News Article
Date: 2/5/2014
The sleepy village of Todos Santos has been busy this year. The Todos Santos Film Festival is the most recent in a string of impressive cultural events held in the Pueblo Mágico that lies less than an hour north of Cabo San Lucas. Both historic and magical, this renowned artist’s community recently hosted a two week Music Festival and is currently in the middle of an eight day art festival jam-packed with art, workshops and educational programs. The art festival will be followed by the Open Artists Studio Tour, and then the 11th Annual Todos Santos Film Festival will begin.
The event,...
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Date: 1/31/2014
Is there anything worse than glancing in your rearview mirror only to be surprised by flashing blue and red lights? Actually yes, there is something worse. Imagine the exact same scenario but with one slight difference: that rearview mirror is on the windshield of a rental car while you’re on vacation in Mexico! Gulp. So what should you do if you’re pulled over by the cops here in Cabo?
First, don’t panic. Nothing bad is going to happen to you. Despite what you might think, you’re not going to have to pay the dreaded mordida (literally “bite”, meaning a bribe). The...
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Date: 1/27/2014
Los Cabos is a paradise where the desert meets the sea; a land of natural beauty paired with world class golf, fishing and spas, carefree beach parties, mouth-watering food, and fishbowl-sized margaritas. Margaritas that are made with – what else? – tequila. And Mexico, as everyone knows, is the land of tequila, not wine. Yet many travelers are wine drinkers, regardless of where they vacation. Some could even be called aficionados, planning trips around visits to vineyards and wineries. So it’s not unheard of for a Cabo visitor to forego that margarita, choosing instead a glass of wine with dinner. Yet...
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Date: 1/19/2014
Ten years ago you could count on an exchange rate of ten to one. Just take a zero off the peso price. Easy math. Not so any more. The exchange rate fluctuates between 12 and 13.50 and even that can change rapidly. What does the higher exchange rate mean? You get more pesos for your dollar now than you did ten years ago. Don’t get too excited though, in most cases prices in pesos have risen to match. So the question remains, a question that befuddles many a Cabo visitor: Should I pay with dollars or exchange them for pesos? The...
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Date: 1/15/2014
''Valentine's Day romance itself, has become a specialty in Los Cabos,'' says local writer, Chris Sands. And the talented, literary resident of Cabo San Lucas is right. The natural beauty of the area's wonderful, warm beaches and iconic Land's End Arch rock formation, all make for an alluring, serene, romantic vacation getaway. The reputation of this region's magical, memorable evenings of love by the sea, has grown steadily over the years.
Weddings in Cabo have long been the near dream-like setting for beautifully planned beach weddings and Valentine's Day packages are now held in the same breath of esteem when it...
Date: 1/13/2014
Los Cabos is widely known as one of the top whale watching destinations in the world. Tourists come from all over North America each winter, not only to escape from the cold and the snow, but to get out on the water and get close to the whales. This annual Cabo...
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Date: 11/14/2013
Talking with the people behind the film opening the Baja International Film Festival 2013; “Metegol”, a Latin film by Juan Jose Campanella (director of the awarded film “El Secreto de Sus Ojos”).
Metegol is an animated film that has been a huge success in Argentina and is now ready to be played in Mexico, after the voices where dubbed for the Mexican audience by actors Poncho Herrera and Irene Azuela.
Campanella told the press yesterday that the film “Metegol” is based on a short story by a very famous writer in...
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Date: 11/14/2013
The 2nd edition of the Baja International Film Festival 2013 started yesterday with the goal to create a bridge between Mexico, USA and Canada’s cinematography.
Through the long red carpet we saw several film celebrities as: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana de la Reguera, José María de Tavira, Alfonso Herrera, Irene Azuela, Ludwika Paleta, Paula Núñez, Gerardo Taracena, Arcelia Ramírez, Hugo Stiglitz, Guillermo Arriaga, Jorge Michel Grau, Billy Rovzar, Yvonne Venegas, and many more.
After the formal inauguration of the festival the film Metegol was shown, presented by the director Juan José Campanella, as well as the actors Poncho Herrera and Irene Azuela who...
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Date: 11/4/2013
Enrolling American children in the Mexican School system is nothing new to families who have achieved this change in their youngsters’ education transformation, when relocating to Southern Baja California’s region of Los Cabos. There are at least a dozen more than adequate elementary schools in Los Cabos and Baja California Sur allocates millions of dollars ($2.5) to maintain what amounts to 33% of the state's population enrolled in education.
With a diverse social fabric in Los Cabos, many ex-pat families have taken to home schooling their kids in Spanish to prepare them for assimilation into local public and private schools. Tuition...
Date: 11/1/2013
The depression at this point is hard to read. It has not become better organized during the past several hours and there appears to be multiple swirls within the circulation envelope. The system has some chance to strengthen over the next couple of days while it remains over war water with...