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News Article
Date: 12/30/2012
One of the popular stops during a Cabo San Lucas City Tour, is the Glass Blowing Factory where artisans develop beautiful pieces of art sculptures which families, and visitors can either watch or participate in the experience and even take home their very own glass creations. The Vitrofusion Glass Factory is a place guests of Los Cabos enjoy picking up some very affordable souvenirs molded by the centuries-old Mexican tradition of glass blowing. The Factory itself is the first and oldest glass making factory of its kind in all of Mexico.
Almost every culture since ancient times has historically hand blown all...
News Article
Date: 12/28/2012
Initially founded as a Mission in 1724, Todos Santos has undergone a radical change from its sugar cane producing origins; becoming a haven for artists, craftsman, travelers, surfers and musicians. The city's warm climate and friendly hospitality are cause for the much welcomed growth, which now includes a yearly Art and Film Festivals as well as this new years second annual 2013 Todos Santos Music Festival, spearheaded by REM guitarist, Peter Buck which takes place from January 10-26.
Todos Santos used to be a tiny, soft, whisper of a village. A once quiet and little known town, which the Government of Mexico...
News Article
Date: 12/22/2012
The IGFA has officially approved the record application for the 193.68 kg (427 lb) yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) caught by Guy Yocom on September 28, 2012 while fishing aboard his boat, El Suertudo (“The Lucky One”). The boat was captained by Greg DiStefano, who put Yocom on the fish approximately 100 miles off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Yocom and another angler were chunking to a school of yellowfin, taking turns with the rod and reel, and Yocom just happened to be “the lucky one” who fed the record fish. Fifty minutes later – a relatively short fight for...
News Article
Date: 12/21/2012
“Is water in Cabo safe to drink from the tap or filter?” – Almost everyone coming to Cabo.
For the longest of time, dating back to the 1970's, 80's and 90's, one of the most commonly asked questions about Mexico has been whether the country's tap water was safe. American, Canadian and European concerns on whether the water in Mexico was safe enough to use while brushing their teeth or more specifically; if the water was safe enough to drink.
That all important health issue regarding the quality of tap water in Cabo San Lucas is still being questioned even as the country...
News Article
Date: 12/20/2012
One of the top 5 activities in Cabo that most tourists definitely take advantage of while they're in wonderful Cabo San Lucas is the Cabo Escape sunset dinner booze cruise. This tour is the one offered up the most by timeshare working OPC's (the timeshare people snagging workers found at the airport and at the various street locations throughout downtown San Lucas, as well as outside and inside Walmart and the Mega shopping store in San Jose del Cabo). It is a water related tour that is attractive to guests of this fair city because of its entertaining route around San...
News Article
Date: 12/19/2012
---We plan to add a seperate Cabo Dive Report section soon so please check back. In the meantime we will print them here in the Cabo News section ---
Dive Report from Cabo San Lucas Dec. 18th. 2012 from Baja Dive
Todays first Dive was at Pelican Rock Water Temp was 77 degrees so yep we are Diving with 5mm full...
Date: 12/18/2012
Is Cabo safe for swimming? Safety in Cabo as well as any other beach is important. While most of the beaches are calm, some might have rip currents, which are hard to detect and can be problematic for inexperienced people. So, how to swim away from rip currents if you’re ever...
News Article
Date: 12/17/2012
While Cabo San Lucas remains one of Hollywood actor/director George Clooney's favorite retreats, he is but one in a long line of the many Los Angeles movie stars who have made Los Cabos practically their home away from home. Hollywood super stars Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Bing Crosby, John Wayne, Clark Gable and Frank Sinatra initiated the movie star trend of discovering this playground of the rich and famous during their repeat visits and long stays in the 1950's when Cabo was still relatively unknown to the world at large.
When George Clooney does arrive, he is most often the photographic target...
Date: 12/16/2012
From the research that the iCabo.com team have been doing it looks like the white moth is a sub-species of the Geometridae family, possibly Anacamptodes herse or Anacamptodes defectaria. Neither insect is terribly well-documented however the A. Herse has been recorded as being a pest in Honduras because the larvae (caterpillars)...
News Article
Date: 12/14/2012
It looks like Cabo San Lucas could be set for a White Christmas!
But before you reach for the muffler and furs, the “white” won’t be provided by snow. The exceptional rains in September and October produced an explosion of butterflies and moths throughout the entire Los Cabos region, and although they are a colorful and welcome addition to the flora and fauna of the area, the latest “hatch” of Lepidoptera has reached plague proportions....
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