Acapulco
 Sunshine Flint
Rooms with bay views are a draw for the Hyatt Regency Acalpulco. But observant Jews have another reason: it's one of very few destinations in Mexico that meets their dietary and religious requirements.
Full Stream Ahead 
 PVNN
Nature is wonderful and there's no better way to explore it than with Vallarta Adventures in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. BanderasNews videojournalist Laura Gelezunas shows us why this adventure tour operator is unparalleled in the Banderas Bay area.
Painting Over Signs of Strife to Tidy Up for the Tourists
 Marc Lacey
There is a new smell in the air here, competing with the aroma of mole sauce that routinely wafts through Oaxaca. It is the smell of paint fumes.
Exotic Destinations for 2007
 Cynthia Ross Cravit
What's hot – and what’s not – in travel destinations? For 2007, experts say that exotic/adventure travel is in with countries such as Turkey, Morocco and Peru predicted to become the new hotspots.
Casa Velas Now Leading Small Hotel & Spa, First in Vallarta
 emediawire.com
Casa Velas Hotel Boutique joins the exclusive membership of The Leading Small Hotels of the World as the only member in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Opened in November 2005, Casa Velas is a deluxe all inclusive boutique hotel, enjoying a privileged location on one of the destination's leading 18 hole golf courses.
Exploring Oaxaca: Radish Night (Noche de Rábanos)
 Ron Mader
Mexico is known for its colorful, grandiose festivals, but one of the most unique is Radish Night. La Noche de Rábanos is celebrated on December 23rd on the Zócalo and has been a focal point of Christmas celebrations for more than a century.
Bargains for the New Year
 Wire Reports
The Presidente InterContinental Puerto Vallarta Resort in Mexico offers a three-night Whale and Dolphin Expedition package, which includes a half-day biologist-guided tour into the midst of whales and dolphins in Bahia Banderas, one of the world's largest bays.
Diamond Spa Ritual Free for April Birthday
 PRWeb
Travelers celebrating their birthday in April, the month of the diamond birthstone, and guest will receive a complimentary two-hour Diamond Spa Experience and Grand Velas Ritual at the all-inclusive, AAA Five Diamond Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico.
Christmas Wish: A Trip to Mexico
 Karla Barnes
If the thought of getting away from it all entices you, why not make your Christmas wish become reality for you and someone you love? Booking a trip to Mexico is just a click away on your computer, or a phone call away if you're not wired to the Internet.
Tequila Days (and Nights)
 William M. Dowd
Blue agave grows in various parts of Mexico, but nowhere more in abundance than around Tequila, the town that gave the drink its name. From a distance, the huge fields of blue agave give the illusion of water. Close up, they evoke more of a dessert-like feel, the spiky blue-green plants springing from rich, brownish volcanic soil.
Illegal Migrant for a Day
 Alfredo Corchado
Halfway through the ordeal, my transformation into an illegal immigrant becomes all too real: running through a cornfield at midnight, hiding in a tunnel and sloshing through raw sewage. With border patrol "agents" hot on my trail, a question forms: When does this game become fun?
Watching Newborn Whales Among Sea of Cortes Delights
 Betsa Marsh
We're cruising the maternity ward of the great gray whale, looking for mothers and newborns in the briny warmth of the Baja California Sur lagoons. Suddenly, a baby threads through the waves, three times for each of its mother's long loops.
After Wilma, Life's a Beach
 Chris Welsch
p and down the Yucatan Peninsula's east coast — an area that accounts for 40 percent of Mexico's tourism income — resorts, restaurants and shops are ready for winter's influx of snow-weary Northerners. But the world they'll return to is in the process of a transformation that goes beyond hurricane recovery.
Warm Mexican Welcome
 Richard Slusser
The Puerto Vallarta airport is crowded; cars, trucks and buses halt at numerous stoplights on the highway north, away from the airport and the heart of Puerto Vallarta's high-rise resort hotels and its old town. The development of the Puerto Vallarta area jostles memories of this place I last visited 25 years ago. It wasn't like this back then.
An Imperfect Paradise
 Eileen Pierce
The guests came in three rounds, a harried Mexican week tucked between each visit. I hovered over our new casitas, shifting the furniture, hanging pictures, watering plants. This was GataGorda Inn's debut, and I wanted everything to be perfect.
A Luxury Spa at the Foot of a Magic Mountain
 Ann Levin
The bus from the San Diego airport to Rancho La Puerta winds along California Highway 94, through rugged mountain passes, past gnarled stands of oak trees, to a sleepy border crossing.
On Mexico’s Coast, a Surfer’s Secret
 Julia Chaplin
As any surfer knows, there’s nothing worse than trekking to some Endless Summer beach town, driving down a bumpy road and then paddling out at daybreak only to find 30 pumped surfers clawing and fighting for the same wave. This won’t happen in Troncones, a small fishing village about 20 miles north of Zihuatanejo on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
Chiapas: Once Shunned by Tourists, Now Open for Business
 Michelle Higgins
The Mexican state of Chiapas may be better known in the United States for the Zapatista uprising there in the mid-90s than for its biodiversity or archaeological treasures, but that might soon change.
Casa Velas Offers Innovative Spa and Medi Holiday
PRWEB
A growing number of tourists are combining holidays with health care and in 2007, this trend, known as medical tourism, is predicted to boom. One of the newest programs catching attention is the Wellness Spa/Medi Holiday Program at the 80 suite Casa Velas Hotel.
Where Are This Year's Holiday Hotspots?
 Travelwire
Ready or not, here it comes. And needless to say, few of us are ever ready. Old Man Winter has blown into town in a big way with wind-chilling temperatures and snow in the forecast. Space fills up fast and if you're planning to escape the cold, it's nearly too late to find a good deal for the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year's.
Vallarta Perfect for Baby-Friendly Vacation
 Lisa Kadane
Being backpackers at heart, when Blake and I booked our Air Miles tickets to Puerto Vallarta via Denver last year, we were still in denial we had a baby.
Marriott Offering Romantic Turndown Options
 PVNN
Marriott and Renaissance Caribbean & Mexico Resorts are adding a little sizzle to already romantic vacations with the new Tantalizing Turndown Menu. Whether couples are on a honeymoon, celebrating an anniversary or just looking to reconnect, lovebirds can choose from a list of enticing in-room services designed to enhance the romance.
Land of Rest and Rejuvenation
 Ann Brenoff
It has been said that Cabo feeds the flesh and Loreto feeds the spirit. These two Mexican Baja cities are separated by 250 miles and several light-years, although that might not be the case for long.
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