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Interview: Puerto Vallarta’s something special

Interview: Puerto Vallarta’s something special

PUERTO VALLARTA—I spoke with Guillermo Ohem Ochoa, director of the Puerto Vallarta Convention and Visitors Bureau, at the recent Gala Vallarta trade show, held at the Paradise Village Convention Center from Feb. 6 to 9. TreKKen’: What makes Puerto Vallarta special? How do you stand out among the competition, both in Mexico and farther afield? [...]

February 28, 2013No CommentRead More

PV’s got a Secrets

PV’s got a Secrets

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico–Just back from the Gala Vallarta travel trade show in this iconic Pacific resort town, where my digs for the duration of my stay was the not-even-a-year-old Secrets Vallarta Bay. This plush, 271-suite property, which opened last April, is conveniently located a few minutes’ walk from bustling downtown Puerto Vallarta–unlike many similar all-inclusives [...]

February 13, 2013No CommentRead More

U.S. travelers still sweet on Mexico

U.S. travelers still sweet on Mexico

Despite bloody headlines, Americans still flock to Mexico (via The Christian Science Monitor) Early last year, Joan Ward fell in love with this picturesque town of narrow cobblestone streets, scenic mountain views, and brightly-colored houses on the north shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico’s largest. A few months later, the retired business consultant traded her Minneapolis [...]

July 26, 2012No CommentRead More

Slideshow: Mexico City pyramid schemes

Slideshow: Mexico City pyramid schemes

MEXICO CITY — In this teeming, modern-day metropolitan area of 21 million souls, little evidence remains of the fantastical floating capital city, Tenochtitlan, that the ancient Aztecs built on a lake here (now long drained) starting in 1325. Thanks to the zealous — and, quite effective — destruction/reconstruction campaign of the conquering Spanish conquistadores just [...]

July 12, 2012No CommentRead More

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

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