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From Times Colonist
The age-and smoke-grimed stone walls of Nuestra Senora del Rosario la Marinera stand silent in a small jungle clearing just below the summit of San Basilio Hill, on the outskirts of San Blas. The cathedral-sized church displays no stained-glass window…
| No. 45 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Fold-out panoramic drawing on two joined sheets, the right one stuck down on the album page, which is captioned by the artist below the image, as title. For the circumstances of Fanshawe being on the Mexican Pacific coast in 1850 to collect 'freight… |
I first hitchhiked to San Blas, on the west coast of Mexico, in December of 1964. At that time it was a quiet village with no paved streets—though I remember some cobblestones. There were Mexican tourists getting away from the Americans, a few Americans trying to get away from America, and there wer…
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Tal y como se ha venido haciendo desde hace más de tres décadas, Ahualulco y San Blas vencieron una vez más la distancia geográfica que los separa, al reunirse puntuales y cumplir con la cita que año con año estos dos pueblos efectúan amistosamente y al pie de la letra. Efectivamente, … |
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A Hero of the Revolution who died defending the Port Of San Blas over 200 years ago. Jose Mercado's Statue is in the square as well as a large Globe on a pedistal - a gift from them. "Indeed, in… |
Sit News - Ketchikan, Alaska
By DAVE KIFFER
"Little was done on the Pacific side of North America for more than two centuries. Finally toward the middle of the 1700s, Spain at last began to colonize the coast. The small west coast – now Mexican - village of San Blas – about 100 miles north of Puerto …
Comprehensive History, Search for the Camino Real, Published by ...
Search for the Camino Real is based on five years of extensive scholarly and field research by author Richter, and the book highlights the importance of the colonial road in Mexico’s national history as well as San Blas’ own role i…
Stock Photo of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico | John Mitchell Stock ...
Ruins of La Contaduria, an 18th Century Spanish Counting House and fort on Cerro de La Contaduria overlooking the town of San Blas, Nayarit. Mexico.
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Cruising in the wake of Don Pedro Alberni
Victoria Times Colonist
There was a time in the 1700s when the now- bustling tourists meccas of Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco were minor players, when San Blas was one of the main ports of call for the Spanish convoys carrying silver and other treasures from t…
The Bells of San Blas
By SV Jeorgia
Next leg of our journey was a motor ride from Isla Isabel to San Blas. San Blas was founded around 1530, and in the 1700’s was one of the busiest ports on the west coast, especially as a center of Spain’s trade through the Philippines. It is also the port from whic…
Chef Beatriz Vazquez, who grew up at San Blas, boldly affirms that: "At Riviera Nayarit, food has always been extraordinary". Her confidence lays on several concrete facts: the cuisine in this region has been evolving since Colonial times, receiving a great deal of foreign influence, as many Europea…
| Mañana Sailing San Blas to La Cruz Did you know San Blas Mexico was the subject of Henry Longfellow's last poemThe Bells of San BlasYou could look it up. Next stop Puerto Vallarta where ... |
By Indradyumna Swami
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…
by Jane Westaway | New Zealand Listener
My guess is this couple stayed in the Hotel Playa Hermosa (now defuct) in the early 1980's. Not everybody has the fondest memories of San Blas - here is thier modern account of a trip 20 years ago.... "Even now, 20 years on, guidebooks have little to say about…
Finally we found our perfect beach at San Blas. The water was truly warm and the surf was big. We swam and we played softball......
STORY TIME: My Life
Manuela led us in pilgrimage to San Blas, a holy site for the Huichols where the Gods and Goddesses first landed here in the Middle World and began the first pilgrimage to Wiricuta to find its center....
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