19Aug2012
Yelapa: Walks Lead to Delightful Detours
SF Gate
To love this car-free village on the Bay of Banderas, you need energy for walking, and a genuine affection for stray dogs. But unlike the thin canines shunned in most of Mexico, Yelapa's dogs are revered.

19Aug2012
Riviera Nayarit Scores a Knock-Out Victory at the "Battle of Destinations"
CVB of Riviera Nayarit
Mexico's Pacific Treasure earned Travelocity's Best Luxury Beach Destinations III title with over 97% of the votes in the online voting competition with other contenders, Los Cabos and Riviera Maya.

18Aug2012
Cleft Palate and Reconstructive Surgery Campaign in Puerto Vallarta
VisitPuertoVallarta.com
Surgical intervention offers children with these problems a chance to live better by regaining speech, appearance and helping them to avoid social exclusion which they may be subjected to because of their own health problems.

18Aug2012
International Homeless Animals' Day
Care2.com
On International Homeless Animals' Day, individuals and organizations around the world organize awareness-raising activities like candlelight vigils, adopt-a-thons, microchip clinics, slideshows, rallies, dog walks, open houses, award ceremonies, live music, raffles, and games. Learn how you can help in Vallarta.

18Aug2012
Teatro Vallarta Concert Supports Public Schools
VisitPuertoVallarta.com
This concert is to celebrate a year full of accomplishments and goals achieved. The Orchestra School of Puerto Vallarta (OEPV) will perform at the Teatro Vallarta on Sunday, August 19, 2012, at 12:00 noon.

17Aug2012
Huichol Girl Threads Tobacco Strings in the Fields of Nayarit
Media Voices for Children
Indigenous Huicholes families migrate from tiny mountain villages every year to work in the tobacco fields of Nayarit, Mexico. They live out in the open, eking out no more than a subsistence living.

17Aug2012
Locals Can Be a Tourist Too in Puerto Vallarta
Vallarta Tribune
I knew I had become a local when the timeshare guys simply quit trying to stop me for a presentation, after seeing me out on the street day after day and week after week.

17Aug2012
Action Packed Weekend Ahead for Banderas Bay
PVAngels
With everything from the new exhibition at the Naval Museum, a visit to La Tovara National Park, the Becas Scholarship Awards, Arabian Nights at Teatro Vallarta and learning to fly like a bird on a paramotoring adventure, there's something for everybody this weekend around Puerto Vallarta.


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