By Dan and Lisa Goy from the August 2016 Edition Heading southbound on Hwy 180 from Isla Aguada, our next stop was Campeche, Campeche, situated on the Gulf of Mexico. Headed for the Echo Villas Kin Ha Resort on Siglo XXI listed in the Church’s Mexico Camping Book. We parked the RVs across the street […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the August 2016 Edition The western coast of Mexico is rapidly developing a tourist zone known as Costalegre (roughly translated: happy coast, joyful coast or coast of joy). The area spans about 200 kilometers of stunning natural bays, pristine beaches and resort areas be-tween Manzanillo Colima and Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the August 2016 Edition [The following, extracted from Tezozomoc’s Chronica Mexicana, reproduced in Lord Kingsborough’s great work, is valuable as giving unique facts regarding the Aztec mythology, as is the Teatro Mexicana of Vetancurt, published at Mexico in 1697-98.] In the days of Quetzalcoatl there was abundance of everything necessary for […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the August 2016 Edition Starring: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, Phoebe Fox…. Director: Gavin Hood “Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the August 2016 Edition Presenter: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Executive Producer: Seth McFarlane, Ann Druyan, Brannon Braga and more…… “ ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth McFarlane, in a departure from the type of material he is best known for, pays homage to Carl Sagan’s award-winning and iconic ‘Cosmos’ with this docuseries. […]
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By Terry Sovil from the August 2016 Edition Who could ever imagine a butterfly that flies 2,500 to 3,000 miles / 4,000 to 4,800 km? Well there is one. The MONARCH BUTTERFLY migrates from the central United States and Canada to Mexico. This is quite a long trip when you consider that it flies about […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the August 2016 Edition Washingtonia filifera Family: Arecaceae Also known as California Palm, Fan Palm, Petticoat Palm, Cotton Palm, American Cotton Palm and Arizona Fan Palm. This “feller” has a special place in our hearts. While working in Iraq for nearly two years (2005 – 2006) I had the opportunity to […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the August 2016 Edition Family: Araceae Also known as Red Leaf Philodendron, Blushing Philodendron, Burgundy Philodendron, Red Emerald Philodendron, Sweetheart Plant and various other hybrid names. (This is really a simply delightful, good looker. Ours happily sits on the Sunrise Terrace with indirect sun all day long, basking in the complimentary […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer From the August 2016 Edition Olmec, the first elaborate preColumbian civilization of Mesoamerica (c. 1200–400 bce) and one that is thought to have set many of the fundamental patterns evinced by later American Indian cultures of Mexico and Central America, notably the Maya and the Aztec. The Nahuatl (Aztec) name for […]
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By Yann Kostic from the August 2016 Edition Many of us who lived through the financial crisis of 2008 believe another stock market crash is on the horizon. Consider billionaire investor Carl Icahn, for example, who had a net equity position that was 150 percent short as of the end of March. That indicates at […]
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