I Love Mexican Vacations

I got invited to go on vacation to Cabo San Lucas in June with my friend and her parents, and trust me, I've never seen the ocean and I am so excited.

But lately, I've been hearing about the drug wars and how its really unsafe to travel to Mexico. We are staying in a five star resort with condos, and they said we SHOULD be safe and everything, because we're probably staying in the resort, but I'm not sure. Would it be safe for 14 year olds to go there, and sometimes be by themselves in the resort? Or should we stay with her parents the whole time? Is it even safe to go…because I'm having second thoughts…?

Hola! I live here in Cabo and seriously we don't have any issues or problems here. Seriously, I'm more nervous in LA than I am here.

You will probably stay at your resort and go into the towns (there are two Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo) and do some shopping or perhaps check out the sights. Everything is really cool…but I would highly recommend NOT walking around at night (young white girls/guys stand out like you) or always go together to the beaches or for sightseeing during the day. In most cases the locals selling stuff are aggressive, but will leave you alone if you are firm with your no. As long as you aren't looking for drugs or prostitutes or stumbling around drunk you will be safe in cabo.

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Want to spend Thanksgiving Day or the week before Christmas sunning on a beach in Cancun, Mexico? This is your opportunity! Both Beach Palace and Cancun Palace are located in Cancun and both are ideal for families. Beach Palace features 3 outdoor pools including 2 rooftop, 3 swim up bars, a Kiddie

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While 2004’s Americano saw the Peacemakers stomping their way through an earnest blend of Southwestern roots rock and evocative storytelling, No More Beautiful World finds them taking an extended siesta. Gone are the earnest ballads, the rock & roll swagger, and the storybook sparkle of Roger Clyne’s lyrics. Filling that empty hole is a newfound appreciation for Jimmy Buffett, with a healthy scoop of Mexican flavor thrown into the mix. As a result, No More Beautiful World is a lighthearted and breezy record; even when Clyne takes on the lackluster president, he does so with a tongue-in-cheek approach, rechristening the Bush Administration “the goon squad” while bright guitars chime beneath him. Elsewhere, he sings about Mexico’s drug trade (the corrido-meets-pop song “Contraband”), examines America’s love for material excess (”Plenty”), and — in one of the album’s wittiest moments — delivers a fictional narrative in which a pair of Special Ops soldiers decide to abandon their post and take an extended vacation (”Wake Up Call”). The band is in fine form, particularly lead guitarist Steve Larson, who crafts a signature tone with his love for reverb and whammy-bar vibrato. Bassist Nick Scropos makes his studio debut with the band, having joined the lineup immediately after Americano’s release, and drummer P.H. Naffah is as solidly precise as ever. Nevertheless, No More Beautiful World has too many languid songs to measure up to its predecessor, and the album ends up being a suitable soundtrack for a summer day spent drinking margaritas in an inflatable swimming pool chair. Perhaps that’s exactly what the band wanted it to be, and who would fault a group whose relentless touring schedule and D.I.Y. ethic embodies the spirit of independent rock & roll? Roger Clyne is still one of the most talent singer/songwriters in the American underground, but No More Beautiful World simply isn’t his best work, and a handful of solid songs can’t quench one’s thirst for something ..

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Documentary - general DVD - Following the style of the reality-based programming on the FOX network, The Real Cancun is a feature-length effort to capture R-rated footage of a group of upper middle-class college students on spring break in Cancun, Mexico. Made by the Bunim/Murray production team (responsible for MTV’s The Real World) and released in the vulgar wake of Jackass: The Movie, this 90-minute movie features 16 conventionally attractive 18- to 23-year-olds coming from different colleges across the country and encouraged to party like they never have before. There’s Alan, the innocent boy from Texas; Casey, the would-be model from Florida; Jeremy, the ladies’ man from Arizona; Brittany, the pretty girl from California; and so forth. Romantic pairs, best friends, twins, and other couples are also figured into the group in order to boost the likelihood of hooking-up and/or breaking-up theatrics. Six camera crews follow the group around 24 hours a day during the weeklong vacation in order to catch the highest possible amount of alcohol consumption, nudity, and sexual activity. Participants give interviews and provide relationship updates in-between the dancing, drinking, sunbathing, and general partying. The Real Cancun was filmed in March of 2003 and released theatrically only a month later. Directed by Rick de Oliveira, who made his directorial debut in 2002 with the straight-to-video title Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold? - The Real Cancun at Barnes and Noble

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Comedy Adventure DVD - A south of the border jaunt turns into a Mexican fiasco when a group of California twenty-somethings arrive in Baja for their annual New Year’s Eve surfing trip and become pawns in an explosive showdown between the local mayor and the corrupt police force. Brandt (Tom Carver) is a failed entrepreneur who’s just lost his girlfriend, his business, and his mojo. But Brandt’s best friend TK (Kenny Morrison) has the perfect cure - a New Year’s Eve surf trip to Baja, Mexico with his girlfriend Mackenzie (Kansas Carradine) and their best bud Unis (Rini Bell), who’s wagaing a valiant battle against cancer. Unfortunately Brandt expected to stay in a luxury resort, and when he emerges from his drunken stupor to realize that the gang is instead staying at a primitive campsite on a rural Mexican beach inhabited by a hungry donkey, he prepares to hightail it back home. But Kenny changes Brandt’s mind by convincing him to give the “real” Mexico a shot. Now, inspired by Unis’ bravery and realizing he has little to return home to, Brandt finally starts to loosen up. Later, when the gang’s bus breaks down and they get caught up in a violent battle between the mayor and the corrupt local police, they gain a newfound appreciation for their flawed lives and attempt to outrun the bullets and make it back to their home country. - Baja Beach Bums at Barnes and Noble

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Mexico CD - CD - Ivy Queen 2008 World Tour Live! at Barnes and Noble

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Documentary - general DVD - Following the style of the reality-based programming on the FOX network, The Real Cancun is a feature-length effort to capture R-rated footage of a group of upper middle-class college students on spring break in Cancun, Mexico. Made by the Bunim/Murray production team (responsible for MTV’s The Real World) and released in the vulgar wake of Jackass: The Movie, this 90-minute movie features 16 conventionally attractive 18- to 23-year-olds coming from different colleges across the country and encouraged to party like they never have before. There’s Alan, the innocent boy from Texas; Casey, the would-be model from Florida; Jeremy, the ladies’ man from Arizona; Brittany, the pretty girl from California; and so forth. Romantic pairs, best friends, twins, and other couples are also figured into the group in order to boost the likelihood of hooking-up and/or breaking-up theatrics. Six camera crews follow the group around 24 hours a day during the weeklong vacation in order to catch the highest possible amount of alcohol consumption, nudity, and sexual activity. Participants give interviews and provide relationship updates in-between the dancing, drinking, sunbathing, and general partying. The Real Cancun was filmed in March of 2003 and released theatrically only a month later. Directed by Rick de Oliveira, who made his directorial debut in 2002 with the straight-to-video title Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold? - The Real Cancun at Barnes and Noble

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Period Drama DVD - Mexico de Mis Recuerdos (My Memories of Mexico) is a lavish period picture, a genre popular with war-weary Mexican audiences. Set during the controversial Porfirio Diaz regime, the film’s hero is Joaquin Parrave as Diaz’s aide. Befriending a group of travelling entertainers, Parrave does his best to protect the performers from harm as they wend their way through the country. He also develops a crush on a refined young lady (Sofia Alvarez) who joins the show folk so that she can be nearer to her boyfriend (Luis Aldas). Many of the film’s highlights are staged at the Teatro Principal, one of Mexico’s most popular music halls. - Mexico De Mis Recuerdes at Barnes and Noble

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Mexico CD - CD - Tour Fantasia Pop Live at Barnes and Noble

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Occult Horror DVD - The direct-to-video frightfest La Llorona (The Wailer) begins innocently, with six collegiate friends en route to a vacation in Mexico. Exhausted from the long trip and in need of a place to rest for the night, the travelers opt to stay in a small town — a town where, unbeknownst to them, a horrible, blood-soaked tragedy unfolded years prior. When the students stay overnight at a cabin in the town, a series of strange, inexplicable supernatural events unfold — an unseen woman is heard weeping and wailing throughout the building, and more than one of the students sense some indescribable horror lurking just outside of the cabin door — a horror that keeps them confined inside, terrified of leaving. The area, it seems, is possessed by a vengeful spirit known as “The Wailer.” La Llorona stars Vanessa Rice, John Patrick Jordan, Brenda Mejia, Hugo Medina and Nicole Danielle. Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide - The Wailer - La Llorona at Barnes and Noble

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