The state of Colima, located south of Jalisco, is home to the "Most Dangerous" volcano in Mexico. This is just close enough for a day trip, but far enough away that you never have to listen for strains of "I Lava You Truly" and "Oh, Pumice Me!" if you live in Punta del Burro. Bad volcano jokes aside, here is a map which will give you a vague idea of where it is:

Yet another award in the neighborhood of Punta del Burro! This time, it's for the Grand Velas All Suites and Spa Resort. This resort also received the Condé Nast Johansens 2006 Most Excellent Spa Hotel, and the 2005 Condé Nast Johansens Most Outstanding Resort. You can take a virtual tour of the resort here.

Although the tone of this article is not exactly what I'd call upbeat, it's interesting that people are really beginning to notice that the Mexico-US migration is not one-way. So I'm posting it as a "general interest" item for PdB'ers as this trend affects property values. This article appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, October 15, 2006. Click to view original article.

One of the most enchanting things for me about visiting or living in another country is discovering local specialties which, even though they may be very popular there, have been totally unknown to me. Last week, while shopping at a local Mexican store in the Phoenix Arizona area, I happened to notice a rather large display of damiana tea in various forms. You'd probably not find this at Safeway or Kroger (Fry's), but in any Mexican store it's a given. So I thought I'd share a little bit about this herb.

As the Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North America gathers momentum and the US Anschluss of Mexico gets closer to reality, more and more people are buying property south of the border. This Bloomberg article tells what's going on a little north of PdB. Thanks to Bill G. for the heads up!

You may not have heard about this, but three fishermen from San Blas, Nayarit (see map) spent nine months adrift at sea in a very small boat, and wound up near the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific.

(Langosta is the Spanish word for Locust.)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Clouds of locusts have descended around the Mexican beach resort of Cancun, destroying corn crops and worrying officials in a region still recovering from the devastating fury of last year's Hurricane Wilma. Traveling in dark fogs, locusts are grasshoppers that have entered a swarming phase, capable of covering large distances and rapidly stripping fields of vegetation.

"Imagine, they fly in the form of a flock. Imagine the width of a street," government official Martin Rodriguez said on Tuesday, describing the fields around Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula.

This information is current as of today, Sun Sep 17 2006 00:37:45 GMT-0700 (US Mountain Standard Time). Original Page.

Mexico

September 15, 2006

This Public Announcement alerts U.S. citizens to the rising level of brutal violence in areas of Mexico. This violence has occurred throughout Mexico, but has been particularly persistent in the city of Nuevo Laredo within the state of Tamaulipas. This Public Announcement expires on March 15, 2007.

U.S. citizens residing and traveling in Mexico should exercise extreme caution when in unfamiliar areas and be aware of their surroundings at all times. Public sources suggest that narcotics-related violence has claimed 1,500 lives in Mexico this year. In recent months there have been execution-style murders of Mexican and U.S. citizens in Tamaulipas (particularly Nuevo Laredo), Michoacan, Baja California, Guerrero, and other states.

This is a sample of the Cochran Real Estate Newsletter, which you can subscribe to via e-mail.

The weather is getting a little crazy again with Lane moving up the coast north of Manzanilla towards Cabo. It's packing rain. Lots of it... possible 40-50 mph winds. Should be in our vacinity late friday or early saturday. Batten the hatches and be aware of the tides. The waves, nah, they can't do any harm. And if you believe that I've got a palapa I'll sell ya!!

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