I spent a week in the month of September last year shooting video. I could of picked a cooler month, actually any month would have been better for hauling around video equipment through the jungle.
But Nayarit is probably the most beautiful that time of the year. The foliage is just
florescent. Shot all the major kinds of activities that bring people here. I am
sure I left some out and will hear from some of you about that. Did what I could in a week.
We started in the south in Nuevo Vallarta and then traveled to Bucerias, Punta Mita, Sayulita, Rincon de Guayabitos, Chacala and finally ended up North in San Blas.
We perched on some iffy spots to get some these shots. I particularly like the time lapse of the afternoon storm clouds. You might want to send a youtube.com link to someone that asks you why you love the place so much.
Check it out.
Sterling
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Exploring Playa Los Ayala and Jaltemba Bay
I went to visit Anna Iabarra in the small town of Los Ayala on the coast just south of Rincon de Guayabitos. hat a find. Beautiful, safe and empty beach, and small town without the congestion and activity of Rincon de Guayabitos. Her husband Cesar showed me around Jaltemba Bay.
Fishing in Banderas Bay with Reel Hot Charter's Tim Steeves
I went out from Punta Mita in December with my brother Cory and his Darcy wife and some friends to find big tuna. We found Dorado and a great time and instead. Which was OK by me. Hey, I 'm on vacation, who wants to pull in a 100 pound tuna anyway. "Way too much work"
Check out the video.
Sterling
www.discovenayarit.com
Check out the video.
Sterling
www.discovenayarit.com
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
I visited Playa Chacala and Chacalia beach in paradise.....Marina Chacala
I drove about 1:15 hours North of Puerto Vallarta airport, a little past Rincon de Guayabitos to visit Playa Chacala. Adjacent to Chacala was the vacation/home development of Marina Chacala and Chacalia beach. What a spot! You should take a ride if you get a spare 1/2 day, only 60 minutes past Bucerias. 45 minutes past Sayulita.
Talked with Al Melchiorre about "Casa Endless Summer" a home for sale on the beach there. Beautiful. The video is by my brother Cory. Pretty good too.
Sterling
Mexico and Riviera Nayarit may have answer to U.S. retirees Health Care
Each day, a savvy few join the ranks of retirees living like royalty -- but on tiny budgets. It's a secret most people don't know much about, but easily accessible to most Americans.
The U.S. health care system is out of reach for millions of Americans…and Mexico may have the answer, according to Carlos Slim, Mexican business magnate and second-richest man on the planet.
One of Slim’s companies, Ideal, has purchased a 49% stake in Grupo Star Medica, a Mexican national hospital chain. Plans are underway for new, high-quality medical centers in Mexico to cater to U.S. baby boomers who are buying second homes in Mexico…or who simply want to come to Mexico for cheaper health care than they can find in the United States.
It is estimated that vacation homes sales increased 45%, in Riviera Nayarit in the last three years. Companies like Grupo Star Medica are just filling niches created by those new homeowners and vacationers. "[Baby boomers] are also choosing Mexico because its health system is much cheaper than in the United States.”
And plans are underway to get more U.S. private insurance companies to pay for medical treatment in Mexico. "For a U.S. insurance policy to pay for medical treatment, the treatment has to comply with certain quality control standards, and we are going to participate with products to serve this niche," said Jaime Jimenez, general director for Mexico Trane, another company following Slim’s lead.
It’s hard to blame smart Mexican businessmen for capitalizing on such an obvious opportunity. If the United States hadn’t let its health care system get so bloated and profit-hungry that 40 million Americans can’t even afford health insurance, there wouldn’t be a need to outsource it.
Remember what your dentist used to say? “Ignore your teeth, and they will go away.” Well, the United States has neglected health care reform for so long that its users really are going away…to Mexico!
The U.S. health care system is out of reach for millions of Americans…and Mexico may have the answer, according to Carlos Slim, Mexican business magnate and second-richest man on the planet.
One of Slim’s companies, Ideal, has purchased a 49% stake in Grupo Star Medica, a Mexican national hospital chain. Plans are underway for new, high-quality medical centers in Mexico to cater to U.S. baby boomers who are buying second homes in Mexico…or who simply want to come to Mexico for cheaper health care than they can find in the United States.
It is estimated that vacation homes sales increased 45%, in Riviera Nayarit in the last three years. Companies like Grupo Star Medica are just filling niches created by those new homeowners and vacationers. "[Baby boomers] are also choosing Mexico because its health system is much cheaper than in the United States.”
And plans are underway to get more U.S. private insurance companies to pay for medical treatment in Mexico. "For a U.S. insurance policy to pay for medical treatment, the treatment has to comply with certain quality control standards, and we are going to participate with products to serve this niche," said Jaime Jimenez, general director for Mexico Trane, another company following Slim’s lead.
It’s hard to blame smart Mexican businessmen for capitalizing on such an obvious opportunity. If the United States hadn’t let its health care system get so bloated and profit-hungry that 40 million Americans can’t even afford health insurance, there wouldn’t be a need to outsource it.
Remember what your dentist used to say? “Ignore your teeth, and they will go away.” Well, the United States has neglected health care reform for so long that its users really are going away…to Mexico!
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