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Puerto Vallarta: Hands On The Wheel

Hands on the Wheel We have learned it’s best to keep hands on the wheel while driving in Puerto Vallarta and eyes on the road. While cruising along recently with our visiting granddaughter in the back seat, we stopped at a light and pulled...

Puerto Vallarta: US Politics In Mexico

What is it about the popularity of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Mexico, including Puerto Vallarta? The country adores them! It’s not just that Mexicans don’t like (to put it mildly) the opposition; they also have a Mutual Admiration Soci...

Puerto Vallarta: Birders Welcome

Birds of Puerto Vallarta Some of our regular habitants have flown back north for the next few months. Humans have also left but it’s the birds we’ll miss the most! We love the birds of Puerto Vallarta. Many of them winter here, just as w...

Yes, Vallarta Is Growing

Puerto Vallarta has long been a bustling, active town. It didn’t start with the Hollywood invasion, though the way some people talk, Vallarta was nothing but a sleepy fishing village before the event of movie-making. Las Peñas, as Puerto Va...

Avocados and Puerto Vallarta

To our amazement, we have discovered there are over 500 varieties of avocados in the world! Avocados are considered a fruit, though most North Americans think of them as a vegetable. From the Nahuatl (Aztec) word ahuacatl, avocado means tes...

Tonala Is Worth Visiting From Puerto Vallarta

Before the conquistadores invaded Tonalá in 1530, this city was ruled by a woman, Cihualpilli. A chapel dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe, located at the high point of Cerro de la Reina (Queen’s Hill), where Cihualpilli lived, ruling over...

2016 Vallarta Real Estate Fair Is Big Success

This year’s Vallarta Real Estate Fair had a record turnout with more exhibitors and attendees enjoying the fair than ever before. The highlights of the Fair were the two seminars that were heavily attended by locals, buyers and sellers. L...

Puerto Vallarta’s Real Estate Hot Deals

Punta Esmeralda Girasol 102 North Shore Incredible Gated Community La Joya 514 Hotel Zone Horizon 308 Upper Amapas Renaissance 4 Upper Amapas Peña de Guadalupe Alta Vista Special Limited Time Offer Casa Monito Upper Amapas M...

Day of the Child Puerto Vallarta

Day of the Child In Puerto Vallarta and all throughout Mexico we celebrated Dia del Niño on April 30th. We’ve not visited any other place in the world where children are celebrated in the manner they are here. Any store carrying toys focu...

Watermelon in Puerto Vallarta?

Sandia What a pleasure watermelon is. The color, the sweetness, the crunch, the freshness. We love watermelon. It took us some time to wrap our head around the word sandia, watermelon in Spanish, two words that seem completely unrelated....

Good To Know Puerto Vallarta

Good to Know There are many issues we are so very passionate about, and there was a time, we were willing to put ourselves in a position of discomfort to defend, placate and protect. However, the level of distress attained when standing ...

Help Means Jobs In Puerto Vallarta

Friends who recently moved south for the winter have begun to settle into their new homes and several more are on their way. These people have begun to realize the benefits of south-of-the-border living in Puerto Vallarta and shed the fears...

Puerto Vallarta shielded by Nature: Hurricane Patricia

Hurricane Patricia was recorded as the most powerful hurricane in the history of the planet, but once again, Puerto Vallarta escaped unscathed before it made landfall. According to Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism, Enrique de la Madrid Corde...

¨Jardín Botánico Vallarta¨ Un beneficiario del próximo “House Hunters International” Evento de caridad en Puerto Vallarta.

¨Jardín Botánico Vallarta¨ Un beneficiario del próximo “House Hunters International” Evento de caridad en Puerto Vallarta. Timothy Real Estate Group será anfitrión del segundo evento de caridad House HuntersInternational...