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More Eats on the Oaxacan Coast

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23 September 2025 Ferron Salniker Print Email

Floating in the turquoise bays of Huatulco and emerging just for a fresh coconut and garlic shrimp heads is my perfect beach day. Here are a few more things that you might want to eat and do though on the Oaxacan coast, for variety’s sake. Find some favorites from past trips in these posts.

Tuscan family blends organic wine, organic marketing

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01 September 2025 Darren Ballegeer Print Email

Niche brands and craft producers in the wine, beer, and spirits segments have gained a loyal following of passionate consumers who want to connect with the people and places behind the product.

Paradise found

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31 March 2023 Elena Miramar & Darren Ballegeer Print Email

A school of fish swim in the clean water of the Huatulco bay area. A unique place of natural beauty, Huatulco is a bright, green spot in Mexico’s environmental greyness.

Huatulco is the most clean and green place in Mexico ---

Most tourists in Mexico have simple needs; a vacation destination with beaches, hot weather, good food, and a party atmosphere. Other tourists look for a more authentic cultural experience or opportunities to connect with nature, which Mexico offers in abundance.

Connecting with nature, though, is usually not a priority in the larger tourist centers - the natural environment represents the postcard fantasy that serves as the background for tourist activities. Cleanliness of the local environment and its sustainability are not given much thought by tourists or Mexicans, so it’s no surprise that environmental pollution is a large, but largely ignored, problem.

Ideas para divertirte este verano en California, aunque tu presupuesto sea pequeño

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07 February 2020 Visión Hispana Print Email

 Foto: Mrbeastmodeallday [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]


El verano es un momento para disfrutar del buen clima y tomarse un tiempo, relajarse y descansar. Con algunos californianos más afortunados, eso se traduce a viajes anuales de verano a lugares exóticos, islas tropicales, países lejanos o cruceros de ensueño. Pero, aquellos que tienen un presupuesto limitado por estar ahorrando, con el propósito de crear un fondo de emergencia, o porque desean liquidar unas deudas con porcentajes elevados por préstamos personales sin crédito, en estos casos, una vacación exótica no encaja en sus planes.

For cultural explorers, Morelia serves a full plate

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12 October 2018 Ferron Salniker, Visión Hispana Print Email
Lu restaurant is arguably the best restaurant in Morelia, if not one of the best in Mexico. Named for Chef Lucero Soto, the restaurant is housed in an 18th-century building right in Morelia’s historic center.

 

“We’re still the place that people stop through on their way somewhere else,” said Antonio Guzman, the manager at Lu Cocina Michoacana. We're sitting across from the plaza, having coffee and talking about tourism in Michoacan's capital city, Morelia.

Eco-design hotel part of green travel trend

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23 September 2018 Darren Ballegeer Print Email
Conscious Hotel in Vondelpark, Amsterdam.

Green energy, green homes, green jobs, green living – today’s world is filled with green options and aspirations based on values of sustainability and whatever is best for our planet. Along the spectrum of all things green, there are serious products, programs and methods as well as those that are more symbolic of green values. Every consumer makes their own choices about environmentally-friendly products and services