Okay, so I'm two weeks behind, but really, can you pass up Carnaval without so much as a by-your-leave? It's a 5 day party extravaganza of color, costumes, beer, dancing, parades, royalty, parties, and music, music, music. And then more beer. The parade began with a full half hour of beer trucks. This crowd loves their beer.We took the cute little panga--motorboat--across from Stone Island to Mazatlán the day after the parade to see if we could catch a ...

Tucked away on this tiny spit of land 10 minutes from Mazatlán is an elaborate garden just behind our campsite that appears to be a bit of a mystery. Is it part of a planned development for the island? Are they going to buy up our RV park so they have access to the beach? Will we be able to return here next year?It's a quality piece of landscaping so totally out of place in this rustic, indigenous community that somebody has to be up to something. Nobody put...

Perched on the side of one of the largest estuaries in Mexico, quiet little Teacapan almost found stardom when a former Mexican president announced a humungous developement 2x larger than Cancun was to be built near the small hamlet. But plans fell through when the new president took office and for now the quiet village, waterways and 30 miles of beach remain a haven for birds of a hundred varieties and a few eco-tourists down from Mazatlán for the day.There'...

If you ever want to get away from everything and I really mean unplug, try this gorgeous spot near the village of Teacapan. Miles of abandoned beachline, no cell service, essentially no internet cause it's so useless, no tv, no radio, no restaurants, no stores and hardly any people.On the plus side you have plenty of breeze to cool things off, a pristine pool so crystal clear it's shocking, brilliant yellow oriels to greet your mornings and porpoises surf...

I've never had the patience to sit and look for birds--couldn't see it, literally.But today was such fun all because tall Bob could spot a flea on a knat's ass. He found the tricky ones (ones totally obliterated by branches and leaves) and knew the names of everything. All I had to do was point and shoot.We took the jungle river cruise just south of San Blas--up a little river to the spring at it's beginning. It winds through mangrove swamps and f...