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Local resident Sid Goodman recently launched a campaign to raise funds for the Foundation to Prevent Bullying by way of the popular crowd funding platform, Indiegogo.

Once again, the writers of the Puerto Vallarta Writers Group have produced an anthology of essays, memoirs, short stories and poetry. Since 1989 the PVWG has provided a home for authors in all genres, and now they have another chance to show off their eclectic abilities. This slim volume explores the entire range of human experience as seen through the eyes and hearts of fine and sensitive writers who share with you the fruits of their lives and their labors. Most of them have come to the art of writing later in life and their works reflect the hard-won lessons that only a life full of experience, both good and bad, can teach. We hope you will enjoy their sharing.

This is a general, skeletal look at Mexico. There are 31 states and 85 million people in Mexico. The largest cities are Mexico City, Puebla, near Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey in the northeast.

The impression many people have of Mexico is poor folk, hot weather, deserts, banditos and corrupt cops which is an erroneous stereotype. Mexican people are a cross between the Spanish conquerors of the past and the native Indians who have lived there for thousands of years.

Most Mexicans are hard working, honest people. Mexico is a beautiful country with a large, diverse landmass and a variety of climatic patterns within its borders.

Accommodations are not nearly as grandiose and extensive as north of the border but Mexico is generally accepted as an inexpensive vacation and a retirement/ winter getaway for many Americans and Canadians. There are places there you can live a king on very little money.

Mexico has two economies, one for tourists and one for locals. In the tourist areas, everything is marked up and costs a mint but go down the road to where the locals live, shop, eat and drink and everything is easily less than half the price of the tourist spot so use your head, avoid those high profile tourist areas with all the American franchise hotels around.

The big tourist spots are Cancun, Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas and to a certain extent, some parts of Tijuana. Most of these spots are overbuilt. You can get cheap rooms there simply by going 12 or so blocks away from the main strip and looking around.

Don’t ask your cabbie to take you to a reasonable hotel of his choosing because he’ll take you to a place where he gets a kickback or a place one of his relatives owns. Ask him to take you to a place where there are several hotels that the locals use when on vacation.

If you can arrange it, just buy airfare to wherever you’re going to in Mexico then when you get there, look for an independent middle class hotel run by the locals. It’ll save you money over booking a hotel through a travel agent from where you live because he wants his commission so he ain’t about to recommend some local hotel to you.

The geography of Mexico is diverse. You have deserts, the Gulf and Pacific coasts, the tropical jungles and the temperate plateaus in the mountains.

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A Southwest Airlines aircraft touched ground in Puerto Vallarta for the first time on Sunday, June 7; arriving from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, USA. The newly route will be a d…

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Well into their second fifty years, Louise Lague and Tom Lichty abandoned everything that was comfortable and secure, packed one bag each, and embarked on an adventure that lasted a year. They let their apartment lease expire. They sold their car—and almost everything else. They said goodbye to young and old and hit the road. How did they prepare? What did they take? Where did they live? How much did it cost? What if there was a medical crisis? (Spoiler: there was.) What did they do when the year ended?

This guide shows how to avoid the all-inclusive resorts and tourist traps. It offers information on regional cuisine and places from Mazatlan to Oaxaca including Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and beach spots.