For those who do not know, Owen had a severe stroke this past week and desperately needs medical help and rehab. He is paralyzed on his right side and cannot speak. Rehab will be a huge part of his recovery and is quite pricey along with all the other meds he is needing to take.

Owen is a legend and a wonderful part of Zihua...so please lets all try and make an effort to help him out and show him we care. Anyone be willing to video this so Owen could look at it later?....Certainly does not need to be academy award quality!!! For info call: 755-101-0156

Come - enjoy great music, have some fun - Chayo will be having some special drinks at special prices just for this event.

See you soon and keep checking here for updates and on FB (if I can figure it out!!)

El presente mensaje es para invitarlos al curso que Galindo Abogados impartirá el día Catorce de Junio de 2013 a las 10:30 horas en el hotel Sunscape.

Las Casitas de Margarita

If you would like to learn how to swim like a pro or sponsor a child, please let me know. Majority of students will learn in a matter of hours, not weeks or months. Any swim level is encouraged to contact, "YOLO Beach Adventures".

Please contact me directly if you have anyone you're thinking of, or have other ideas that I can implement to provide safety along our coastline.

I'm currently working with Petatlan regarding "Lifeguard Training" for their beach areas and pools.

'CPR Course' is available for your group or business.

Bilingual and Patient Instructor! (To see website for photos with students....Click on link below)

"YOLO Beach Adventures"

According to messages on this site and many other news reports Michoacan is in deep kimchee! Actually as I understand the really bad kimchee is in a rural village but cartel violence is widespread in the whole of Michoacan. Tourists and expats do not seem to be in any danger but certain areas occupied by cartels, primarily the Knights Templar, are in turmoil.

This is intended to be news and not a scare tactic. I have and will travel in GRO and MICH but will be aware of my surroundings. When I hire a taxi to go for a day tour and suggest so-and-so route I will listen to my driver when he says," Oh, Senor, that is not the area you want to go---may I suggest a different scenic drive". Yep, you bet, let's go with your suggestion!

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Most folks have no idea that the little cove is called Playa La Almeja, though I believe a few folks also called it Playa Manzanillo (not to be confused with a couple of other nearby beaches with the same name). Anyway, here are a couple of photos from several years ago of this beach. Right now there isn't much beach there due to the high surf we've been having.

(hopen hopen)

Keith

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Mexican army soldiers enter the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, Mexico, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) 14106Get World Alerts:

Sign Up Follow:Mexico , Mexico's Drug War , Mexico's Drug War , Video , Knights Templar Cartel , La Ruana Soldiers , La Ruana , Mexico Drug War , Mexico Self Defense Squads , Mexico Tropps Rescue Besieged Town , Michoacan , World News LA RUANA, Mexico -- Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday.

People in La Ruana in Michoacan state lined the main road to greet more than a dozen troop transports and heavily armed Humvees with applause and shouts of joy.

The town's supplies had been blocked after the Knights Templars cartel declared war on the hamlet. The cartel dominates much of the state, demanding extortion payments from businessmen and storeowners, and even low-wage workers.

In February, the town formed self-defense squads to kick the cartel out, drawing the wrath of the gang. Convoys of cartel gunmen attacked the town, which was forced to throw up stone barricades and build guard posts.

Supplies like gasoline, milk and cooking gas began to run low as cartel gunmen threatened to burn any trucks bringing in goods.

On Monday, hundreds of soldiers moved in, erecting checkpoints on the highway leading into La Ruana and setting up an operating base in the town.

"This war has been won!" Hipolito Mora, leader of the self-defense movement, told hundreds of cheering townspeople gathered along the main road, including dozens of self-defense patrol members wearing white T-shirts and carrying shotguns.

Mora said the town had agreed to stop community patrols and let the army take over security in La Ruana. But he said the community would keep its weapons and would start patrols again if the army left.

The idea that troops might come in and seize a town's weapons, or stay only a few weeks, worried people throughout the crime-ridden area. So in town after town along the main highway through Michoacan's hot lowlands known as the Tierra Caliente, self-defense squads welcomed the army's arrival, but vowed to keep their guns.

We are happy to announce that the Picante will officially be out sailing again with regular outings starting this weekend!!

MAGICAL SUNSET CRUISE: Saturday, May 25. 2013
Departing dock at 6:00pm, returning at 8:30pm.

For reservations, please call the office @ 554-2694 or 554-8270
or email direct: picante@picantecruises.com

Thank you for your continued support!

This morning someone in Economy on United must have bailed out on their trip as there were two seats opened up for 682 R/T though Houston leaving at O Dark Thirty Saturday morning.

I snagged one of those seats, and six nights at Las Brisas in a Standard room.

After spending the last month and a half settling my late father's affairs I am giving myself a few Beach Days and a couple of Fishing Days in one of my favorite spots in the world to clear the Id and see if I can't get back to my cantankerous self!

Wish Me Luck!

Keith

The boulevard known as Paseo de los Viveros in the residential area of Ixtapa has some of the most beautiful gardens and blooming trees in the region. The gardeners at Fonatur do an excellent job taking care of the public areas.

My mother's gardener does a damn fine job, too. This sure looks like the walkway to paradise to me!

Is there a reason to wait until we get to Mexico (and to the ATM at the airport) before we exchange our dollars to peso's ?

Do you get a better 'deal' one way or the other?

Thanks in advance

I want to clarify one thing. I assume that there is no way to get a bus directly from Patzcuaro to Zihuatanejo. From what I read, you can go from Morelia or Uruapan but not Patzcuaro. Am I correct?

It's not a big deal just makes a difference in planning the last day or so of the trip.

Evening walks on the pier are one of our favorite things to do when we can. There is always beauty to discover and enjoy.

All over the region trees are blooming bright colors. This is one that caught my attention the other day in Ixtapa.

Our local church dedicated to Tonantzín aka Guadalupe has a beauty all of its own. Maybe it is an acquired taste, but I admire it for what it is. And I hope folks remember to give thanks to my mother-in-law for her efforts to establish this church and bring its handcarved altar here by boat back when our roads were almost impassable.