Manzanillo Sun

Recycling in Manzanillo

March 1, 2010January 29, 2018Diana Stevens

By Diana Stevens from the March 2010 Edition The wheels of recycling grind slowly but they are headed to Manzanillo. In time the whole fleet will arrive and sooner than you think. Meanwhile CECATI, the adult education establishment in Salagua which gives people a second chance at Primary and Secondary education and trains students to […]

Book Review

March 1, 2010January 29, 2018Freda Rumford Vickery

By Freda Rumford from the March 2010 Edition FIVE SMOOTH STONES Ann Fairbairn This book, originally written in 1966, is rich with well drawn characters with whom the reader can empathize. The story is of interracial love and set during an era of deep shame in modern American times. In a time of such pure […]

Blood Donations with IMSS

March 1, 2010January 29, 2018Freda Rumford Vickery

By Freda Rumford from the March 2010 Edition Recently we were advised my husband needed a blood transfusion and there was none of his blood type available in the blood vault, would we please therefore arrange for potential donors to be available on the next working day! This being New Year and a long weekend […]

Lipstick Palm- I Planted Roots in Mexico

February 1, 2010February 5, 2019Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2010 Edition Lipstick Palm, Cyrtostachys renda (or lakka) Family: Areceae; Sub Family: Arecoideae; Tribe: Arecaceae Also called: Red Sealing Wax Palm, Sealing Wax Palm or Rajah Palm. Above this palm’s graceful, slender gray to light brown trunks are eye catching scarlet red to orange-red, three foot long, crownshafts. Simply […]

February 2010

February 1, 2010January 16, 2019Manzanillo Sun

In this issue: Living in Mexico Day Tripping – Lorenzo Llamas History The Pirates Realm – Shine Dawson Art Scene in Manzanillo Statues in Manzanillo – Freda Rumford Nature Beach Bums – Howard Platt Planting Roots in Mexico – Tommy Clarkson The Uniqueness that is Manzanillo – Scorpions – Terry Sovil Health Animal groups in […]

Beach Bums

February 1, 2010January 28, 2018Howard Platt

By Howard Platt from the February 2010 Edition Imagine spending all day wandering along the beach, picking up snacks whenever you feel like it, and just generally having a good time. I think that is what Willets and Whimbrels do all day. They love the wide open beaches of Playa Azul in Manzanillo, and they […]

The Statues of Manzanillo

February 1, 2010February 9, 2018Freda Rumford Vickery

By Freda Rumford from the February 2010 Edition Pictures contributed by Director of Tourism for Manzanillo, Edgar Lepe. Along the sidewalk by the ocean in central Manzanillo (the Malecon) are statues donated to Manzanillo by the Governor of the State of Colima over the past few years. These are a series of monuments dedicated to […]

The Pirate’s Realm

February 1, 2010February 9, 2018Shine Dawson

By Shine Dawson from the February 2010 Edition The carrack or nao was a three-or-four-masted sailing ship developed in the Mediterranean in the 15th century. It has a high rounded stern with an aftcastle and a forecastle and bowsprit at the stern. It was square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lanteen-rigged on the mizzenmast. […]

Carne Adobada-Marinated Pork

February 1, 2010February 9, 2018Terry Quizoz

By Terry Quizoz from the February 2010 Edition Ingredients 4 Pounds (2kilos) of pork meat (loin, ribs, chops or any other cut) 2 Tea spoons of salt 3 crashed garlic cloves 2 Tea spoons of whole leaf oregano 1 Quart of blended chili sauce (6 mid size tomatoes, one garlic clove, half a medium size […]

Day of the Children

February 1, 2010February 9, 2018Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2010 Edition OH HOW MEXICANS DO LOVE THEIR CHILDREN! Yes, most parents feel that they care for and about their children . . . but ounce for ounce, few can hold a candle to the intensity of how the majority of Mexican Moms and Dads dote on – and […]