There is a genuine land rush going on anywhere near the beach in Mexico. Prices are rising very fast, with village after village near the major tourist areas experiencing price escalations that are sometimes hard to believe. The coast line north of Puerto Vallarta, mostly in the state of Nayarit, has been designated as the […]

                                                         Cabo San Lucas
                                 (You too can be a proportional owner of the arch)
by Richard Kiser
This is the first of a three-part series on a cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta.

It’s about 6AM and we are approaching our first port –Cabo San Lucas. I was sleepless
and found myself walking the deck and soaking […]

Mexican Doctors and Dentists
Many Americans who live near the border get their medical and dental needs by crossing into Mexico. If it wasn’t a good idea they would try it once and never go back. But go back they do, and not just because the prices are right…they also receive excellent care. The same is […]

Fresco is a technique used for mural painting. Most of the murals painted by Diego Rivera, for example, were done in fresco. The Maya Indians did fresco paintings in the Pre-Columbian era, as did the inhabitants of  Pompeii.
Now you can learn this ancient technique in a simple, introductory five-day workshop in the beautiful colonial town […]

One of the most misunderstood considerations that puzzle many gringos as they ponder a life south-of-the-border is the health-care options. What happens if I break my ankle on one of those damn charming cobblestones? Or a coconut drops on my head (you’re probably dead) while swinging in my hammock, or my gastrointestinal tract slips its track? Do […]

Street Food in Mexico…Is it Safe?
For the most part, it’s not only safe…it is cheap and it is good. In 35 years of traveling Mexico I have been taken ill from bad food many times. But I can’t think of one time that I could trace the problem back to eating street food. And in […]

The 3rd annual Mexico Resort Development Conference has just concluded in La Costa, near San Diego, with some new, but not surprising, revelations. For many years these type of affairs have been very upbeat cheerleading sessions designed to synergize the attendees into prolific deal-making. Many of the industry’s heavy-hitters were in attendance, including Jack Nicklaus, […]

There is a news report out about some investors losing their money in the area known as Rocky Point in Sonora, Mexico near Puerto Penasco. Whether this could have been avoided is arguable, or make that probable. Read the story and you get the sense that some of those who feel duped maybe didn’t thoroughly […]

Having your own transportation while traveling in Mexico has many advantages. You’re not spending hours in airports and bus stations, you can go wherever a road takes you, no time schedule and no annoying people (other than your travel partner who sings the same Led
Zeppelin song hour after endless hour). Of course, there is a […]

For years, many of us have wondered why Mexico, with so many natural resources and hard working people, remains largely in poverty. Since volumes of analysis by people smarter than I have attempted to answer this, I’ll just add a couple of opinions based on my observations over a lifetime of Mexico study and travels.Many […]