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pexels My hometown offers a great mix of modern celebrations and cultural traditions, and on NYE the main celebration happens in downtown´s huge Zócalo Square, which comes alive with concerts, fireworks, food stands, and of course the countdown to midnight. But there´s also plenty of stylish partying elsewhere, in fun neighborhoods like Condesa, Roma, and Polanco. And by the way, the big local tradition here is eating 12 grapes at midnight, (and take it from me, it´s harder than it sounds!).…
Read more…Troels Myrup One of the manmade islets of Xochimilco, a UNESCO World Heritage group of pre-Columbian canals set up for agriculture, in the 1940s a local man who was unable to save a girl from drowning, and subsequently claimed he would see shadows and hear cries on the island from a soul in torment. In the belief that it would ward them off, he began collectingcastaway dolls - especially those that were old, deformed, or multilated - and festooning them around the island. These days La Isla…
Read more…Esconced on the lower Pacific ¨Emerald Coast¨ in the state of Oaxaca, the town of Puerto Escondido (which means ¨hidden port¨) was up until the 1960s barely a pinprick on the map, with dirt streets and just a handful of residents mostly devoted to fishing. Then in 1960 a coastal road reached the village, making it accessible to the outside world, and a village hall was built. Most consequentially for tourism, it was during that decade that surfers (pioneered by a group of Venezuelans,…
Read more…REUTERS/Alamy Wine grape production dates back centuries in Mexico, to early in the period of Spanish colonization, and finally efforts to bring it up to world standards are coming to fruition, as this recent piece in The Guardian outlines: Salud!
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The RM south of Playa del Carmen, from Tulum down to the Belize border, is very environmentally conscious; it's characterized by nature reserves, and local government policy restricts development with limits on height construction and density.
Your description of changes in Mexico's approach to environmental issues is heartening. I've seen it, too, although you know more about it. How effective is the movement on the Riviera Maya, which I view as having been overdeveloped?
Mexico is changing and NGO groups that promote environmental issues are gaining in their influence. This particular tourist development has been in Mexican news and Care2Cause.com and Avaz.com circulated petitions online that had a tremedous response, so this is not surprising to those of us who live in Mexico and are seeing truly progressive actions being taken. For instance, in Mexico City, (the first city in the world to legalize gay marriage and adoption), families go bike riding in the eves with major streets closed off or opt to ride to the museums in the eves, water bowls for dogs are built into the sidewalks in the Condesa & Polanco neighborhoods, most Mexico City government vehicles are electric and now we have non-sustainable tourist mega-projects stopped in their tracks, despite the payoffs made to some authorities by these international conglomerates trying to make $$ off of our wonderful natural resources. Great news for Mexico which has always been stereotyped as being rife with corruption at all levels.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon just announced the cancellation of a $2 billion tourist development in Baja California, bowing to opposition by environmentalists that said the plan was a threat to a nearby coral reef. (Reuters) This development would have included golf courses, a marina, and 15 hotels. How surprised are you that it was cancelled?
Now on our blog: Mexico's surprisingly good wines.
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! New today in our blog, a little background on this holiday.
What is Mexican-style pesto? Find out on our blog.
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