Puerto Vallarta: Entertainment - Art - Events
The Internet as a Social Introduction to Puerto Vallarta Pata Salada is a colloquial term used to identify people who live in Puerto Vallarta. Literally it means "salt leg." One of the first hurdles facing many people visiting or moving from one culture to another is a lack of familiar reference points or a diminishing of social comfort zones. To some people, these are the benefits of … [Read more...]
Traveling is my life. I travel for adventure and for business. I travel for exposure to new views and for hopes of finding those ever more elusive "greener pastures" around the next corner. As I have traveled over the years, a curious thing has happened to my traveling habits. My suitcases have gotten smaller and my "necessities" have gotten fewer. When I first started hitting the … [Read more...]
December 6, 2011. By Stan Gabruk of Master Baiter´s Sportfishing and Tackle. As we continue to move deeper into early winter we see the fishing conditions changing as colder water takes over our world famous fishing grounds. But this does not mean we are seeing the fishing go south as well as we see the bay explode with large football sized Yellowfin Tuna which continues to be primary … [Read more...]
For the new tourist or the established expat, the Puerto Vallarta Office of Tourism (Dirección de Turismo) offers a wealth of information, both directly from the very friendly bilingual staff and from the racks of free maps, printed advertisements and brochures. All of the local English language magazines and newspapers - Bay Vallarta, The PV Mirror, The Tribune and Vallarta Today - are … [Read more...]
The IFC – 23rd Traditional Home Tour Season, 2011-2012 The International Friendship Club Home Tour season runs from November 16, 2011 with a regular Wednesday and Thursday schedule until April 11 and 12. The proceeds from the tours fund a number of Puerto Vallarta charities, primarily our Cleft Palate Surgical Program and other in-house Educational and Community Service Programs. It also … [Read more...]
by Sarah Hepting I have done a bit of volunteer work for the PEACE organization's free spay and neuter clinics here in Puerto Vallarta. This is a mobile clinic that sets up at various locations (sometimes it is person's house, sometimes a business, sometimes a government building, etc.). The conditions are different every time and one of the requirements of the staff and volunteers is that … [Read more...]
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