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Welcome to Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit Here is some advice to make your trip a little easier and more enjoyable.

TIME ZONE: The entire state of Jalisco is on Central Time, as is the southern part of the State of Nayarit starting from Guayabitos to the Ameca River and including Nuevo Vallarta.

BUSES: A system of urban buses can bring you from one end of the bay to the other and all the spots in between. Current fare within Puerto Vallarta is $7.50 pesos per ticket and passengers must purchase a new ticket every time they board a bus. Hold on to your ticket. This is your proof and insurance should anything happen.

Bus destinations are typically written on the front of the window.

Those with a ‘centro’ sign will drive through downtown Puerto Vallarta and those with a ‘tunel’ sign will drive through the tunnel roads that go behind the city.

TAXIS: There are set rates within defined zones of town. Do not enter a taxi without agreeing on the price with the driver first. Price is per trip not person unless there are more than four passengers.

Take note of the taxi number on the outside door and where it picked you up. If you lose an item this information will be vital to attempting to get it back.

MONEY EXCHANGE: To exchange money you will need your passport. Best option is to use your bankcard to withdraw funds from any ATM machine. ATM’s in the banks are the safest to use and generally charge lower fees.

USING PESOS OR USD: Businesses must display their prices in pesos and they may also post the prices in any other currency they choose. They cannot refuse to accept pesos. Some service staff may appreciate being tipped in USD and others in pesos. If you are concerned, ask.

TIPPING: How much and when you tip are personal choices and unless otherwise noted a 10-20%

tip on food and beverage and services is standard. Tip the kids and seniors who bag your groceries. They work exclusively for tips. Have change at the ready for musicians and clowns that ride the buses – typically tipping 5 pesos or less. Taxi drivers do not receive tips unless they go to extraordinary lengths.

DRINKING WATER: Puerto Vallarta’s water (at the source) is certified pure enough to drink. For many who live here long term, we drink from our taps with no issues.

For those on vacation, it may be better to stick to bottled water.

EXPORTING PETS: Falling in love with a rescue animal is easy – and it’s easy to take them home with you. The process is quick and inexpensive. You need a certificate of health from a local vet with the appropriate inoculations, among other things. The time of year that pets can travel in the cargo hold of the plane may be your biggest challenge. Contact your airline to double-check their requirements.

COMMON SENSE: Just as you would not walk around your hometown drunk and belligerent, it is not acceptable to do that here. While Mexicans are a forgiving bunch, basic politeness is appreciated. Pay attention to your surroundings. Pay your bills. Be courteous. And have fun!

DRINKING AND DRIVING: First off – just don’t. The consequences are not worth it. Taxis are cheap and plentiful. Fines are as much as 15,000 pesos. You can be taken to jail and your vehicle impounded.

There are many checkstops on the weekends and you will be asked to blow if they suspect you have been drinking.

LEGAL SYSTEM: Not knowing the law is not a valid excuse in Mexico or anywhere. If you find yourself caught in a legal situation be aware that the system works much differently here than you are likely used to. Immediately contact your consulate for assistance.

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Calling in Mexico Calling phones in Mexico can be tricky. There are different codes you need to use depending if you are calling landlines or cellular phones and if they are local or long distance.

LONG-DISTANCE CALLS FROM WITHIN MEXICO For national long-distance calls (within Mexico) the code is 01 plus the area code and phone number. For international long-distance calls, first dial 00, then the country code (U.S. and Canada country code is 1), so you would dial 00 + 1 + area code + 7 digit number.

CALLING CELL PHONES (FROM A LAND LINE) If you are calling from a landline within the area code of the Mexican cell phone number dial 044, the 10 digit number. Outside of the area code (but still within Mexico) dial 045 and then the 10 digit phone number. Cell phone to cell phone only requires the 10 digit number.

PHONE CARDS Phone cards (tarjetas telefonicas) for use in pay phones can be bought at newsstands and in pharmacies.

Pay phones do not accept coins. When buying a phone card for pay phone use, specify that you would like a tarjeta LADA. CALLING TOLL-FREE NUMBERS Some toll free numbers work from Mexico to the US and Canada, but many do not. Those that do work are often not toll-free. You need to dial a different prefix. To call the following toll free prefixes, dial as follows: 800 numbers Dial 001-880-then the number 866 numbers Dial 001-883-then the number 877 numbers Dial 001-882-then the number 888 numbers Dial 001-881-then the number

Emergencies: 911 Red Cross: 065 Fire Department: 322.223.9476 Ambulance: 322.222.1533

Ahoy Cruisers!

NAME PASS DATE CARNIVAL MIRACLE 3,200 07/06/2017 MS EUROPA 408 13/06/2017 CARNIVAL MIRACLE 3,200 14/06/2017 CARNIVAL MIRACLE 3,200 21/06/2017 CARNIVAL MIRACLE 3,200 28/06/2017

Immigration: 322.224.7719 Consumer Protection: 01.800.468.8722 Tourism Offices Jalisco: 322.221.2676 Nayarit: 322.297.1006

Consulates American Consulate 24 hrs 01-332-268-2100 Canadian Consulate 322.293.0098 322.293.0099 24 hrs: 1.800.706.2900

In port this month

In the month of June Puerto Vallarta welcomes 13, 208 passengers!

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few weeks back I sent an email to Dennis Rike asking him if he could help me out with a little project. I’ve known Dennis for a few years, our kids played on the Torpedos American Football Team together, and he runs many charitable projects around town. I thought if anyone knew how to help, it would be Dennis.

I met him at this park behind my house, which has a huge football (soccer) field, basketball courts, playground equipment, public bathrooms and so on. It was in a state of terrible disrepair with some of the playground being too dangerous to use. The garbage was staggering with only one lone bin that someone had made out of chicken wire.

Dennis, took a quick tour and said, “Yep. No problem.”

Dennis now works with the Jay Sadler Project. A local organization that provides the necessary resources to improve various institutions in the Banderas Bay area. These include Day Care Centers, Senior Citizens Homes and Schools for the Disabled, Deaf, Public Schools in rural areas and other private charitable institutions. They provide building maintenance, repairs and install playgrounds in the community.

They rehabilitate public spaces all over Banderas Bay and most recently Dennis and his team have started to work on the large park in Colonia Niños Heroes.

In conjunction with his efforts I have organized a couple ‘garbage days’ so we can get the space cleaned up before the rains. Dennis

has sent me an update on the work completed thus far, which includes repairing the jungle gym, slide and teeter-totters, replacing missing swings. A new teeter-totter is to be installed in the coming weeks and new garbage bins placed around the park.

In addition to all of this, The Jay Sadler Project will donate the necessary materials to repaint the walls, which are covered in some amazing, and some not so amazing, graffiti. It’s my goal now to get a group of local artists together to see if we can involve the local community in repainting the walls and build up community pride for their improved park.

If you are interested in helping contact myself at editor@ vallartatribune.com or dennis at dennis2rike@hotmail.com or visit JaySadlerProject.com to see more examples of recent projects they have completed.

This week we have Tracy Parks’ birthday celebration at Incanto on Sunday. Tracy has been pivotal in bringing a higher level of entertainment to Vallarta and his newest creation, Incanto, not only serves a killer Eggs Benny, but they offer wonderful live music and events to enjoy.

If you live here, you know that dealing with currency exchange and banking in general can be a pain, but you also presumably already know Intercam and their commitment to making banking easier for everyone. In addition to opening basic accounts, they offer easy and competitive exchange services, and great investment options as well. All three local branches can assist in English and more than anything, they standout for

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their dedication to excellent customer service. And it is because of this stellar reputation we welcome them to the Vallarta Tribune fold.

Check out their ad this week, and for the next 51 weeks. We will team up with them to help promote financial services throughout the year.

Welcome aboard Intercam!

Ron Morgan is taking a break for the summer but him and his real estate team have been a huge support to the newspaper through the last season. I’m a sucker for real estate ads. I love to see inside homes and what the prices are – Boardwalk Realty will continue to support the Vallarta Tribune through the summer and I hope you will continue to support them as well. Some great articles this week. And an exciting new addition with the travels around Mexico of Chuck Boltin and his wife. Enjoy!

Safe travels, Madeline

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Vallarta Pride 2017 reaches record attendance

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he fifth pride festival, Vallarta Pride 2017, concluded its week of events on Sunday May 28th, celebrating with a resounding success the LGBTQI community that lives and visits Puerto Vallarta. This year, Vallarta Pride brought a week of celebration with events such as the Fashion Party, exclusive parties for women and men, the traditional Pulpito Drag Derby, pool parties, circuit parties with international DJs, projection of films with a LGBT theme, a health fair in Parque Hidalgo, the traditional Pride Parade and the first Block Party of Vallarta Pride. These last two events were attended by thousands tourists and locals, who gathered to enjoy the parade, which terminated on Lázaro Cárdenas street attendees joined the Block Party and enjoyed music, multicolor lights, go-go dancers, fireworks, as well as drinks and food from the bars themselves on the street, such as Fiesta Bar, La Noche, Mr. Flamingo, Los Muertos Brewing, CC Slaughters and La Margarita, who also sponsored the event.

This year’s Pride Parade broke

its record of attendance, with more than 7,000 people attending and following the parade, according to official figures. The parade also more than 60 groups of associations, schools, companies, sponsors, and public in general who paraded with their colorful floats through the streets of downtown.

Also joining the parade, artists and friends of Pride along with the singer and Grand Marshal of Vallarta Pride 2017, Johnathan Celestin; visual artist Daniel Arzola; ambassadors of Vancouver Pride; director and producer of the documentary

‘Beyond Gay’, Robert Christie; Martha Dau, the local ambassador of Vallarta Pride; famous vloggers Bria & Chrissy, among others.

This year’s Pride Parade was also very special for another reason: For the first time in its history, municipal authorities joined in, like the Mayor of the city, Arturo Dávalos Contreras, who was accompanied by his wife, the president of DIF Candelaria Tovar de Dávalos; Regidores Susana Rodríguez, Edelmira Orizaga and Eduardo Martínez; along with tourism police, civil protection and firefighters.

THANK YOU, VALLARTA!

With your help, more than 500 meters of beaches were cleaned on 06 May 2017.

On the same day, dozens of Intercam employees and their families throughout the Republic cleaned more than 10 kilometers of Mexico’s coastline.

Just one way Intercam Bank is responsibly caring for our planet.

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Vallarta Color Run Next Week

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n the tradition of the Hindu Festival Holi, also known as the “festival of colours” or the “festival of love”. Vallarta fills with color on June 18 with the Vallarta Color Run – a family athletic run. While in no means replicating the traditional Holi festival which can be found in India and Nepal, the symbolism is complimentary.

The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play

and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. It is a free-for-all festival of colours, where people smear each other with colours and drench each other with water guns and water-filled balloons.

Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children and elders. Family, friends and foes throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and share a fun-filled morning of healthy exercise.

Vallarta Color Run Start line: Agustin Flores Contreras Sports Park Deck (across from the Sheraton Resort) Start time: 8:00 a.m.

Open Category: 5 and 10 k, for the whole family Cost is $250 pesos The purchase of your ticket includes the runner kit, consisting of: T-Shirt, Glasses, Participant Medal, Hydration, Colors More information: vallartacolor. com/

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Driving Through Mexico for the Next Year: A Road Trip Series

By Chuck Bolotin

Chuck.bolotin.writer@bestplacesintheworldtoretire.com

Chuck Bolotin is the Vice President of Best Places in the World to Retire and he had never tried living outside of the US... until now. Follow the journey of Chuck and his wife, as they take their large, overstuffed, white van from Los Angeles through Mexico for a year long road trip.

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he Mexican border agent took a quick look at our oversized van and motioned me to pull over to a special inspection area. Then, he asked me to open the rear doors. What he saw next was a cargo area so fully stuffed that you would have a difficult time adding a tennis ball. “I’m sorry, señor,” he said, “you either have to unpack the van to let us see what you have in all those boxes, or go to another point of entry where they have an x-ray machine.” Given that unpacking and re-packing would probably take about three hours, there was no guarantee I could figure out how to fit it all in again, and it was already 90 degrees and rising where we were on the California - Mexico border, the second option seemed to make more sense. I got back into the van, waved goodbye, and drove off to try at another spot.

What had brought us to this point? Why, exactly, had my wife and I left the comfort of our four bedroom, air conditioned home, complete with a pool and all our stuff, in order to drive through the desert to this hot and sweaty place, and then hope that a random border official would grant us permission to pass into his country?

I’ll tell you.

As Vice President of Business Development for Best Places in the World to Retire, I have spoken with more than 500 expats, read more than 8,000 answers to the most often asked questions about moving abroad, conducted an extensive study about life abroad, and written dozens of articles that have appeared in national publications, so most people would call me an expert in living abroad.

However, I had never done it myself.

This May, we were going to change that, as my wife and I would attempt to cross the US – Mexican

border with our two dogs and as much of our belongings as we could cram into a big, white van.

This is the first article in a series, in which I invite you to follow our story as it unfolds. Because we’re just beginning our journey, I have no real idea what will come next or how it will end, so we will find out together.

But before I pick up our story at the US-Mexican border, here’s some background that will help you place our journey into context and maybe even expose some things you and I have in common. I was born in 1957, right in the middle of the Baby Boom. I’m married, and have two adult children who live in Los Angeles.

Up until a few months ago, my wife and I lived in the house I described. We speak very little Spanish.

As a businessperson, I’ve always been fascinated by what economists call “arbitrage,” which I’ll define for our purposes as buying or selling to take advantage of different prices in different locations. (Arbitrage is what made the Renaissance explorers and many other traders rich.) In short, arbitrage is sort of like magic, if you can pull it off. In this case, arbitrage would be the ability to live a better life in Mexico for less money.

Arbitrage is what got me interested in the concept of living abroad, and what motivated me to found Best Places in the World to Retire.

After three years of running the site, we had mountains of evidence that one could live a much better life for the same money abroad, but this evidence was all from other people.

The time had come to subject ourselves to the same experiences to see if we got the same results.

In addition, on behalf of all the visitors to our site who are considering moving to a place like Mexico, I felt we had to answer questions about safety from firsthand experience.

As Americans are led to believe, would our van with all our possessions be stolen immediately upon crossing the border with us left at the side of the road?

Would we be held up at gunpoint or kidnapped?

Would we be caught in the crossfire of drug smugglers? I needed to find out directly, and I will report to you exactly what happens.

Given that the cost of living is a key component to our story, I’ll share with you some of our average monthly costs in southern Arizona: Electricity - $275 Water - $130 Gas for the house - $80 Cable (Internet, TV, phone) - $180 Property tax - $480 Health insurance (just for catastrophic; $10,000 deductible) - $436* *Will probably rise to well over $1,000 per month over the next few years.

Here were our objectives: Reduce or eliminate as much financial risk as possible (and thereby benefit from a huge increase in peace of mind).

Pay less day-to-day for a higher quality life.

Experience life in different places, meet new people, experience new cultures; test our ability to meet new challenges and as

a result grow new competencies and confidence; develop a greater understanding of other people, the world, and ourselves; and basically experience life on a more meaningful level, all before we were too old to enjoy it, or too old to even do it.

Our plan is to drive from place to place, starting in Mexico, and to stay in vacation rentals for about two months at a time, all for about a monthly rental cost equal to just our former monthly house utility expenses and property taxes.

While doing this, we plan to be in or very close to world-renowned vacation places where people spend hundreds of dollars a night and have to hurry to experience as much as they can as quickly as they can before getting on a plane to go back home.

In contrast, we planned to be living close enough to experience the same thing, but at a MUCH more leisurely pace, and to live much better than we did before, all for a daily housing cost of about $40.

Our plan is to drive and spend time in the places below, places along the way, and places close enough for day trips: La-Paz, Cabo San Lucas Puerto Vallarta Lake Chapala / Ajijic San Miguel de Allende

The Yucatan Peninsula, including Merida (and the beach communities around Merida such as Celestún, Sisal and Telchac, known as Costa Yucatan), Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, etc.

After we’re done, we will either continue with our new lifestyle, find a place to settle down, or come back to the US. So we sold our house in a moderately good market, and put into storage or gave away everything that couldn’t fit into the largest van I could find that I assumed my wife would drive.

I took the proceeds from the sale of our house and diversified it into several classes of assets that could better withstand a variety of macro-economic problems I see as happening only in a matter of time.

Before leaving, I contracted for the purchase of a much better health insurance plan (an international plan) for $222 per month for both of us.

Here’s a summary of what I accomplished: Risk from prices falling in housing market: gone.

Paying for maintenance and things breaking at our home: gone.

Monthly expenses including property tax but not including mortgage of well over $1,145 per month: gone.

Having to do chores to fix and maintain things almost every weekend: gone.

Health insurance cost for better insurance: lowered by $258 a month, which is more than 50% less.

Clearance for a great adventure with peace of mind: just beginning.

It was a really good start. The next challenge will be getting past a border agent and into Mexico.

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From Here Marcia Blondin

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onday night in Puerto Vallarta and Incanto is normally closed but, this past June 5, Incanto hosted “Bachelor in Paradise”, an ABC television reality series set in Mexico. The newest addition to Vallarta’s Performing Arts scene was bustling with invitees and guests to become the audience and crew from the series literally all over the place.

Four (in Gary Beck’s words) “white stretch vans” lining the street at Incanto’s entrance.

Cameramen moving quickly up the stairs, at one point, onto the street level to film…what? We’ll have to wait until the segment airs this summer!

We, seated on the terrace on the Rio Cuale, some having dinner, everyone enjoying cocktails and the company of some of Vallarta’s biggest supporters of the arts including Jim Lee and Sean Carey; Ed Gil and husband Gary Woods; Julie Guerrero; Joan Houston (Whitney’s cousin), whose show with Bob Bruneau runs every Friday at 7:30 at Incanto; Jamie Coates, Bill and Suzie Langford, Freda Thompson, the amazing Beverly Fairfax and many more.

The new Jazz and Gypsy Swing quartet “Azuca” kept us entertained while we waited for the theatre doors to open.

Incanto’s unflappable Gener-

al Manager, Gilberto Figueroa, showed us all to our seats where the fabulous Ms Pearl Burrus from Tuna, Texas, was already on stage resplendent in a flouncy red frock with white polka dots, a sassy hat and requisite gloves.

Standing beside Pearl - just plain resplendent! - was Renzo, in top hat and tails and very little else. “Pearl” is Tracy Parks, Incanto’s Director, and a character from the four plays featuring the folks from the fictitious (and vicious) town of Tuna, Texas. Tracy

keeps Pearl alive weekly calling Bingo for charity and appearing whenever she can to spread her own brand of Pentecostal Southern Hospitality.

In retrospect: the two hours we spent in the theatre watching drag queens strut their considerable stuff, one of the four male professional belly dancers in the world (incredible, by the way), Salvatore on piano doing what he does best – matching the chatter and the goings-on with appropriate music; every-

thing was improvised. Tracy told me there was an outline that changed, then changed again, so Pearl had to wing it, stretch it out, fill empty holes in the non-existent reality script and man, did she fly! Pearl cajoled, poked fun, cracked jokes and kept us wildly entertained for the entire time.

Tracy/Pearl take a bow and a queenly curtsey. My guess is the Bachelor in Paradise will be back…if only to see what you’ve been up to!

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uricleto’, comes to Vallarta.

This fun tourist ‘bicycle’ offers free tours of downtown Puerto Vallarta.

Powered by pedal power, it can hold up to twenty passengers.

The ‘Turicleto’, will tour through Downtown Puerto Vallarta with a bilingual guide who will explain the history of Puerto Vallarta’s most iconic attractions.

“Our reliance on the tourist market encourages us to innovate, to offer environmental options and to diversify the attractions we

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share with our guests, starting from the heart of Puerto Vallarta,” said Puerto Vallarta Mayor Arturo Dávalos.

The ‘Turicleto’ will make two daily free tours, at 9:00am and 12:00pm.

Donations are welcome and don’t forget to tip the guide.

For more information and reservations, visit the Office of Tourism at City Hall, located between the Plaza de Armas (main square) and Calle Juarez; or call (322) 222-0923 or (322) 222-2147.

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entertainment Chris Kenny’s and Azúca’s Popularity Soars and Tracy Parks Celebrates his Birthday at Incanto

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inger-songwriter Chris Kenny is packing the house weekly at Incanto with her solo acoustic show, and on Open Mic nights with host Tracy Parks.

Raised and educated in Ottawa, Ontario, she’s also lived in many other parts of the world, including England, East Africa and Mexico. Once host of a popular radio show in Canada, she’s been living and playing music venues in Puerto Vallarta for many years. Her musical influences include Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Bessie Smith. Chris has a unique, soulful voice, and accompanies herself on rhythm guitar playing jazz, classic rock and original blues. She has also produced other acts at Incanto under CK Productions, including Suzanne O. Douglas’ Carole King tribute and Master Violinist Diego Mondragon. Currently, she is collaborating with Azúca on a new project. You can see Chris Kenny on Thursdays at 7pm at Open Mic where she plays and accompanies on guitar, and during her popular solo show on Saturdays at 8pm. No cover.

Newly formed band, Azúca, debuted at Incanto several weeks ago and their popularity continues

to grow. All formally educated in music, this all-male quartet plays Gypsy swing and Latin jazz, taking influences from different parts of Mexico, and from Cuba’s late music icon Celia Cruz. Band members include Carlos Calderòn from Guadalajara on guitar/vocals, Salomón Arroyo Pedraza from Puebla on trumpet, Jon Jamesson from Puerto Vallarta on bass guitar/piano and Shouma López from Ocotlán on percussion. The four met through their passion for

music and by performing in some of the same local venues, recently coming together to form the new band. They are quite popular and play exclusively at Incanto on Wednesdays & Sundays at 7:30pm in the piano bar. No cover.

On Sunday, June 11th at 8pm, Incanto owner Tracy Parks will celebrate his birthday in the piano bar. Some of Tracy’s favorite bands will play, including Azúca, Tatewari, and more.

All are invited to help him celebrate! Drink specials all night with two-for-one margaritas! Also in the piano bar are Sylvie & Jorge from the popular local band The Zippers on Tuesdays at 8pm. Singer/ guitarist Gabriel Reyes plays Wednesdays and Fridays at 5pm.

The Joanie Show, starring Joan Houston & Bob Bruneau, plays Fridays at 7:30pm. BINGO with Pearl fundraisers are held on Saturdays at 5pm with incredible special guests with all the fun benefiting the Ballet Folklorico Tradicionales (who have been invited to Shanghai, China to play the International Tourism Festival) and others.

Last month they raised over 10,000 pesos for the IAMPV youth Orchestra School.

For more information and online tickets visit Incanto’s website www.

IncantoVallarta.com. The cafe is open from 9am -11:30pm Tuesday thru Sunday, with piano music

by Salvatore starting at 10am on the riverside terrace. Happy Hour is 2-6pm with two-for-one beers every day/night during the month of June.. Incanto is located at Insurgentes 109 (at the Rio Cuale). Box Office opens at 10am. Phone them at 322 223 9756 for reservations.

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Orlando Gotay, Tax Attorney

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Pamela Thompson operates HealthCare Resources Puerto Vallarta, a multi-faceted, independent, resource network that is here for your total health and well-being. We offer assistance to help find a physician, hospital and diagnostic service for any healthcare needs. www.healthcareresourcespv.com

Orlando Gotay is a California licensed tax attorney (with a Master of Laws in Taxation) admitted to practice before the IRS, the U.S. Tax Court and other taxing agencies. His love of things Mexican has led him to devote part of his practice to the tax matters of U.S. expats in Mexico. He can be reached at tax@orlandogotay.com, online radio at mixlr.com/orlandogotay or Facebook: GotayTaxLawyer.

Letting Life Simmer Down

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n May 7, 2007 life as I had known it changed forever. A few months prior to that, I had watched the video of my son’s wedding and said “who is that great big woman holding my grandson?” and my son kindly said, “Well Mom, that’s you.” What the hell? How could that be me? I mean, I knew I was large but I didn’t realize how large I really was. That was my “ah-ha” moment.

It was then I understood how miserable I really was. I didn’t feel so great. I huffed and I puffed and life wasn’t much fun. I also was no spring chicken anymore! Dashing into Dr. Armando Joya’s office I said “TAKE ME TO SURGERY! DO THE BARIATRIC SURGERY NOW!” Whoa there, he said. Let’s talk about this. Fast forward a few weeks and off I went, having the gastric sleeve and not once, not one single time have I regretted my decision.

Bariatric surgery is not for everyone. One has to be ready in their head and not just in their body.

I got fat because I ate too much and too much of the wrong things.

Anyone who knows me knows that I still love to eat and I can and I do.

But only in small amounts throughout the day. I don’t think I could finish an entire meal if my life depended on it.

My first six to nine months I had a few challenges, nothing major.

One time I thought I had to eat a complete hamburger from McDonalds. I most certainly paid the price. Or the time I ate an entire piece of chocolate cake, the repercussions were wretched.

Ten whole years! And would you believe that ten years later, sometimes when I look in the mirror I still see a fat girl! Again, all in one’s head. I think that I did replace my food addiction for a clothing addiction which has greatly affected my closet space.

The bottom line is this: There are

several types of bariatric surgery.

One needs to do their homework.

Do the research on not just the surgery, but the surgeon!

Talk with other bariatric patients because there is no one who can understand more than a fellow bariatric person.

Be prepared for some resistance from friends and family.

Don’t pay attention to the naysayers who tell you “Oh, you are taking the easy way out,” because they have no idea.

Do not think you will not enjoy food again, because you will!

Do not beat yourself up if you slip up now and then. We all do!

Yes. You will have some major changes in your life and you must be ready to accept and deal with those! Even good changes are sometimes not easy to accept.

If you are even considering having bariatric surgery, let’s sit down and have a chat! My personal hero is Dr. Armando Joya who has truly changed the lives of 1,000’s of men and women. And yes, we can talk about him, his techniques, his reputation and what he does. But aside from that, we can talk about bariatric surgery itself, the ups and the downs (more ups than downs!).

You can go to our website: www. healthcareresourcespv.com Click on the Dr. Joya page and you will see some before and after photos.

Yes, that really was me!

Here’s to a delicious week!

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ack in January, all eyes were eagerly awaiting the long promised tax reform. We were promised this and that. There was something for just about everyone…of course, if you are wealthy, there was more on the plate for you.

But things are not turning out as expected. For starters, health care reform, which many deemed essential to “pay for” expected tax cuts, seems to not have much steam behind it. We are ready to enter the summer and the Senate does not yet have it on its hands.

Then there was the “big border tax”, supposedly to encourage job creation in the homeland by finding a way to tax imports more. That too is petering out, seemingly fueled with a PEMEX short liter. No need to be an expert in economics to figure this would end up costing everyone more. That means people on both sides of the border…you and me.

On the personal side, there was a proposed lowering of tax rates along with a virtual elimination of time honored deductions, such as state and local taxes and mortgage interest. I say virtual, because most would not even be able to itemize deductions.

There were ideas on corporate tax reform: lowering rates, and a

way for repatriation of corporate profits at special rates that would leave owners with significant tax benefits. That’s also going nowhere.

There is no agreement in the majority in either House on this, or just about anything having to do with tax reform.

Those who hold hope for elimination of the oppressive FATCA/ FBAR regime may wish to consider the above paragraphs along with their noble aspirations. This is another thing I don’t foresee much change on.

If one tries (and I have) to pin where ‘they’ are, one really can’t.

That’s because they also do not know where they are. One the same day, one would find different spokespersons in the same administration saying conflicting things on tax reform, and to boot, Congressional leaders saying something else altogether.

Mexican comedian Cantinflas would be proud. It’s hard enough already to do modest changes in DC when people agree. Monumental ones are virtually impossible. The rubber meets the road of inactivity and inaction.

The deadlines keep on slipping, the goalposts moved, and the clock laughs at their frenzy.

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his week and last week, Gilberto’s lovely daughter from Canada joined us for a visit. She is already eighteen and just completed the first of many years of a fabulous college career that is so far proving to be, unsurprisingly, both grueling and expensive. We invited her here because she works hard and rarely takes a break. She’s young and thus it seems like theoretically she should have at least a little fun once in awhile.

My kids are thrilled because it’s super cool to have a teenaged sister who knows all the stuff that their parents are too senile to possibly understand. I’m thrilled because I can talk to someone about Canadian things that they will know to be interesting/hilarious/comprehensible. Gilberto is thrilled because she’s his eldest and his baby and his beautiful shining child that he hasn’t seen in a year.

So she’s gracious enough to come and let us stumble over ourselves to do things for her, and she even comes with stuff like Smarties and fidget spinners and Timbits (if you even just know one Canadian you’ll have heard of Tim Hortons and their fabled donut holes with magical properties of deliciousness).

If you are an expat in Mexico you will understand that sometimes, especially if you have kids in school, you get sort of caught up in routine things like work, laundry, food preparation, swimming lessons and cockroach trapping.

It’s hard to remember that you live in a beautiful tropical city with an ocean practically lapping at your feet when you are folding school uniforms while shouting out homework tips to your ten-year-old.

But when people come to visit, especially people you really like, you have to start thinking of stuff for them to do so that they come back next year and bring more

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My Fitness Journey Katy Saunders

Michael Nolan

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104.3wakeupshow@gmail.com Timbits. We made a calendar up over dinner one night with cool activities like boat trips, pool days, restaurant meals, and jungle hikes.

Then we lost that calendar when we tried cleaning up the house before she got here. Then we made another calendar, lost it as well, but found the original one.

I was focused on the goal that she come here and enjoy her only vacation of the year.

We took her to dinner, to get her nails done, and to the Sheraton brunch. We went to our friends’ condo in Peninsula, and that’s where I found myself, finally, on a beach chair, trying to remember when the last time was that I sat on the beach just listening to the waves.

I couldn’t remember. I couldn’t remember when.

I could remember the last time I folded socks and didn’t match a single one (three weeks ago and every time since).

I could remember when I laid my head on my arms at my desk after a long day and almost fell asleep (last week).

I could remember when I tried making rice with vegetables and no one touched it and I wondered why I bothered even cooking for these people (yesterday).

And actually I could remember the last time I felt the sand in my toes, and watched a sunset, and had a dinner out alone with my husband after a day spent in the sun, but it felt like a really really long time ago, because I think it was.

So I looked at Gil’s daughter and I said “Thank you for this day.” I explained that I hadn’t been on a beach chair under a mini-palapa in quite awhile.

Life just seemed to send me to the grocery store before the beach, but that while she was here I was finally just sitting down and letting my life simmer down for a second.

She grinned back and said “We all deserve it, you know.”

She’s a smart one.

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Michael Nolen is the host of ‘The Good Morning Wake Up Show,’ which is broadcast as part of the University of Guadalajara’s 104.3 FM radio station at the CUC campus in Puerto Vallarta. Every Saturday at 9 AM

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would like to inform everyone that on this Saturday and Sunday June 10 and 11, Culture UDG/ CUC in collaboration with Theater Vallarta, will present the show Per-te (For you) produced by Finzi Pasca, creators of La Verita and Corteo Cirque Du Solei. This show is an unprecedented event in Puerto Vallarta. On behalf of the University of Guadalajara we invite you to enjoy this great spectacle.

Tickets can be bought on line at: www.eticket.mx/ Cost is: $805 pesos and $517 pesos.

Rector General of the UDG, Itzcóatl Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla, and President Marco A. Cortes, UdG CUC have started the renewal of the vehicle fleet with the commissioning of two new electric cars. This step into the future seeks to reduce emissions and optimize the economic resources needed for fuel.

The first car is a hybrid vehicle, a Toyota Prius. It has a gasoline engine which works in coordination with an electric motor. This feeds a series of batteries that are recharged while the vehicle is in motion, and therefore does not require an external source.

The second is a Nissan Leaf.

This electric car is unlike an internal combustion vehicle, it works with an electric battery which has an approximate yield of 150 km and can recharge the battery through “regenerative braking”. In fact, this car produces no air or sound pollution, allows you to do without fuel and its maintenance cost is much less than that of a conventional vehicle.

The UdG hopes all of its vehicle fleet will be renewed with hybrid and electric vehicles in the next five years. To date, the UdeG has in operation 70 eco-vehicles in Guadalajara, and now two in Puerto Vallarta.

An award that was established to honor a pioneer of education in the city of Puerto Vallarta, and is awarded to supporters of public

T education, was awarded this year to Dr. Edmundo Andrade Romo, who has 28 years as a teacher and research professor. The UDG CUC is very proud of him and wants to say “thank you” for all his hard work and dedication.

The spring semester is now over and everything is slowing way down at the UDG CUC for the summer. I have decided to take a short break from writing this weekly column. I promise to restart again in early August, informing every one of all the exciting events that will be taking place at the UDG CUC in the fall.

I hope you will still tune in to my radio show every Saturday at 9 am. You can find it on the net at http://udgtv.com/radio-puerto-vallarta/en-vivo, or tune your radio to 104.3 FM. If you want to hear past shows you can do so by going to this web site. http:// p o d c a s t u d g. c o m / e s p e c i a l e s. html.

Or google= UDG RADIO 104.3 FM. Click on Puerto Vallarta and there you will find the GOOD MORNING WAKE UP SHOW. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me in gathering the information each week to present you with the news.

Please remember: Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

Happy trails to you, until we meet again Michael

oday I’m sharing with you my motivation secrets to burn fat, lose weight, get toned, eat better and having the best sex life!

You may think that secrets to looking your best are for someone else but I have a few for you to try. Keep an open mind and keep reading!

Fat burning. I mentioned last week, fat is burned by doing cardio and that’s absolutely true, but what if you don’t like group fitness classes?

And if you’ve never done aerobics and don’t care to? Maybe (you think) you have bad coordination and don’t like Zumba! Now, how do you get motivated?

My motivation technique is simple. Pick something you like that involves moving and find ways to do it. It could be as simple as cleaning the house, going for a swim, a hike, or learning to stand up paddleboard!

Look for meetup groups on Facebook, (I’ll include a few suggestions below for you), or set time aside to go with a friend. Trust me, it’s a lot of fun!

Losing weight. You’re about to tell me you’ve tried, and sometimes it’s worked and sometimes it hasn’t. Take a page in your journal and write down when it worked and ask yourself what made it work? Do it now, then write what worked on a sheet of paper and stick it on your fridge, do it now!

Try it for a few weeks, and I promise you will start doing some of those things again. When you follow the other steps I’m outlining here, you will start to see the changes happen.

Getting toned! Okay, now you’re losing a few pounds and you want to tighten up. This is where it gets really

fun! You’re on your way and you know you’re doing something right, so keep it up! All toning needs is for you to set aside 15 minutes a day and doing a few simple exercises.

My best recommendation to motivating you for this step is to watch a couple YouTube videos.

Pick a few you like and subscribe to one, they will send you the videos.

Watch at least one you think would be fun and, even if you don’t work out right away, keep watching them.

You’ll be inspired!

Eating better is one thing everyone tells me they want to do.

Choosing something ‘good for you’ over your favorite chilaquiles or hamburger and fries is tough. But you don’t have to choose either/or, you can make a healthier version of all the foods you like. Bake your fries and tortillas instead of frying them.

They taste that better! It’s fun making them at home, you can brag to all your friends about your new recipe and if you post it on social media, they’ll be begging you to share!

And lastly, invite friends like eating healthy and who want to support you, to see your goal through, then have a little party and celebrate!

I’m here to inspire and motivate you; believe it or not, I was the laziest girl in the world who got motivated with these ideas I’m sharing with you! If they work, please share them with others, let’s make the world more active and fun! If they don’t work, email me, I’m here for you and in the meantime, stay healthy, stay happy, stay fit! I love my readers because you’re the best! Try these today, and may you have an incredible week!

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Creative hands of Mexico Leigh Thelmadatter

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Leigh Thelmadatter is a profesor at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City, Wikipedian, and semi-professional researcher on Mexican handcrafts and folk arts. She has a blog called Creative Hands of Mexico and is working on a book on Mexican paper maché.

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ario Agustin Gaspar is recognized as a grand master of Mexican folk art.

He has won various awards from his home state of Michoacán and has even traveled to the Vatican to present his work to the Pope.

But, unlike many of Mexico’s maestros, he does not come from a folk art family. His father was a farmer from the Lake Patzcuaro area and his mother comes from a family of teachers from Guanajuato, who had to escape the violence in Guanajuato during the Mexican Revolution.

When Gaspar was growing up, children attended classes in the morning and learning trades, handcrafts and other practical skills in the afternoons. One of Gaspar’s teachers was craftsman Francisco Reyes, who taught how to make traditional Mexican lacquerware.

Gaspar found that he much preferred to work with his hands and became so interested in the craft that he began apprenticing with the maestro after school.

The lacquering techniques he learned Gaspar calls maque where background color and designs are rubbed into the wood base, which seals the piece as well as decorates

it. But Gaspar went beyond the techniques of maestro Reyes. He met friends who knew how to work in gold leaf and began apprenticing with Pedro Fabían and Salvador Solchaga in this work. He particularly liked the idea of applying the gold over lacquer and worked for five years perfecting his technique.

His work was recognized by yet another workshop, who allowed him to concentrate while he learned more about design. The experience under the various maestros and workshops allowed Gaspar to develop his own style.

In the mid 1970s, he and several other Patzcuaro artisans approached the Michoacan Institute for Handcrafts to see about getting access to then-empty spaces at the Casa de los Once Patios in the

SPCA of Puerto Vallarta

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he SPCAPV has started a new opportunity for businesses to contribute and become sponsors. Write to clare23leach@gmail.com to join us.

Come and spend a rewarding afternoon cuddling the animals at Puerto Vallarta’s SPCA Sanctuary.

Our dogs and cats are awaiting “forever homes” and your help is needed to jump start their socialization. The goal is to get these animals adjusted and ready to interact in the real world. The majority of the SPCA animals either come from extremely abusive situations or they have been abandoned. Your love and attention

can make up for that sad history.

During your visit, you can interact with the animals and even take a dog (or two or three) for a walk.

Reservations to visit the sanctuary need to be made in advance.

To make a reservation, contact us at spcapv@gmail.com.

We appreciate any donations you can bring for our rescues and also please feel free to bring treats for sanctuary staff as they truly appreciate it.

To see our animals available for adoption, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/spcapv. Go to Photos where you will also find

historic center of town. The Institute agreed with the stipulation that any handcrafts sold must be only those made by the artisan, no reselling of others’ goods. Gaspar, wife Beatriz Ortega Ruiz (a craftsperson in her own right), and their children have worked in the same location ever since. It is separated into two parts: a showroom in the front and a workshop in the back. Mindful of the role tourism plays in the handcraft business, the showroom area has various small placards in Spanish explaining what Mexican lacquerwork is, its processes and its history. The back work area is not truly separated from the showroom. Visitors can approach family members while they work to

ask questions.

It should be noted that while many handcrafts, including lacquerware, are sold in the spaces of the Once Patios building, only the Gaspar family still abides by the original 1970s agreement of selling only what they produce.

The family’s works of art begin with pieces shaped from Mexican alder or cirimo by carpenters.

These woods are preferred as they have a low resin content and hold the lacquer better.

The most traditional lacquer application is called “maque,” the pre-Hispanic method that Gaspar learned as a child. For traditional pieces coming out of Michoacán, the lacquer is made from a

mixture of chia seed oil, a wax from a local insect larvae called “aje” (pronounced AH-hey), with pigments made from local minerals, plants such as indigo and marigold petals and the cochineal insect.

The background color is applied by rubbing the lacquer in, one small section at a time. The piece must dry for a minimum of 22 days. Then the design is applied one color at a time. For each element of that color, the background is scraped off in the shape of the element, then the new color is rubbed in. Each color requires another 22 days of drying time. This means that even small pieces with multiple colors take between 4 and 6 months.

The workshop also makes pieces with fine gold work and a mixture of lacquer in various colors along with the gold. In general, the gold is not used to fill in areas, but rather is a decorative web of lines, reminiscent of filigree jewelry. In these pieces the background color is almost always black to help the gold stand out.

Ortega Ruiz makes most of the lacquer and other paints the workshop uses. She also makes pieces that are not true “maque.”

In this case, the application of the background color is still traditional, but the scraping and filling process is replaced by painting with oils, achieving much finer elements and lines.

Both Gaspar and Ortega Ruiz do custom designs and large pieces by special order, but most items are relatively flat, especially a large traditional shallow tray called a “batea” and plates. The largest of their pieces can take up to three years to complete and cost 50,000 pesos or more.

All photos by Alejandro Linares Garcia unless otherwise noted.

individual Albums for all the animals available as well as a bit of their history. Please be aware that our adoption fee within Mexico is $1,500 pesos.

To make donations via PayPal, select the “Donate” option on our Facebook page www.facebook. com/spcapv or on our website at http://spcapv.com/donate/.

You can drop off any donations for the SPCA at Hacienda San Angel located at Calle Miramar 336, above Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in El Centro.

Get involved…rescue, adopt, foster, volunteer, donate or educate.

You can learn more about the SPCA Puerto Vallarta by checking us out at www.spcapv.com/home or on Facebook.

ADORABLE DOG IN THE SPOTLIGHT... EMMA

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mma is a Labrador/Basset Hound mix around 3 years old and almost 42 pounds. She is a bit on the shy side and needs some time to feel secure around new friends. She just loves when her humans actually sit down and have a little talk with her as a way of introduction! Emma is a medium energy dog and enjoys her playtime with other dogs. She will run away from cats. Emma has been spayed, dewormed and fully vaccinated.

Contact us at spcapv@gmail.com for an application if you think this sweetheart would be a perfect addition to your family.

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Three Hens and a Rooster Market

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The Marsol Friday Market by the Pier

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ho does NOT like Bailey’s Irish Cream? In a cup of hot coffee or by itself chilled in a liqueur glass?

La Dulce Vida has taken Bailey’s and introduced it to their chocolate cake and created the most delicious dessert ever. Buy an entire cake or by the piece…more a slab!… of two-layered heaven so dark and rich your only regret will be not having more!

Juan Manuel has introduced

new fanciful animals and birds to his wire and stone menagerie. His very Mexican flamingoes sport the flag colours of green, white and red. Iguanas continue to be his best sellers and usually come in a variety of sizes.

Super conversation pieces for your living room or garden and don’t forget Father’s Day is coming up fast! Juan Manuel also creates jewelry using the same principle of ‘found art’ – always unique and

interesting and changes weekly.

While you are browsing through our Marsol Market be sure and ask David Ruesga to see his unmounted (as of this printing) but polished natural opals.

The beauty is unsurpassed in such small stones – a tiny world of colour that is in constant motion according to light striking the surface. So lovely! The Marsol Friday Market by the Pier is open 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.

ne of Spain’s most loved culinary dishes all over the world has to be paella – a mixture of saffron rice and seafood.

Three Hens brings fresh paella to you each week, loaded with shrimp!

Solve your dinner party menu in a heartbeat!

Start your day with freshly brewed coffee from Chiapas, grown and fire-roasted on Ausel’s family’s plantation and available in medium and dark roast; ground and whole bean.

Warm cinnamon buns for breakfast? Or cinnamon bagels?

Or both? See Peter Hardy, at Three Hens Market all summer long producing the finest bagels, bread and cinnamon buns in the entire state of Jalisco.

Quiche – a quick and fast lunch made by Mark Hughes in the British tradition as well as savoury meat pies and sweet apple and berry crumbles for dessert.

Wonderful!

Ricardo Mazcal, our herbalist who has helped so many people in

Vallarta over the past 18 months, has reintroduced another remarkable product.

About ten days ago, Ricardo was moving a heavy sculpture that fell and hit him square in the middle of his face. He showed up at Market a couple of days later with both eyes beginning to blacken, two dime-sized wounds on his nose and an idea on how to speed his own healing process: Chilcuague. Ricardo made up a batch of this amazing herb that the Aztecs used as an antibiotic, non-steroidal anesthetic and open wound cleaner/painkiller. In less than a week, Ricardo’s face was back to normal except for two small spots on his nose. Ricardo has made an extract and a cream from the Chilcuague plant’s roots for his clients. Another amazing, natural remedy from Mexica Supplement Company.

Three Hens and a Rooster Market is open Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm at Venustiano Carranza 466 in Old Town Vallarta.

Hello, we are here, to ensure your well-being.

We have come to Puerto Vallarta now to offer you the best healthcare and well-being that our 45 years of experience can provide.

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I Scream, You Scream – Healthy Ice Cream!

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ewly opened Vegan Paradice is an ice cream shop unlike any other, located in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. This unique ice cream shop offers lactose-free ice cream and different delicious desserts that use no animal products in their creation.

All of the items on the menu are vegan and that includes such treats as: ice cream, sorbet, milkshakes, frappuccinos, freezies, sundaes, smoothies, bananas and strawberries covered with chocolate, ice cream sandwiches, ice cream tacos, cinnamon rolls, pastries and much more!

Some of the delectable ice cream flavours they offer include, toasted coconut, vanilla, strawberry, piñada (pineapple and coconut), chocolate with banana

and nuts, mango, plum, soursop, coffee with almonds and amaranth, Choco-mint, banana with cinnamon, lemon pie with moringa and hemp, cereals (sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, raisins and oatmeal). Try them all.

Dairy free and delicious.

Mar, the ice cream maker, says her special ingredient is love and you can definitely taste it! Come and try this new and fresh option available in Banderas Bay. These ice cream and desserts are for everybody not just vegans!

This cute shop is opened daily from noon to 9:00 pm at Langosta #3, a half a block away from the traffic light in La Cruz going towards the Marina. Look for them on Facebook and Instagram at Vegan Paradice.

Riviera Nayarit To Host XII National Clean Beaches Convention

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he XII National Clean Beaches Convention will take place from June 8-10, 2016 at the Marival Resort hotel in Nuevo Vallarta in the Riviera Nayarit’s municipality of Bahía de Banderas.

Nayarit boasts twelve certified Clean Beaches making it first in the country. The Riviera Nayarit is hosting the event and the timing couldn’t be more perfect, as it obtained the first certification as a Clean Tourism Destination for Nuevo Vallarta and La Cruz de Huanacaxtle’s Marina Riviera Nayarit received the first Blue Flag Award ever given to a marina, among other environmental acknowledgments.

Over one thousand expected attendees—who currently make up the 39 committees established in the 17 states of the Republic divided among 64 tourism destinations—will register on Thursday June 8.

The grand inauguration is on

June 9 when the certificates for the clean beaches and the Blue Flag will be legalized. Roberto Sandoval, Governor of Nayarit, and José Gómez, Mayor of Bahía de Banderas, are hosting the event.

Discussion panels and keynote addresses will be held from that date on through Saturday, June 10.

This magnificent event will be led by the Federal Government with the presence of the heads of different offices including the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur, by its acronym in Spanish), the Ministry of the Navy (Semar), the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), the National Water Commission (Conagua), and the Environmental Division of the Federal Attorney’s Office (Profepa), among others.

There are 31 tourism destinations in Mexico with Certified Clean Beaches and 21 destinations boasting the Blue Flag award. Click here for all the details: http://xdev.vitasoft.com.mx/.

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Fun on the Riviera Nayarit Cat Morgan www.rivieranayaritfun.com Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com

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ey Everybody! The new vegan ice cream place, Vegan Paradice, has been a big hit with everyone that has tried it. Their ice cream is really some of the best I have ever tried.

Since it is vegan, there are no animal products or sugar, soy or gluten. Ice cream creator Marlene says her special sweet ingredient is love! You will need to stop by and ask her about the ingredients. She also makes all of the ice cream cones. Super delicious!

They are located in La Cruz. Go left at the only light and they are on the left just before the round about. Enjoy!

Harkness Institute Art Auction It’s that time of year again where the students at the Harkness Institute show off their amazing artistic talents.

On Friday, June 9th the paintings will be on view at the Commerical Building of Nuevo Vallarta located across from the Hard Rock Hotel. (Where the immigration office is on the 2nd floor, but all the way to the left end of that floor.) Viewing is from 4 to 5 pm. Bidding is from 5 to 6pm Silent Auction style. Opening bids are $200 pesos with a $50 peso raise.

There will be 77 paintings!

Every year after the Easter break, all the students at Harkness Institute must complete an acrylic painting 50 cm x 60 cm on stretched canvas, ready to hang. The monies raised from this event will be used to purchase food and

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supplies for the Abuelos Senior Center in Bucerias and Pasitos de Luz. From the Harkness Institute Art Teach: “The students are allowed to choose any painting style. The sophomore classes are Art History classes with basic drawing and sketching techniques, so this is their first time to create in color. The junior and senior classes are art challenges based on the artwork of artists that we study. So they have more experience in expressing themselves and answering problems in a creative way. However, this year’s sophomore class has really put pressure on their upper

classmates.

As their teacher, it is always amazing though each student is given the same materials: canvas, acrylic paints, and brushes... each painting is very different and reflects the personality and talent of the student.

There was some top quality art last year and it sounds like it will be another fantastic art auction this year.

Thanks for tuning in this week.

The weather continues to become more humid. Stay close to your pools! For questions or comments

you may email me at Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com.

If you have interest in advertising your business in the Vallarta Tribune please email me at CatPVTribune@Gmail.com. We have some super summer specials.

Create a fabulous week. AHO!

June 9 “Tertulia Orquestal,” Puerto Vallarta Chamber Orchestra strings and harpsichord ensemble directed by Daniel Oliveros will perform works by Henry Purcell, Joseph Haydn and Peter Warlock of the baroque, classical and romantic periods in a musical journey through time at Los Mangos Library, 8-11 pm, (322 224 9966), Francisco Villa 1001, Los Mangos, Puerto Vallarta, suggested donation 150 pesos.

June 16-18 Guayabitos Moto-

fiesta This event was born of the desire to give motorcycle enthusiasts a place where they can show off their spectacular machines to the general public and enjoy time together.

June 29 Batalla de Santos in Mexcaltitán This patron saint feast commemorating saints Peter and Paul includes one of the most iconic traditional ceremonies on the Isla de Mexcaltitán, the birthplace of Mexican heritage: a pilgrimage that emulates the Mexicas, or Aztecs, who left Az-

tlán to establish the great city of Tenochtitlán.

June 30 - July 1 RHA Festival Lovers of electronic music— particularly the house style— will surely enjoy this festival in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, which presents a stellar lineup headed

by Green Velvet, Claptone, Dimitri From Paris and the Purple Disco Machine, with over a dozen additional Djs. 57th Annual San Blas International Sport Fishing Tournament (TBD) One of the Riviera Nayarit’s

signature events, the San Blas International Sport Fishing Tournament celebrates its 57th year of adrenaline-pumping moments for lovers of deep-sea fishing.

July 8-9 11th Bahía de Banderas International Fishing Tournament Organized by the Bahía de Banderas Fishing Club, this traditional event that focuses on catching marlin and tuna returns to the waters off of the Riviera Nayarit with a slew of national and international participants.

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Turtle Camps In Riviera Nayarit and Jalisco Saving a million turtles…

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iviera Nayarit and Jalisco are a sanctuary for sea turtles with over a million of these creatures liberated from June through February. Along their coastlines there are over a dozen turtle camps working to conserve and protect the different species of sea turtles that visit the beaches of Nayarit and Jalisco: the olive ridley, the hawksbill and, to a lesser extent, the black and the leatherback.

Many hotels will offer turtle camp excursions or sunset releases. While it can be a once in a lifetime experience it is important to remember these are endangered creatures and we must do what we can to safe guard them. Hatchlings should be released the first evening after they are born. They are released in the evenings to protect them from predators. Its estimated even on a good day only one out of every 100 will survive to adulthood.

Be sure your hands are free of creams and perfumes. Rubbing your hands in the wet sand before handling the turtles helps them to bond better with the sand they will return to, to lay their own eggs. Also important are no flash cameras or bright lights to distract the babies on their journey.

If it hasn’t been pre-arranged, be sure to bring pesos to donate to the turtle camp, most have a fee associated with their turtle releases.

Some camps also offer t-shirts and other souvenirs for sale.

Boca de Tomates, Jal. The most accessible camp for those of us in Vallarta is located just south of mouth of the Ameca River, this camp sits almost directly in front of the Puerto Vallarta International Airport. They offer near nightly turtle release during the season.

You can find them on facebook for more information at: Campamento Tortuguero Boca de Tomates Careyes, Jal. Located on Playa Majahuas in the Careyes area of Jalisco, is one of the most important turtle rescue centres in Jalisco. This area of Jalisco has few developments or large towns which help to further protect the turtles from poaching and environmental disturbances.

Mayto, Jal. About two hours south of Puerto Vallarta in Mayto there is the Mayto Tortugeura Camp. Mayto is a remote village about 40 kms from El Tuito and situated on 17 kilometers of nearly pristine beach.

There are a few small hotels and villas and most people go to Mayto to escape it all.

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Careyeros-Litibú, Nay. This turtle camp is located in Punta de Mita and serves two beaches along 4 km of coastline.

This is where a GPS Satellite tracker was placed on a hawksbill turtle in order to monitor its movements, which helped the researchers discover there was a significant bale of hatchlings in the region.

Punta Raza, Nay. Located in Monteón, Compostela, volunteers operate this camp, collecting and safeguarding olive ridley turtle eggs; it has grown considerably since it opened, having liberated some four thousand turtles in 2016.

Sayulita, Nay. The next time you visit Sayulita consider visiting the turtle camp located across from Casa del Mar on the north side of the beach, which opened in 2007.

Lo de Marcos, Nay. This camp recently opened on the north end of the beach to protect the sea turtles that comes to nest in the Riviera Nayarit’s Peaceful Retreat.

San Blas, Nay. The Historic Port of San Blas is home to many species, including the sea turtle. Located on Playa El Borrego, the Aayetsie Wakie camp—a Huichol name meaning “turtle nest”—liberates some 50 thousand hatchlings per season.

San Pancho, Nay. The charming town of San Pancho offers several spaces that promote culture, the arts, community development and environmental protection. The turtle camp in San Pancho is one of the largest and best known with an exce-

llent volunteer/public program that raises awareness in locals and tourists.

Nuevo Vallarta, Nay. The busiest turtle camp is located in Nuevo Vallarta’s hotel zone: they release about 400 thousand hatchlings per year. It’s located across from Bahía del Sol and is managed by the Conanp.

It offers activities throughout the year for visitors to participate. The Vidanta camp is also located in this same area.

El Naranjo, Nay. Peñita de Jaltemba is home to the virgin beach of El Naranjo and a turtle camp that offers all the basic services and an opportunity to set up tents for groups so visitors can experience protecting the sea turtles at a whole new level. They also organize the yearly “Saving the Sea Turtles” drawing contest.

Platanitos - Playa las Tortugas, Nay. A rocky area is all that separates the Platanitos and Playa las Tortugas camps; these are among the most productive camps in the state, liberating over 250 thousand turtles per season. Both are managed by the Conanp—there’s even a security base just 4 km up the same beach. The zone boasts infrastructure, facilities, volunteer programs and gorgeous scenery.

Every year in July, Platanitos hosts the Sea Turtle Festival; this year will be its 5th year.

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The La Puntilla, Sesteo and Corchos turtle camps, located on the Northern Coast of the Riviera Nayarit, have also joined forces to preserve these species.

efore 1900 there were over ten million olive ridley turtles nesting on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Since then the numbers have fallen to desperately low levels and now the turtles are rated as “endangered” by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. They are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction, which, considering that they have been on Earth for about 200 million years, is a dreadful reflection on the cause of their destruction - humans!

But on the beaches of San Pancho, Frank Smith and his band of unpaid volunteers are winning small, annual battles by recovering and hatching eggs and then releasing thousands of hatchlings back to the ocean every year. Frank has been the Director of Grupo Ecolólogico de la Costa Verde since 1992 and, in 2015, they released the project’s millionth hatchling back to ocean. So there is hope for the Olive Ridleys in this area.

There is strong demand for turtle eggs in Mexico. Bakers and pastry chefs say that the eggs are much richer than chicken’s eggs and that they make better cakes and pastries, so these people are willing to pay exorbitant prices for them. The eggs are also believed to improve a man’s virility because the male and female turtles copulate for between 24 and 72 hours and some people think that trait is transferable. If it is, then Viagra just doesn’t cut it by comparison! As a result, Olive Ridley eggs sell for up to $1.00USD each on the streets of Guadalajara and Mexico City. A night’s work of poaching perhaps five nests with 100 eggs in each, means a street price of $100 to $500USD. Very rewarding!

Although Olive Ridleys are protected, there is fierce competition for the eggs between the poachers and the protectors from this conservation program. Each night from early June to mid-December there is a chance that turtles will come ashore to lay their eggs, so every night the volunteers patrol the beaches between 9:00pm and 8:00am and scoop up the 100 or so eggs that each female has laid and take all of them back to the turtle hatchery. Here they are kept, covered in sand, in temperature and moisture contro-

lled conditions for about 45 days.

Then they hatch.

On release nights the hatchlings start their fight for survival but the chances are slim. It is estimated that for every six hundred that are released only one will make it to sexual maturity. Hatchlings start life with a hundred yard dash (waddle) across the sand to the ocean.

Before they reach the sea they must open their tiny lungs before getting to the water; otherwise they will drown. During this first stage they are on the menu of gulls, crabs, wild animals and dogs. Once they reach the Pacific they have a journey of about 25 kms ahead of them to the kelp beds that will be their home for the next ten years or so. The journey is fraught with danger from gulls, frigates and pelicans above and from tuna, dorado and sailfish below. If they reach the kelp they’ll feed on the algae, crabs, shrimp and mollusks there and will grow to between 45kgs and 60kgs.

The life of the male turtles is a mystery, but we do know that female Olive Ridleys reach sexual maturity between eleven and fifteen years of age and they decide to mate only when all their environmental cues, such as fat, strength and general health, align. They mate with one or more males and can hold the male’s sperm for three to five years before allowing it to fertilize her eggs. At that time she hauls herself up on the beach close to where she was born, digs a nest in the sand and starts the life cycle all over again.

Grupo Ecológico de la Costa Verde and its great work of protecting this fascinating neighbour of ours depends entirely on public donations. If you would like to help please visit www.project-tortuga.org/contribute.html and make a donation or, if you have a few weeks to help, volunteer. With our combined help perhaps we can save this extraordinary animal from extinction.

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Mexico Design.... What Were You Thinking?

Renovating your Mexican home

By Tom Swanson

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n the past year we’ve seen a surge in people buying a place in Puerto Vallarta. Between the warm and friendly environment and the lack of it up north, it’s easy to see why. And welcome, to all of you.

In response to this influx we are also seeing a surge in construction, much of it large towers of glass, tube steel and cheap stone; going up all over the place, with no regard to the already taxed infrastructure.

Other buyers, and existing residents in the know are buying the homes, condos and apartments that make up the older neighborhoods of Vallarta.

For the most part these homes were built of concrete, brick and steel. They will still be standing when the new stuff is ready to be torn down.

With prices starting to inch back up, fixing up an older place has a lot of appeal. First of all, the architecture is already Mexican. We’ve built here for eighteen years. The vast majority of our clients want to feel they live in Mexico. They want to see it and feel it every day. Spanish colonial architecture is unique and timeless. One can imagine a villa on the shores of ancient Crete looking similar to the Spanish Revival style that makes Pasadena famous and is still being built in Southern California today.

To my wife and I, the most

alluring aspect of this style is that everything is hand-crafted. From the plaster finishes to the roof tiles, the softness of non-uniform lines and contours beckons the mind and causes one to relax. Dark, heavy woodwork, hand-carved, hand formed terra-cotta floors and roof tiles, soft white stucco, bright splashes of tile and paint... all of it beckons you to come in out of the heat. Not a straight line or true right angle to be seen anywhere. Totally relaxing - it’s paradise.

This kind of luxury is horribly expensive... north of the border.

Here, it is well within reach. Achieving it simply requires a little thought and a little planning. We get this almost every day. People come in to our shop, pick a bunch of hand-made tile for a bath or kitchen design and are dismayed that the tiles aren’t somehow sitting in the back room ready to go. They don’t want to wait so they end up with cheap stone (the local building trade pawns off travertine as a type of marble), glass or someone’s left over commercial floor tile.

Things that are made by hand need time to be made. It’s the same with your doors and cabinets, wrought iron, stone fountains and tiled pools. Stay a month or so ahead of your construction schedule with your planning. Then, if you are like most of our customers, you just might get what you want. www.colibridesignvallarta.com

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Brad Pitt: Actor and Producer Part II

By Fred Jacobs

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hen we left off last week, Brad’s rising star had some impressive film credits under his belt, including “Interview with a Vampire” (1994), “Legends of the Fall” (1994) and “Seven” (1995). The films were doing well at the box office and they also gave Brad acting credits opposite some of Hollywood’s biggest A-list stars, such as Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Late 1995, marked the release of “12 Monkeys”, which was a sci-fi look at the year 2035, where a virus had wiped out most of humanity on the earth. Brad’s performance opposite Bruce Willis and Christopher Plummer, earned Brad a Golden Globe Award for Best supporting Actor as well as an Oscar nomination.

1996 brought us Brad in “Sleepers”, a dark drama about delinquent boys and the abuse they underwent in a home for boys.

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PUERTO VALLARTA Three Hens and a Rooster Market Saturday 9 – 1pm Year round at Venustiano Carranza 466 in Emiliano Zapata Marsol Friday Market by the Pier Friday 9:30 – 1:30 pm Year round at Marsol Hotel Lobby in Old Town.

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Co-starring opposite Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Minnie Driver, proved Brad could more than hold his own on the big screen, with the heavy weights of Hollywood.

“Seven Years in Tibet” (1997) was a cinematic wonder in which Brad portrayed an Austrian mountain climber during and after WWII. His love for the Asian country led to him tutoring the young 14th Dahli Lama and actively help resist China’s takeover of the country in 1950. Brad spent months learning mountain climbing for the role.

In 1999, Brad starred in “Fight Club” opposite Edward Norton. The film was a dark look at the underbelly of society, with crime, drugs and organized fights. Brad received good reviews for his portrayal in the film. It was around this time that Brad started dating one of TV’s most popular actresses, “Friends” star, Jennifer Aniston.

The two married in 2000 and were crowned the Ken and Barbie of Hollywood. Brad even appeared on the hit TV show as a character out for revenge against the high school mean girl, Rachel. The role earned Brad an Emmy nomination.

2001 was a big year for Brad, as we saw him on the big screen in “The Mexican” opposite Julia Roberts, in which Brad journeyed through Mexico in search of a valuable antique gun. Later the same year, Brad starred opposite Robert Redford in the Cold War thriller “Spy Game”. To end 2001, we saw Brad as part of the ensemble cast in the remake of the 1960’s Rat Pack film “Ocean’s 11”. Along with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, and Julia Roberts, the film would take in over $450 million US worldwide.

In 2004, Brad starred in the epic Greek war film “Troy” as Achilles and he spent six months sword training for the film. The movie was a cinematic feat to accomplish and cost more than $175

million to make, but it paid off as box office sales reached $500 million worldwide. The film was the first to be produced by the production company setup by Brad and Jennifer Aniston. Later that same year, Brad came back for “Ocean’s 12” and it was another box office hit.

2005 was a fateful year with Brad making the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” starring opposite Angelina Jolie. The action comedy film’s plot was that the two were a seemingly bored upper-middle class married couple, surprised to learn that they are both assassins belonging to competing agencies, and that they have been assigned to kill each other. The film was a box office hit taking in $450 million US. The onscreen chemistry between Brad and Angelina was palpable. The film started the rela-

tionship between the two, that would spell the end of the Brad and Jen marriage that the whole world loved. Angelina got roasted in the newspapers as a home-wrecker and the two were headlines for months.

Trying to put the personal drama behind, Brad next appeared in the drama “Babel” (2006) opposite Cate Blanchett. In 2008, Brad starred in the box office film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, about a man who is born an octogenarian and ages in reverse and earned himself his second Oscar nomination. “Ocean’s 13” followed in 2007, but box office was starting to decline for the Ocean’s franchise films.

In 2013, Brad starred in “World War Z”, a thriller about a zombie apocalypse. Brad also produced

the film, which made over $540 million at the box office worldwide.

The same year, Brad produced and played a small role in “12 Years a Slave”, which was a historical drama through a memoir, set in the south in the 1850’s. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture.

Whether Brad is in front of the cameras, or behind them producing, he seems to have a knack for hitting the right tone with audiences and critics alike. That’s something hard to do in today’s modern Hollywood era and at only fiftythree years of age, we can expect a lot more to come from him yet.

Fred Jacobs is a full time resident of Puerto Vallarta and the author of three books.

Where can I find the Vallarta Tribune?

Over the past month we have been making small changes to our distribution locations; hopefully making it easier for you to find a copy. The Tribune will be available for pick up at the tourist offices in the main plaza as well as in Park Lazaro Cardenas, in Puerto Vallarta. You can shop and pick up a copy of the Tribune at the

Friday Marsol Market, the ‘Three Hens and a Rooster Market, Venustiano Carranza 466, on Saturdays’ and at the Amigo’s de La Cruz table at the La Cruz Sunday Market. In addition to all of our advertisers, look for the Vallarta Tribune in restaurants, resorts, galleries and salons around the Bay of Banderas and

north into Sayulita and San Pancho.

We distribute 10,000 copies in high season from Mismaloya to San Pancho each week.

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