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Date: 8/16/2013
Diverse, colorful and magical like the land that it inhibits, our artistic input is a product of the natural inclination of Mexicans, throughout the ages, to adorn life with art.
Folk art is one of the facets of Mexican culture that most serves to identify its people, a source of pride for the majority of Mexicans and something which we can be content to match against any good produced by other countries and cultures in the world.
Getting in contact with this theme implies touching one of the most sensitive nerves of Mexican idiosyncrasy. It is also, however, the basis for a serious...
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Date: 8/13/2013
The 2014 Dakar Rally has already received over 450 applications from all over the world for the grueling 14 day off-road race that begins in Rosario, Argentina on January 5, 2014 and traverses through Bolivia and ends in Valparaiso, Chile on January the 18th. The amount of applicants is a figure closely hovering around the record set in 2012. ''Above and beyond the front of the race, which is reserved for professionals, the Dakar is essentially designed with enthusiasts in mind; those who thrive in open space and adventure, explained David Castera, event sporting director. ''It is nevertheless, essential to be...
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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: 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...
Date: 7/1/2013
4th of July in Cabo San Lucas is a holiday that has been celebrated for patriotic Americans both living and visiting this vacation hot spot for more than a decade now. ''Even though the 4th is an American holiday, many of the Medano Beach resorts will have a fireworks display for...
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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...
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Date: 6/21/2013
You’ve might be seeing the hashtag "#FlipForCabo" on social media channels already and are wondering what is this all about. Well the Los Cabos Tourism Board's June 11, 2013 announcement to help spread the word about vacationing in Cabo, has reached staggering proportions as their press release can be found everywhere online. The discount travel savings event the tourism board is promoting, #'FlipForCabo' will occur on June 26, 2013 from 11:00 am-7:00 pm in The Grove, Los Angeles.
The June 26 event is intended to help drive consumer traffic to the Grove's central park area in Los Angeles that will feature live...
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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...
Date: 6/6/2013
World famous magician and entertainer, Chriss Angel, will be in Los Cabos, June 24-29 to film his impressive, mystery, magic, suspense show for Spike cable television.''I want ''Loyals'' all over the world to come out here, meet each other; of course meet me, and participate in one of my episodes. It's...
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Date: 5/27/2013
With an alarming 38 % of the children in Baja California identified with child obesity, the western state of the Republic of Mexico, is moving rapidly with sweeping changes to help radically reduce those high numbers which rank the country as the nation with the highest rate of child obesity in the world. Earlier this year, the Senate of Mexico approved a reform to help in its fight against child obesity. The proposed changes were submitted by the general secretary of the national union of education workers, Rafael Ochoa Guzman.
The most glaring change in the reform is at the elementary school...