Results containing 'La Paz'
Date: 8/31/2013
Juliette arrived at Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, San Jose del Cabo and all the way up to La Paz this Wednesday night and its full force could be felt around midnight through early morning. People in San Jose del Cabo were much luckier as the storm only brought some wind...
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Date: 8/12/2013
Famed ocean explorer, film-maker and conservationist Jacques Cousteau called the Sea of Cortez the “World’s Aquarium.” Iconic novelist John Steinbeck described it as “ferocious with life”. The Sea of Cortez, year-round home to an incredible variety of marine life, also plays host to migratory species such as whales, sea turtles and Manta rays. Tourists flock to Cabo San Lucas in the winter months to watch our most famous marine visitors, the Humpback and Gray whales, frolic and play with their newborn calves in the vibrant waters of the Mar de Cortez.
And now, possibly in as little as two years, there will...
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Date: 8/10/2013
The Natural History Museum of Cabo San Lucas, also known as El Museo de las California's is easily found at its central location at the northern corner of the tiny Amelia Wilkes Plaza, between Cabo San Lucas Avenue and Miguel Hidalgo. At one side of the museum and plaza is a white, archaeological skeleton of a grey whale, that makes it difficult to miss.
The small museum has a collection of historical artifacts including maps, tools, fossils from the Sierra del la Laguna, and journals that date back to the 16th century expeditions of early Spanish explorers and conquistadores like Hernan...
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Date: 7/22/2013
The ABC Medical Center is a private, non-profit institution dedicated to healthcare excellence, which is opening a brand new hospital currently under construction along the four lane highway corridor between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, near the One and Only Palmilla Resorts.
In the past few years, Los Cabos has fast become a popular destination for medical tourism as American and Canadian visitors are travelling south of the border for less expensive medical procedures than they would normally pay in their country of origin.
Procedures such as plastic surgery, and orthopedic surgery which are performed with personalized service by skilled...
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Date: 6/1/2013
At a total cost of $100 million US dollars, the government of Mexico will construct the biggest solar energy ''park'' of Latin America in La Paz, Baja California. Hector Olea, president of Gauss Energy, the company who will build the facility, explained it will be allocated to the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) in a contract agreement for the next 20 years.
The company, in existence since 2004, is the country's leader in the development of investment projects, specializing in the energy sector of Mexico. The Gauss Energy project in Southern Baja California, will be the construction of a 30 megawatt solar power...
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Date: 5/19/2013
A meteorite has impacted near La Paz, Mexico, Saturday evening, May 18 at about 4:06 p.m, with an impact so fierce when it fell, that it shook several houses in the vicinity and led some La Paz residents to believe an earthquake had taken place. The strong explosion, caused fire and emergency vehicles to be dispatched to the area almost immediately as residents took to their cell phones and internet to announce the falling catastrophe from space.
Local La Paz citizens informed arriving media about the brilliant ball they witnessed zoom across the sky whose descent into their neighbor hood, caused...
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Date: 5/16/2013
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Date: 5/9/2013
Hecho En Los Cabos (Made In Los Cabos) is a government agency that is helping citizens of the Baja California Sur Region become a part of this nation's growing economy by guiding them into becoming small business owners. Armida Castro Guzman and Alfredo Tejeda Rojas provide Mexicans who generally hawk their wares at locations that vary from family to family within the many cities that dominate this area; San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo, La Paz, Los Barriles and Todos Santos.
As director of the city's municipal business link, Armida Castro Guzman, makes home visits to families and artisans and encourages them...
Date: 5/3/2013
Animal encounters on the sea can be scary and amazing. This time Laura and Rich Howard were surprised by a pod of 20 killer whales when they were enjoying a scuba dive vacation in La Paz. Later these killer whales started playing with them on the boat for about an hour...
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Date: 4/8/2013
The second annual Todos Santos Horse Festival (Festival del Caballo) will take place this year on Sunday, April 28, 2013. The free event is a cavalcade of dancing horses, rodeo events, trick roping, barrel races, and begins with a colorful parade through town, beginning at Puente La Muela to the Todos Santos baseball stadium. ''I remember going last year and it was great!'' exclaimed Nedra Dreyer, with much enthusiasm, as she recollected the growing family-friendly festivities of a year ago, which begin at 9:30 a.m.
''Anyone who wants to can ride in the Cabalgata,'' said organizers Arturo Geraldo and Kaia Thomson; referring...