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Stepping Out - PVMirror.com - San Blas lies just 62 km north of the state capital Tepic and right on the Pacific Coast, an ideal tourist and culture destination for those who are looking for somet hing new and not much explored yet. At the present time, the place attracts attention for its peaceful environment - typical for local fishing villages - with close to 10,000 inhabitants who are also engaged in agriculture and tourism. |
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The Manila-Acapulco connection - In the course of the galleon trade, hundreds of Filipino sailors deserted their ships upon reaching Acapulco and, later on, San Blas. |
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1st Mate - A SAN BLAS VALENTINE And the beach, lined with palapas and camping sites and boasting its own Surfing Museum, is one of the cleanest and pleasantest I’ve seen in Mexico! A few little palapas on stilts are for rent on the San Blas beach. |
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A girl, a dog and a car in Mexico - Ciao San Blas Even though I was actually in San Blas for two weeks, it seemed like two days. This seems hard to believe since I didn't really do much. But that is the beauty of Mexico, you can easily not do much and the people around you won't wonder ... |
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Alex's tales from Far Far Away Land - After confirming that Guadalajara is, as expected, "Yet Another Big City", I set off the next morning further north to San Blas, not only because there's a Maná song about it (although that admittedly was a strong factor), ... |
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Goodies - The Feast Special Continued 'm in San Blas, Mexico right now, loving the fine weather and new experiences that go along with a first-time visit to a country. And we just happened to come in the midst of the country's biggest holiday, the 9-day celebration of the Virgin de Guadalupe, so we've seen beautiful, colorful processions and celebrations every night since we got to Mexico a week ago, both in Puerto Vallarta and San Blas. |
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Goodies - Mexico III The place we are staying - Qunita California, if you ever want to have a good stay with good folks at a good price - has a nice little courtyard area where folks gather occasionally throughtout the day, and I always awake to people sitting out under the big ficus tree laughing and joking as they drink their morning brews. |
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His Holiness Inradyumna Swami - About Maharaja With great hope and expectations we packed our gear that summer and headed south. Perhaps in Mexico we'd find the perfect wave. But even as we left, my friends chided me when I said, "But it won't last forever." At San Blas we were thrilled when we caught waves that gave rides a mile long. |
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Jacaranda Journey - Today San Blas is a quaint Mexican fishing village with a small shrimp harbor – its sleepy character belies its major historical importance. Back in the day, (16th-19th centuries) San Blas was the most important pacific port from which Spain launched her fleet of naos (trading galleons with China). |
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JJ in Mexico - Jungle Tour One of our favourite things to do with visitors is to drive up the coast to San Blas and take the jungle tour to La Tovar, and then go on further to the wild life refuge and crocodile breeding center. You travel in motorized boats with ... |
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Juxtaposition - Some tribes, such as the Huicholes in Central Mexico, even remember from what Indian seaport they left for America - Aramra in Gujarat. The Huicholes revere a part of the beach at the old Mexican seaport of San Blas, Nayarit, ... |
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Marion's Blog - Mexican Adventure continues... San Blas seemed like a village right out of the past. It appeared to be quite prosperous but all the streets were either paved with paving stones or were dirt and rock. The houses and stores all opened right onto the street. I would call it picturesque but it was too real for that. I really liked it. |
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Nuestro Tequila - The Agave Landscape and the Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila. Its growth was greatly helped by the creation in 1758 of the commercial route known as the Camino Real connecting Tequila to the port of San Blas on the Pacific Ocean, to Guadalajara and to Mexico City. The wine was transported by mule ... |
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Poops Heading South - sun sun sun! we went to san blas, which is supposed to be a surfing mecca. probably is, but we aren´t in the wavy season anymore. all we saw was a beautiful beach, lots of sand flies and some weird american ex-pats! |
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