Steve Schwab's Blogs

• Puerto Penasco Sold Out for Easter Weekend 2011

  by Steve Schwab April 18, 2011
  Translated from De Frente News Paper: With a 100% occupancy are several hotels in the city, which is taken as a very encouraging picture, so it is expected that this Easter is the best time of year in terms of occupied rooms for rent in the city Héctor Vázquez del Mercado said. The president of the convention and visitors bureau...
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• EVERYONE LIVING IN MEXICO SHOULD READ THIS

  by Steve Schwab March 30, 2011
  EVERYONE LIVING IN MEXICO SHOULD READ THIS THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC REALITY First: A reality check on Mexico Mexico is in a unique position to reap many of the benefits of the decline of the US economy. In order to not violate NAFTA and other agreements the U.S.A. cannot use direct protectionism, so it is content to allow the media to play thi...
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• Puerto Penasco may be Phoenix's next water source

  by Steve Schwab March 20, 2011
  Arizona has grown because they were able to move water from where it was to where it wasn't, importing water through mountains, across deserts and up hills toward the money of developing cities. Dams made that movement possible. Without new dams, importing water will become more expensive and more difficult. There are some quick fixes: Enginee...
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• Facts don't lie about Mexico Saftey

  by Steve Schwab March 18, 2011
  If Facts Don’t Lie, is Mexico Safer than the U.S.? March 1, 2011 | by HS News Staff We are thrilled to welcome today’s guest blogger ,Patrick Osio Jr.  Patrick is the Editor and Columnist for HispanicVista.com an Internet public interest weekly publication. Patrick also writes a monthly column, The Connection, for the ...
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• Mexico Real Estate may benifit from Agreement with Japan

  by Steve Schwab March 7, 2011
  In late February 2011, the Governments of Mexico and Japan signed an agreement that aims to “strengthen financial cooperation, promote new business and investment opportunities and promote economic development in Mexico.”   How will this affect themarket? The ongoing growth of Mexico’s economy, foreign investment and in...
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• History of Christmas in Puerto Villarta

  by Steve Schwab December 24, 2010
  By: Jim Scherrer   Five centuries ago, Christmas was virtually nonexistent in Mexico; in fact, Christianity had not even been introduced to the New World. The native Aztec Indians weren’t even aware of the concept of Christianity until 1524, when Twelve Franciscans (Twelve Apostles of New Spain) came to Mexico; about a decade l...

• Travel to Mexico up, despite safety concerns

  by Steve Schwab December 12, 2010
  by Jayne Clark - Dec. 9, 2010 11:53 AM USA Today/DriveOn   Despite tales of drug violence, visitation to Mexico was up almost 19% over last year, as of September. And with 22.6 million tourists expected by year's end, numbers will about equal the record-breaking totals in 2008. About 80% of visitors are North American. In fac...

• Living in Mexico

  by Steve Schwab December 12, 2010
  By Linda Ellerbee   Sometimes I’ve been called a maverick because I don’t always agree with my colleagues, but then, only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. The stream here is Mexico. You would have to be living on another planet to avoid hearing how dangerous Mexico has become, and, yes, its true drug wars have es...
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• Mexican Customs

  by Steve Schwab December 8, 2010
  You will find customs to be traditional practices, modes of behavior, or social norms. If they are closely related to holidays they are calendar events and it is then these events are celebrated yearly by the community and are more commonly known as festivals. Some may define a custom as saying it is what people do because that is what they do or h...

• More on Bartering in Rocky Point

  by Steve Schwab December 8, 2010
  You should first start your bargaining experience by pleasantly greeting your potential vendor. You should know that a greeting is expected before any type of negotiations should occur. If you do not greet them and act respectful they may very well ignore you and just move on to the nest person that is more willing to treat them respectfully. When ...