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    Riviera Nayarit Islands Dazzle Visitors With Their Rare Wildlife

    ByMelissa July 25, 2013February 27, 2014

    This article was taken from Riviera Nayarit Blog www.rivieranayaritblog.com.                                                            Little Known Riviera Nayarit Islands Dazzle Visitors With Their Rare Wildlife, History And Even A Hidden Beach Most often heralded for its nearly 200 miles of golden coast, Riviera Nayarit is also home to beautiful, remote islands full of wildlife and adventure, each offering a…

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    Turtle nests and this year iguanas too

    ByMelissa July 3, 2013February 4, 2022

    n the spring of 1992 the founding members of the Grupo Ecológico de la Costa Verde, A.C. (the Group) organized and built the first marine nursery in San Francisco, Nayarit. By June of that year protection of Olive Ridley and Leatherback turtle eggs had begun. On June 19th 2013 our first ever Iguana eggs hatched,…

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    What is San Pancho like?

    ByMelissa June 24, 2013

    This is taken from Erin’s blog that I saw on www.sanpanchoweather.com. ” We came to San Pancho to see our friends Victoria and Steve who raved about this tiny beach town on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. We were enticed by talk of whales and turtles, jungle covered hills and long stretches of empty sand. We stayed…

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    Recent Casa Melissa reviews – a favorite San Pancho rental

    ByMelissa April 2, 2013

    I realized unless you go to www.vrbo.com/1952 or to tripadvisior.com you don’t really get a chance to see what renters are saying about Casa Melissa. So here are three of the emails I have received February/March 2013.   WOW!  What an extraordinary place you have.  We could not have enjoyed ourselves more.  Our expectations were…

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    La Patrona Polo in San Pancho

    ByMelissa January 24, 2013

    La Patrona is a restaurant at the Polo Field. You can eat dinner there most nights, but on Saturdays you can eat and watch a polo game. I went, and it was fun, but I really didn’t know the rules of the game (luckily the guy at the table next to me did). So I…

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    How hot is it?

    ByMelissa September 14, 2012June 24, 2013

    I found this interesting chart of high and low temperatures  on the www.sanpanchoweather.com website. I was surprised how cool it can get. Of course I always bring a sweater in the winter. But the weather is perfect for hiking and playing tennis. And of course swimming in the heated pool! I love the warm nights…

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    Birding in San Pancho

    ByMelissa September 7, 2012

    News from the non-profit birding club in San Pancho: “What is coming next season for S.P.B.O. As the freshly feathered San Pancho Bird Observatory (SPBO) fledges our team is working to bring birding in San Pancho to the next level. Weekly bilingual bird-id lectures will be offered at Entreamigos; these lectures will be oriented both…

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    Cielo Rojo – great food and great original cocktails

    ByMelissa March 9, 2012

    I am sure  you all know the Organic Bistro at  Cielo Rojo, their delicious food and their tequilla tastings and great cocktails. However you may not have heard about yet another delicious and exotic concoction – the Thai Mojito! Virtualvallarta.com recently featured Cielo Rojo’s THAI MOJITO as one of “Three Essential Cocktails” stating that “…a meal…

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    Whales, whales and more whales, and dolphins too

    ByMelissa January 6, 2012

    I just returned from a fabulous week at Casa Melissa. The first morning we saw two humpback whales breaching very close to shore – just about 1000 feet off the pool. The first thing that grabbed my attention was a loud sound – I looked up to see a whale breaching. The sound I heard…

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    Turtle rescue and nursery in San Pancho

    ByMelissa September 9, 2011

    BACK FROM THE BRINK BY JOSLIN BERTRAND The months of August and September are the peak nesting season for endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles in Mexico.  If you walk the beach any  night this month after midnight you might be rewarded by the sight of one of these amazing creatures making a nest hole and…

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