domingo, 29 de mayo de 2011

Mazatlan










I hope you enjoy this beautiful video!!
This is the translation of the text in the video.


There is a place where life is an intense, profound and vibrant sparkle.

MAZATLÁN
Open spaces to cover roads. To amazed the senses, to discover new emotions. Roads that pictures the past. We share our memory so you can live it in the present, because here the eternity dresses memories.
It is a path in the middle of destiny, an Altar to reach and discover heaven.

MAZATLAN
To believe it is possible to cover hope with colors, to open the soul, to close your eyes, to dream awake; to listen to endless sounds the cadence of divine, to dare living, to submerge in deepness, to rise high.

Mazatlan is an adventure, a mystery of thousands emotions, a calm ocean, a wind stroke. We are sons of the light of thousands colors with thousands stories from other time from other places. We reencounter here with our brothers of journey. We give ourselves with joy.

MAZATLAN

More than you imagine!!
http://www.marinacostabonita.com

viernes, 20 de mayo de 2011

Weekend









Weekend! At Marina Costa Bonita, Mazatlan; take out your boat, jet-ski, paddle, kayak or what you prefer to be in the water and have fun!

Marina Costa Bonita





jueves, 19 de mayo de 2011

Why to Invest in Mazatlan Real Estate??








According to the US census bureau 55% of the people in United States want to move when they retire.
The reason is very simple, they want to make sure they are investing properly and spending wisely their life savings, they also want to make sure they have a comfortable lifestyle with a fix income.
They have found out they can own a first class property and have a premium life style in beautiful Mexico for half of what it would cost them in United States or Canada; in addition to that there is the wonderful weather.
Many of the baby boomers are investing in Mazatlan Real Estate because it has all what they are looking for, climate, art, culture, food, activities, value but most of all affordability. An interesting fact is that a high percentage of the foreign investment is from middle age people who are looking into get an important return for their investment, how is that? Well, consider this, to invest in a property that will pay off it self by renting it, maybe the first years won’t represent an earning but eventually will and don’t forget getting and excellent profit when re-sale it, or keep it as a retirement home when the time comes. All this possibilities have been considered by the thousands of happy property owners of Mazatlan Real Estate.

There are properties available for all budgets, it depends on the size of house or condo and the area where you want to live. For investment purposes it is more desirable to invest in a gated community that also offered resort type facilities which will rent out easily and has a great value for the premium life style that offers.

This morning I was having a cup of coffee in one of the cafes in Marina Mazatlan area and felt the fresh breeze on my face while sipping my aromatic coffee and thought this is Paradise!! To me Paradise is: been able to enjoy a nice weather, been able to afford the quality life I want and deserve, to have friends who I share same interest with, to walk on the beach any time I want to, swim in warm waters beaches, to take a deep breath while watching the most beautiful sunset and not worry about any thing but enjoy life, family and friends. I have my own piece of Paradise here in Mazatlan; have you found yours??

Learn more about Mazatlan Real Estate.




lunes, 16 de mayo de 2011

Fish Cleaning








In Marina Costa Bonita, one of the good things when coming back from fishing: you don’t have to clean the fish Felipe will do it for you! So, you just hold the fish for the pictures and he’ll do the rest.
Marina Costa Bonita has the best facilities and fish cleaning area is one of the best, we also have the vacuum and frozen facilities so you can take home your catch as much as you want.
Today they got 6 mahi-mahi and 15 groupers (red and gray). It’s been a good catch so don’t miss the fun and come to Mazatlan!!

Marina Costa Bonita



lunes, 9 de mayo de 2011

Blue Shirt Team













Mazatlan has captivated many people along the years, Tourist after their first visit always come back. Some others just fall in love and want to move in as soon as possible. I can say that the foreign community has become locals, Mazatlan is really their home.

There is a group of foreign Volunteers who wear a blue T-shirt and you can see them any where in Mazatlan: Centro Historico, Malecon, Golden Zone, Down Town, Beaches; their mission is to provide of information or directions to tourists with the only purpose of making them feel welcome and secure. For the blue shirt group Mazatlan is home, so they really care about it, they are also aware that even tough Mazatlecos are great people, friendly and helpful, they feel more comfortable with the familiar language and communication style, tourist trust their countryman opinion.

This shows how much they love Mazatlan.

This initiative emerged after the unfair and untruth portrayal by the international media of Mazatlan as an unsafe place to live or visit, so they started to think on what they could do to help. Some of them have been living in Mazatlan for many years, some full time, some part time, even people who only come for vacation but on regularly bases.
Roger who is a trip advisor, asked if any one would be interested to do something, a week after they were having their fist meeting with 25 volunteers. They share their love for Mazatlan and know Mazatlan is not what it appears to be in the news.
They have made their own shirts and banners, the main purpose is to provide of information and directions to tourist, make them feel welcome so they know what a safe and wonderful place Mazatlan is.

“Mazatlan Tourist Aide Volunteers” as they named themselves, is an independent group, they are not affiliated nor sponsored by any business. Now they are close to 50 volunteers and tourism students from the State University are volunteering as well; The Sinaloa Tourism Office is providing training to the volunteers on places, things people and detailed information to support the great job they are doing unselfish, just one more thing to say to the volunteers:

“Thank you for loving Mazatlan”


Mazatlan Real Estate

jueves, 5 de mayo de 2011

PROGRAM FOR MAY/ACTIVITIES IN MAZATLAN








1-5

Dance festival José Limón

1-5
Quiksilver Classic

On the beach by Sumbawa is taking place this world-class contest, more than 100 ranked surfers from Japan, Australia, South Africa, Latin America and United States come to town just to participate. There are fashion shows, live bands, eco-events and more.

5-8

Canadian Pro-Golf Tour
Mexican PGA at Estrella del Mar- $125,000US in prizes

4-28

Luna Gallery presents last show of the season “Visiones y Obsesiones”
Address: Niños Héroes #1211, Centro.

6-11

“Temporada Primavera”

Dance groups encounter, about 24 different groups make possible this extraordinary spectacle. Angela Peralta Theater 8:00 P.M
Tickets: $100.00/$250.00 pesos.

6

Sinaloa Symphony

Gordon Campbell, the Orchestra Director. Angela Peralta Theater at 8:00 P.M
Tickets: $80.00/$200.00 pesos

15

International Singing Contest

Opera singers competition and Sinaloa Symphony are directed by Maestro Enrique Patrón de Rueda. Angela Peralta Theater 6:00 P.M

28

Homage to Composer Luis Perez Meza, Mariachi Continental and daughter Elisa Perez Meza will perform his most famous songs.
Casa de los Perez Meza 8:30 P.M
Tickets: $150.00 pesos.




martes, 3 de mayo de 2011

PAJARITOS FROM MAZATLAN








The sun is setting in a warm afternoon, I hear the sound of the seagulls flying to find a place to sleep, and then I see the slow movements of the lazy Pelicans to do the same. There are a lot people cheerfully having trivial conversation, the fisherman getting ready to go out and the solemnity they do it with looks more like a ritual done for hundreds of years. Now I see the pangas(fishing boats) first dancing a waltz and as they go further they increase the speed until they reach their point of encounter with the fish; then they stop and turn on the big light and wait. After this everything will be up to their expertise, when they see the first fish sparkle in the water they know its time to fish.

This Phenomenon happens only once a year during May, it is now part of the many traditions we have in Mazatlan. This specie is known as California halfbeak (Hyporhamphus rosae) and it is found from the south of California to Peru, but it is in the warm waters of Mazatlan where they reproduce themselves. There are records of their presence since 1880.

In Mazatlan it is a great happening awaited for all locals, every afternoon they go to Playa Norte where all the fisherman take their boats and go out fishing for “Pajaritos”, this fishing has to be done only at night, and to attract the attention of the fish the fisherman make sure to have a big light in the boat and then they extend the fishing net to get them; from the beach it is a fabulous spectacle to see dozens of lights in horizon.

But the locals don’t go only because they like the spectacle; they go because they can get the freshest fish at a very reasonable price. This small fish can reach the maximum size of 11 inches but it is a real delicacy, it is usually cook deep fry and accompaniment (garnish) with beans and fresh tomato, onion, lime and cilantro salsa, you can enjoy it with just made tortillas. Mazatlan is the only place where it is fished so that makes it a very special meal.

There are many things that make Mazatlan unique and fabulous, we have a wonderful weather all year around, history and culture, wonderful beaches for all type of water sport activities, food and friendly people; in Mexico Mazatlan is the tourist destination more affordable than any other. For all this Mazatlan Real Estate has an excellent value and now is attracting a lot of the international investments.