Category Archives: Sailing and Living in Mexico

A Month Visiting Inland Mexico, Part Four: Mexico City

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Mexico City is 20 million people living at 7300 feet elevation in a huge valley surrounded by mountains in the shape of a princess and her warrior lover. The location was chosen by the Aztecs based on a vision foretold … Continue reading

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A Month Visiting Inland Mexico: Part 3: Grutas, Ixtapan de la Sal, and Valle de Bravo

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GRUTAS DE CACAHUAMILPA Continuing our tour north from Taxco along the western surroundings of Mexico City, we took a day trip from Taxco by bus to the Parque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa. “Gruta” means cave. I had never been there … Continue reading

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A Month Visiting Inland Mexico: Part 2: Taxco

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Mexico is a huge country so you have to visit it in segments; this trip, we decided to focus on the areas that can be reached within a few hours of Mexico City, the pulsing center of the country. Since … Continue reading

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A month visiting inland Mexico: Part One – Cuernavaca

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On August 24, 2015, we flew out of Puerto Vallarta for an extended trip to inland Mexico, both to escape the heat and humidity of PV, and to increase our Mexican cultural immersion. Success achieved on both counts! The weather … Continue reading

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Notes on Mexican Culture

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Our inland trip is going to take a while to get posted to our blog; after all, we have hundreds of pictures to sort through of 8 Mexican states and 9 cities visited in 31 days. However, reflections on our … Continue reading

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Hanging out at the Marina in the Summertime

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Hi all. We are in Mexico City now but I wanted to update our blog in chronological order so I need to start with our time back at the marina before describing our inland tour. Cool Change is in the … Continue reading

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Tequila!

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Our dockmate Lou and his Mexico City date Rosa invited us to join them driving to the town of Tequila for a few days’ break from the heat of the Puerto Vallarta summer. It was great to get out of … Continue reading

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A Visit Back to the States

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From early May to late June, we spent our time in the U.S. First we were in California, starting Coloma, then Lincoln/Sacramento area, then over to San Rafael and Sausalito on the coast, then to Illinois for my nephew’s wedding … Continue reading

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Paradise Village and Puerto Vallarta

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We arrived at Paradise Village Marina in Nuevo Vallarta on Monday, April 6 after five lovely days in the comparatively remote Yelapa. What a change! Paradise is not the kind of place you would expect two travelers like us to … Continue reading

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Yelapa

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So we left our beloved La Cruz de Huanacaxtle for five nights to be anchored in the gorgeous bay on the far end of Banderas Bay called Yelapa. Yelapa is inaccessible by road; the only way to get there is … Continue reading

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