February 2010 - Posts

Boomers Head to Mexico For Sun, Sand and Surgery
17 February 10 02:01 PM

The author: Ilene Little According to a Feb 2 post on Breaking Travel News, Mexico is gearing up for a boom in medical tourism as the ageing U.S. population heads south not just for sun and sand but also "treatments and surgeries". "A million Read More...

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Filed under: baja california, Mexico, baby boomers, medical tourism, Mexico medical tourism

Baja Real Estate Back on Track
16 February 10 02:26 PM

Baja Real Estate Back on Track Tiger's Golf Course coming soon Punta Brava developers expect to break ground this year This piece contains a few excerpts from an article by Sandra Dibble on Tiger Woods’ Baja Golf Course, from the San Diego Union-Tribune. Read More...

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Filed under: baja california, Ensenada, San Diego, Punta Brava, Denver Nuggets, Calear Channel Communications, Brady Oman, Flagship Group, La Lobera Baja California, Broian Tucker, Minnesota Vikings, San Antonio Spurs, Tiger Woods, INAH, Oscar Escobedo Carignan, golf course, North Carolina, Red McCombs, Todos Santos Bay, Dubai

Vehicle checks at border paying off
16 February 10 01:58 PM

Authorities seize cash, guns bound for Mexico This article has excerpts of an article in the San Diego Union by Leslie Berestein in February 2010. As we know, most of the guns used by the drug lords and their kingpins in Mexico are brought in from the Read More...

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Filed under: baja california, Rosarito, Tijuana, Ensenada, mexico border, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, border patrol, Otay Mesa, Imperial County, Guadalupe Osuna, US guns, firearm law, firearms and explosives, Ca, Mexico Cartels, Bureau of Alcohol, Ca., San Duiego, tobacco, border security, Texas, San Ysidro

Weekly Fishing Column: Rosarito Beach welcomes anglers
16 February 10 01:18 PM

By Phil Friedman, Arturo Martinez from the tourism department was at the National Sports Grill in Torrance Thursday at 7 p.m., to talk about a weekend trip to Rosarito Beach, April 9-11. The trip will feature a surf and pier fishing competition that usually Read More...

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Filed under: Rosarito Beach, Baja Surf, Rosarito Beach Hotel, rosarito beach fishing, Jennifer Aniston, Flynn Robinson

Proposed aqueduct would quench Baja wine valley
10 February 10 02:28 PM

By Sandra Dibble As they watch millions of gallons of treated Tijuana wastewater flow into the Pacific Ocean each day, Baja California authorities say they have a better idea: Why not pipe it to the Guadalupe Valley, Baja California’s winemaking Read More...

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Filed under: baja california, osuna millan, Tijuana, Ensenada, Baja California´s winemaking region, Mexico Wine, Guadalupe Valley, Napa, Baja California Wine Growers Association, Valle de Las Palmas, Hugo D’Acosta

Nature's wonders in Baja California
10 February 10 01:42 PM

By Tom Uhlenbrock The golden moment in whale watching is when the whales turn the tables and become people watchers. But, sometimes, you pay the price. Kathryn Winter of Chicago was one of the passengers in a Zodiac following a Gray whale and its calf Read More...

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Filed under: baja california, Cabo San Lucas, whales mexico, baja eco-tourism, whale watchers, bahia magdalena, Baja California: Among the Great Whales, national geographic, whale watching, grey whale, whale protection

How Americans are Stretching Their Money South of the Border in Baja California Mexico
09 February 10 12:18 PM

Written by sublimerecipes ROSARITO, BAJA CALIFORNIA. MEXICO – Many Americans with reduced and fixed incomes are looking outside of the US for retirement and economic relief in these tough times, finding it just south of the border. Baja California, Read More...

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Filed under: Ensenada, assited living centers, rosarito baja california, retirement home, baby boomers, fixed income, baja developments, foreign residents

Mexico may become a major 'Medical Tourism' Destination
03 February 10 02:09 PM

By Kent Paterson Carefully observing the changing demographics of US society, Mexico's federal government is wagering that the graying of Gringolandia will give a strong impulse to medical tourism. "A million baby boomers, as they are called Read More...

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Filed under: Mexican Border, assited living centers, Medicaid, Mexico, Healt insurers, medicare, healt care, health services in Mexico, retirees, Baja California Border, baby boomers, medical tourism