Puerto Vallarta's U.S. Consular Agency has moved from its provisional quarters in Paradise Village to the Paradise Plaza Shopping Center, located at 85 Paseo de los Cocoteros Sur, Local #l–7, in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit.

Open to the public Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, except for US and Mexican holidays, the U.S. Consular Agency provides emergency services to American Citizens residing in or visiting the area around Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.The Consular Agency also provides notary service and receives applications for U.S. passports and consular reports of birth abroad (CRBAs.) Passport and CRBAa applications are forwarded to the US Consulate General Guadalajara (the Consular Agency's supervisory post) for processing.

Crystal clear skies and soft tropical breezes belied the increasing concern of Mexican authorities as a unrelenting surge of high waves and dangerous riptides continued to assail the west coast States of this North American Republic.
In Alcapulco; high waves breeched sea walls, flowing down seaside streets and alleyways. In Puerto Vallarta, small boats were smashed, beached, or broken against stone breakwaters. In Mazatlan, Sinaloa, massive waves reaching more than 3 meters have been pounding the resort town nonstop since April 9. The Secretary of public security, Ernesto Cebreros Murillo, issued an alert to all owners and captains of small boats plying the waters of Sinaloa. "We are asking all captains with home harbors in the State of Sinaloa to abstain from putting out to sea," he said.

All hands on deck. I'm serious here folks. We're running out of time.

The meeting to discuss and vote on (new and improved) options for the Alta Vista Rd. encroachment issue will be held at Monte and Julie Vincents 10:00am. March 12th. (this upcoming Monday).. Please make every effort to attend or should you be away from the Burro, you may call in to the teleconference number provided to you via Email.

Each month, thousands of people from all over the world visit Punta del Burro through the World Wide Web. This chart shows the statistics from our first year of operation:

While visiting Gary S. up at his place on the hill directly across from the PdB entrance we decided it would be cool to put a webcam on top of his house. The shelton pad is pretty darn cool in itself. We can all watch huricanes roll by PdB from putors all over the world. Better yet, we can see the progress of the developer next door. Note the recent strip mining technique used in the lower hectare's below. Click on Picture then "view original" for closeup..Would you check out a webcam on the pdb site if you could? Let us know ..

Please mark your personal calendar for the joint ODSYS water company and HOA meeting to be held at Casa Olas 10:00 am saturday Febuary 3rd.

Here are some pertinent excerpts from an article in USA Today:

...the U.S. government is on the verge of implementing security-inspired changes to passports that will affect millions of international travelers.

On Jan. 23, air travelers to and from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean will for the first time need a passport to cross the U.S. border. Starting in the spring, all U.S citizens applying for a passport will get an electronic version that's embedded with a "smart" chip designed to thwart forgery.
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Many people heading to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean now travel with just a driver's license for identification. Under the new rule, U.S. citizens traveling by air need a passport. Though a driver's license will no longer suffice, the government does leave some wiggle room. The Nexus Air card, issued under a USA-Canada cooperative program to prescreened travelers, is acceptable. The passport rule will apply to land and sea travelers no later than June 1, 2009.

Shoppers on the lookout for some fabulous Christmas décor and gifts are in
luck! The Second Annual Beta Sigma Phi Christmas Bazaar and Poinsettia Sale
is a great chance to do some shopping while benefiting a local charity.

Just stop by Lazaro Cardenas #52 in Bucerias on Saturday, December 2nd
between 10 am and 2 pm Jalisco time for a great selection of hand made
Christmas gifts, home baked goodies and live poinsettias. All proceeds
benefit The School for Exceptional Children in Bucerias (Centro de Atencion
Multiple No. 12.)

The Bucerias Children's Library will be holding their annual Welcome Back to

No sooner than the huricane season is over, we get an earthquake. Near Colima just south of Jalisco state. A 5.7er earthquake center. Did you feel it???

Some homeowners have installed efficient new wastewater treatment systems. If you're interested, please click through this brief presentation to see how it works.