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News Article
Date: 5/13/2013
An old friend of iCabo.com, Mario Bañaga, who has fished the waters around Cabo and the East Cape for almost two decades, got quite a surprise last Thursday when he reeled in one of the strangest fish to be caught in the waters around Los Cabos. The fish is called a Pacigic Stargazer, although it is actually a bottom dweller. Mario had never seen a stargazer and did not know what it was. With its upturned face, like that of a bulldog, and an enormous mouth, it certainly gave him some pause before handling it..
It wasn't until Bañaga, who charters boats...
News Article
Date: 5/11/2013
Search online for transportation in Cabo or Cabo transportation, and you will find iCabo.com. We are committed to making sure that our many visitors get the best and most up to date information about arriving in Los Cabos and getting about safely whilst in the resorts.
Of course, while many people make their travel arrangements prior to leaving home, just finding their respective travel company can be confusing after exiting the immigration and retrieving their luggage. The main transportation companies who handle airport pick up and delivery to hotel/resorts in either San Jose del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, or Los Barriles/East Cape...
News Article
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...
News Article
Date: 5/6/2013
Mother's Day is a national holiday in Mexico and is honored and celebrated at the many Cabo San Lucas resorts and restaurants. While it is always celebrated in the United States as the second Sunday of each May, Mexico officially always recognizes the special occasion and national holiday on
May 10.
And while older Mexican's bestow store bought cards, and flowers that play a prominent part of the traditional gifts American children present to their mamas; Mexican youngsters however, are taught to create custom, simple, humble gifts that sons and daughters construct themselves at school with loving care in the day or two...
News Article
Date: 5/4/2013
People passionate about Eastern culture are invited to participate in a special Tibetan spring retreat in the Los Cabos area mountains on May 8-May 12 with venerable Tibetan Lama Chogyal Namkhai Norbu. The Baja Exploration Retreat will consist of yoga, dance, Eco-tourism and guided hiking day tours on the expansive property of Tsegyalgar West. The Tysegyalgar grounds are more like a 3,000 acre park nestled in the heart of the mountain landscape that overlooks the Sea of Cortez.
Guests will be staying at Hotel Buena Vista overnight to awaken every day, beginning Wednesday, May 8 with a yet to be announced first...
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...
News Article
Date: 4/30/2013
Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Los Cabos are limited to special events that are hyped up and promoted at most hotels and bars that recognize American and Canadian expectations of seeing the Holiday observed in sunny Baja California Sur, which commemorates the Republic of Mexico defeating the French army in the battle at Puebla in 1862.
On April 30, 2013, Mexico celebrates ''El Dia de el Niño or Day of the Child, as a national holiday along with May the 1st, as its national Labor Day (Dia de el Trabajo).More fuss is made in Los Cabos and Mexico, of these two...
News Article
Date: 4/30/2013
In a move that is raising eyebrows, and ruffling feathers, Mexican newspapers reported recently that three of Mexico's federal representatives have proposed a bill that would allow American, Canadian, and other non-Mexican citizens to buy and obtain full ownership of ocean front properties.
A bill that is specifically designed to make home buying much easier for non-Mexican foreigners. A proposal limited to purchasing homes and not commercial or agricultural business property.
If passed into law, foreigners buying a home in Mexico could do so without obtaining it via the Bank Trust (Fideicomiso in Spanish) approach; which has been the way Realtors have...
News Article
Date: 4/28/2013
iCabo.com is now one year old!
And what a journey it has been – from a standing start this time last year we are now attracting thousands of visitors per month, many of whom have their own personalized miCabo accounts and come back over and over to read the news stories and other factoids that we produce about Cabo every week.
In fact, we are now being seen as the Go To place for news on Cabo and regularly feature on page one for Google searches on Cabo news topics, with many other web sites syndicating our news feeds.
Of course, we always welcome...
News Article
Date: 4/26/2013
The second annual Stand Up Paddle Board series will take place May 16-18 at Medano Beach. The event is being advertised as ''Paddle to the End'' in reference to Land's End Arch, which is the worldwide symbol of Los Cabos. There will be three different races, which have an entry fee cost of $50 US Dollars each or $100 USD for all three. The $100 USD price includes dinner at La Bahia Hotel, who is serving as event host.
The Relay Race will only cost $40 and dinner can be purchased separately too at just $25 USD. Medano Beach and San...