Changes in San Blas

Changes in San Blas

May 23, 2012

 Changes in San Blas
 Capt Rich
 05/11/2012, The Good and Bad of Progress



  We have enjoyed anchoring in the San Blas Estuary now for 4 years and    it's truly one of our favorite anchorages in Mexico. The sights, sounds, and  tranquility of the Estuary is exactly what was in our minds when we cast  off in search of whatever it was we were looking for. The sight of sunken shrimpers in the shrimp boat basin was a constant, but that and a whole lot about the San Blas Estuary is about to change.......................READ MORE: 

Wanderlust - "Semana Santa"

Wanderlust - "Semana Santa"

May 23, 2012

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ROBERT– APRIL 12, 2012POSTED IN: PART III - MEXICO
 

.....We arrived in San Blas on Monday, which gave us couple of fairly calm, although painfully aware of mosquitoes days to explore the town. Ignorant of it’s history and past importance for the entire western hemisphere, we thought San Blas is just one of many small, sleepy coastal communities like many in this part of Mexico. At that time, we didn’t realize that San Blas was the first, once fairly large, very powerful and influential port on the Sea of Cortez. In fact, if it wasn’t for the Mexican naval base, we wouldn’t have known that there was a port at all! The fishermen in their little boats with outboard engines account for about the whole maritime traffic in this area. Inhabited today by roughly ten thousand people, it’s hard to imagine, this community was once several times larger and under the orders of the Spanish crown, ruled this part of the World........READ MORE

Cruising with Kids - Not All Fun and Games

Cruising with Kids - Not All Fun and Games

May 23, 2012

• BY PAT SCHULTE
  

..............We loaded up the crew, grabbed all the dirty laundry we could carry, and headed back to town today. Apparently it's Easter week, Semana Santa, and things around here are hopping to say the least. There are thousands of Mexicans on the beaches and I have yet to see another gringo that didn't belong to one of the four boats in this gigantic bay. It's a fun place to be. On the ride in to town the traffic headed for the beach was backed up for a mile and our taxi driver told us to expect a two hour ride back. It's normally a twenty minute ride so this made us a little nervous. Two kids, two hours in traffic, not a good combo....................READ MORE

REID ON TRAVEL: San Blas, Mexico

REID ON TRAVEL: San Blas, Mexico

April 2, 2012

REID ON TRAVEL: San Blas, Mexico

Some 30 hours are better than other 30 hourses. Morrissey said that. And I say San Blas, three hours north of Puerto Vallarta, is worth the drive.

The beach is fine — a dark brown sand beach with no one on it (weekdays, or when it’s not Semana Santa) — and a scrappy little town that’s a hoot to spend time in. Particularly when one hour at the boozy San Blas Social Club turns to three, and the tequila bottle comes out. The bartender, Bernardo, is a tiny guy with a thick Hemingway beard, perhaps unsurprisingly considering he once was a bullfighter in Mexico City.

Much more to say, crocodiles and English poets for example, but will just sum up some of what I did in 16 seconds........

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San Blas in 15 seconds.

San Blas in 15 seconds

April 2, 2012

Published on Mar 30, 2012

Robert Reid of Lonely Planet spent 30 hours in San Blas, Mexico -- some spend decades -- and summed it up in 15 seconds. Missing every drunken second of the immortal San Blas Social Club, alas. San Blas is three hours north of Puerto Vallarta.

  

How a beach bum grew to appreciate the power of one.

How a beach bum grew to appreciate the power of one

March 27, 2012

BY JIM HUME, TIMES COLONIST

He wandered into San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico in 1970, the 20-yearold son of a civil engineer seeking new horizons. Like millions of other young people of his generation, he wasn't sure what he was looking for, but the day he walked the beaches of Matanchen Bay he knew where he wanted to be.

We were sitting in the shaded courtyard of his banana-bread shop and bakery when Juan Garcia, now in his sixties, recalled that day in the '70s when some young fishermen shared their food and drink with him....

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Dave "Dods" off to Mexico: San Blas Social Club

Dave "Dods" off to Mexico: San Blas Social Club

March 27, 2012

Dave "Dods" off to Mexico: San Blas Social Club
The San Blas Social Club is the local hangout for ex-pats in San Blas. This place would be a success in any town in the U.S. for its eclectic interior, good music, ...
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Mexican town shares a history with B.C.'s west coast

Mexican town shares a history with B.C.'s west coast

March 27, 2012

From Times Colonist

http://www.timescolonist.com/Mexican+town+shares+history+with+west+coast/6284862/story.html

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 windows and the giant, stonemason-shaped beams arching across the nave have never supported a proper roof, construction funds having run out before the building could be capped in 1769.

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Artwork from 1850

Artwork from 1850

February 17, 2012

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' of silver from local mines, see PAI4648. In his 1904 biography his daughter wrote: 'The chief ports for shipping freight were Mazatlan and San Blas (the harbour of Tepic). The principal silver merchants were - at the former place, [Jaca &] Torre; and at Tepic, Barron & Forbes...(pp. 261-62). He was at San Blas, south of Mazatlan, from 6 to 13 August and also went about 30 miles inland to Tepic, which is to the east-south-east, in the direction of the early morning sun in this drawing. The beach and cape of San Blas, which projects out from the coast, are on the left-hand sheet. The masts of a ship appear near the tip of the cape. Referring to this drawing, Fanshawe's daughter continued: 'The last date in Mexico given by E.[dward's] sketches is San Blas, October 11th, and an official letter is dated "Panama, November 5th.'" He was no doubt to deliver his freight there before going on to Valparaiso, and sailed for that port on November 19th. Here he spent the winter...' (p. 263).

Date made

11 October 1850

San Blas Chef Betty Vazquez Gives Greece a Taste of Mexico

San Blas Chef Betty Vazquez Gives Greece a Taste of Mexico

Riviera Nayarit CVB                                                                                 El Delfín's                                                                                                                Chef Betty Vazquez
http://www.banderasnews.com/1206/rr-nayaritchefgoestogreece.htm
June 27, 2012

     In Riviera Nayarit luxury means flavor, and our flavors have captivated the most demanding palates. Chef Betty Vazquez from El Delfín Restaurant in San Blas will travel to Greece to present an exquisite sample of the cuisine that can be found in our destination, and will give it a very special touch...... READ ON HERE

Mexico | Micimage - Photography Wanaka

Land of Colour and Life – Mexico | Micimage
San Blas Mexico - Mickey Ross First site of the coast and San Blas where we would spent the night on the beach getting eaten alive by gnarly invisible ...
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