Results containing 'San Jose'
News Article
Date: 9/9/2013
A new small organic market taking place every Thursday in the cozy patio of El Encanto Inn, is fast becoming the newest charming addition to the vitality and culture of the historic downtown colonial area in San Jose del Cabo. ''The organic market has been a lot of fun for our guests,'' said El Encanto Inn Guest Relations Manager, Cliff Ulen, as popularity of the three weeks-old organic market has begun to spread.
Some of the health-conscious locals of the smaller, more quiet, friendly city in Los Cabos, have slowly been making their way into the courtyard of El Encanto Inn for...
News Article
Date: 9/5/2013
Los Cabos teachers participated in a nationwide 24-hour work stoppage in protest of new education reform laws passed by the Federal Government of Mexico. These new laws will require teachers to pass an evaluation to maintain their teaching positions. On Wednesday morning, mere hours after the new law was passed by the Senate, hundreds of pre-school, primary school and secondary school teachers assembled at the Los Cabos International Airport. Traffic and pedestrian access to Terminal 1 was disrupted for approximately one and one half hours. During a fifteen minute period when an entrance to the road leading to the terminal was...
News Article
Date: 9/2/2013
Historically, international medical travel has meant that a patient leaves from a less developed country and travels to a highly developed country for services unavailable in their home country. The United States has often been the recipient of money spent on such medical travel. However, as medical care in the U.S. has become more complicated, more costly and less personal in recent years many Americans have joined the ranks of those searching for a better option. Medical tourism, or travel from a highly developed country to another area of the world for medical treatment, is becoming more popular for many reasons,...
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...
News Article
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...
News Article
Date: 8/2/2013
Mexico's war of Independence to end nearly 300 years of Spanish rule, began with a Catholic priest's ringing of the church bell in the town of Dolores, Guanajuato on September 16, 1810. A historic event, that called upon people of mixed ancestry in Mexico, to take up their arms and fight for their most basic political and civil rights; as well as a redistribution of land and a demand for racial equality.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla's ''Grito de Dolores'' (Cry of Dolores) led to the country's life changing revolts, which were forged even after the Catholic priest was captured and executed by...
News Article
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...
News Article
Date: 6/26/2013
The Caduaño Water Park in Los Cabos, which recently re-opened for the spring and summer with tremendous fanfare and community excitement. The aquatic park is located in the small town of Caduaño at Kilometer 65, about 20 miles from San Jose del Cabo and Los Barriles. The drive to get there is a nice and scenic commute along the Sea of Cortez.
Caduaño is located approximately three miles before Miraflores. If anyone arrives at the Pemex Gas Station, like so many people do, it is a clear indication you have gone too far. The fact that there is no sign yet on...
News Article
Date: 6/25/2013
The most recognized places of worship in Los Cabos are the two historical Catholic Churches in San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. This of course, does not mean they are the only churches in the area. The Cabo English Church, whose ministry started way back in 1982, is a Christian Church located at the corner of Miguel Hidalgo and the main road into town.
Cabo English Church has an estimated membership of 200 loyal parishioners, who are actively involved in helping the community by volunteering and giving back to this area of Mexico's most impoverished neighborhoods. Every Thursday night, 16 of...
News Article
Date: 6/11/2013
The 5th Annual Festival of Music will once again feature a seemingly endless number of bands that are certain to entertain everyone in attendance on Friday, June 21st in downtown San Jose del Cabo's central plaza, art gallery, and old colonial buildings area. There are 16 confirmed stages that will host 64 bands that will play non-stop music from 4:00 pm-1:00 a.m
The event's organizing committee has seen this unique and special event, grow every year since it first began. It is justifiably considered the largest live band celebration of music in the world. An idea that began a half decade ago...