Hola Vecinos ,

Starting tomorrow in the morning go to summer time it is advancing clocks an hour this with the goal of saving more energy.

Since 1996 Mexico has been practised in the change of schedule. The first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October at 2h00 in the morning is the change of schedule. By 2008 Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, April 6 and ends on Sunday, October 26.

At the time taken between the first Sunday in April and last Sunday in October is called daylight saving time, while the schedule for the remainder of the year is called Winter Schedule. The setting of a time that is done in the clocks to move from one time to another occurs exactly 2h00 in the morning (this time is the time that is left) on Sunday in question. The change in schedule is made at this time to minimize potential adverse effects on society in general the effect of adjusting the clocks. In the United Mexican States changing schedule is done primarily in the Central time zone, one hour after making the change of schedule in the Pacific area, and an hour later is the change of schedule in the Northwest area .

Construction of the Riviera Nayarit Project Begins

March 24th, construction of the tourist complex "Riviera Nayarit" will begin. "Riviera Nayarit" extends along 180 kms of beachfront property from Nuevo Vallarta to San Blas, all in the neighboring state of Nayarit just north of Puerto Vallarta. This FONATUR project will eventually include 44 individual tourist developments, an international airport, 6 golf courses and 4 marinas.

The first phase of development will take 2 ½ years, March 2008 - September 2010. It will include a 4-lane highway Bucerìas-Compostela, a distance of about 100 kms. which will reduce driving time on this stretch by 1 hour, and a 2-lane highway Tepic-San Blas, which will reduce the driving time between these two cities to 20 minutes.

Punta del Burro
October 27, 2007
Prepared by Patricia Will

Dear Neighbors:

During the summer, a number of us (Sergio Grano, Jim and Melinda Wilker, Pablo and me, Patricia Will) have been working hard on community improvements. Since Memorial Day week-end we have:

--Resolved all boundary differences with Costa Banderas, closed on the land outside our boundaries (per surveys) on Alta Vista, as well as an interior lot.

--Fenced the community, so as to establish permanent, visible boundaries

--Hired full-time 24/7 security, positioned at our new entry at Alta Vista and Bahia , and patrolling throughout the night

Looking for the Best Place in the World to Retire?
Jim Scherrer - PVNN

Retirees, not young adventurers, are the largest and latest group to migrate to this fabled country in droves.
With International Living's Annual Global Retirement Index ranking Mexico as the world's top retirement haven and Conde Nast naming Vallarta the world's friendliest resort, it's no wonder that so many retirees have migrated to Puerto Vallarta.

During the past 15 years, International Living magazine has calculated its Annual Global Retirement Index; a resource intended to assist retirees and future retirees in evaluating and comparing the world's most popular retirement destinations. It is based on a number of criteria, giving various weights to each, depending on its importance to retirees. Listed below are those criteria considered with their individual weighting:

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.

Just more evidence our surrounding area is not growing..It's exploding..

Riviera Nayarit Poised to Become a Premier Vacation Destination
PRNewswire

Apple Vacations, the nation's leading tour operator to Mexico, was honored
this week for its contributions to tourism development in Mexico,
specifically in the State of Nayarit, located just north of Puerto Vallarta
on the central West Coast of Mexico. The award was presented by Governor Ney
Gonzalez Sanchez of the State of Nayarit, which is poised to become the one
of the leading new tourism destinations in Mexico.

Receiving the accolades, Apple Vacations' Chairman and C.E.O. John Mullen

Hello Neighbors

FYI: Surfs Boards Stolen, and Reward Offered.

Some time between January and February, two long boards were stolen from our house at Bahia #35. This is the beach house, just South, below Roy G.

The two boards were taken from our rear bedroom. Someone had access, no windows or locks were damaged. No other items were taken.

Both were 9'9" long boards, one had red stripes, and the other blue stripes. They both would have labels, from surf shops in Encinitas or Carlsbad CA.

I am offering a $ 2,000.00 cash reward for information, of who took my surf boards, their true identity, and location.

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 ..

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.