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The city of Vallarta has prepared a special program of cultural activities in honor to Puerto Vallarta and its people. This year we’ll be enjoying the Fiestas de May08.

México, Germany, France and Spain are the countries of origin of some of the artists who will perform at the international events throughout the month of may.

The fiestas will have something for everyone: Regional Mexican dance, Tahitian, Contemporary, Jazz, Afro, Flamenco and so much more.

The main event of Las Fiestas de May08 will be hold on the malecon arches, but there will be other public locations like the Pitillal plaza, Las Juntas and the Sport area “Augusting Flores Contreras” which will present the traditional Chinese Dance of the Lions on 30th of May.

32 events with over 250 artists will be held on Fiestas de May08 in Puerto Vallarta.

Event schedule:

1st – 20:00 – Inauguration at the malecon arches with the tropical rhythm of “Los Fumancheros”

2nd – 18:30 – Romantic Music by the “Festival de Estudiantes” (malecon arches)

2nd – 20:00 “Grupo Rey Nayar” Regional Dance in Plaza Pitillal

2nd – 21:00 – “Radiopatias” with musical humor, intelligence and sketches will bring everyone some good fun time. (malecon arches)

3rd – 19:00 “Grupo Rey Nayar” Regional Dance (in Las Juntas)

3rd – 19:00 – Romantic Music by the “Festival de Estudiantes” (malecon arches)

3rd – 20:15 – “La Quinto Danza” Contemporary Dance to welcome Jerome Murat on the malecon arches.

3rd – 21:00 – French “Jerome Murat”, best mime ever will perform his masterpiece “The white statue” on the malecon arches.

Jerome Murat

4th – 20:00 “Grupo Rey Nayar” Regional Dance (malecon arches)

4th – 21:00 – “Orquestra Chamaco” Jamaican music mix with reggae rhythms.

5th – 21:00 – “2 Play” Acrobatic Comedy representing the comeback of the living legend of Olympic gymnastic.

7th – - “Sherele” Hebrew music from Europe with an emotional and spiritual touch. (malecon arches)

15th – 20:30 – German Orchestra from the Chamber of Stuttgart directed by “Michael Hofstetter” in the hotel Krystal, room Jalisco. Enjoy Mozart, Bach and Mendelssohn for only $150 pesos / ticket. (This is the only event with cost, all the others will be free)

Michael Hofstetter

16th – 20:00 – Italian “Marco Carolei” will guarantee a lot of laughter with his professional clown techniques on the malecon arches.

Marco Carolei

18th – 20:00 – “Carsten Daerr Trio” also from Germany will be playing a Jazz concert

Carsten Daerr

30th – 21:00 – “Dance of the Lions”, traditional Chinese Dance followed by traditional Mexican fireworks.

The month of May has always been a very important month in Mexican history. “La Batalla de Puebla”, the Battle of Puebla is celebrated every year on the 5th of May.

History says that the Mexican army with only 4,500 poorly armed men had won the battle against the French army that had over 8,000 well-armed soldiers.

It was also the first time that the imperial troops of Napoleon III fell overdue demonstrating that they were not invincible. The celebration surpasses that of the Mexican Independence Day, something very logical if one notes that the bulk of Méxican Americans born in the United States, while not naturalized Mexican residents still celebrate the Mexican Independence Day.

Vallarta Blog wishes everyone a great weekend!

So don’t forget to..

… let your monkey out! (at least once in a while)

Happy Weekend!

For 45 years, CCMA (Comite de Compradores de Material Aeronautico) has been bringing together Latin American and Caribbean airline technical buyers and industry suppliers in a unique four-day event providing the opportunity for interaction and networking between suppliers and airline representatives.

Mini-meetings are the heart of the event, and feature a series of 10-minute one-to-one sessions between the airlines and the suppliers. In addition, CCMA provides networking opportunities such as family day, cocktail receptions, lunches and a gala dinner, amongst others.

Ideal for industry suppliers who want to create new business relationships with Latin American and Caribbean airlines, CCMA offers the opportunity to meet representatives from 40 airlines in one place. It’s also perfect for those who simply want to keep up with current clients.

This year the CCMA will take place April 27-30, 2008, in the beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Aeromexico is the host airline.

For more information visit:

CCMA Agenda (details)
Registration
Participating Airlines
Latin American & Caribbean Airlines Fleet
Family Day
Where?
Hotel Rates
Make a Reservation
Airline Tickets
Mini Meetings
Sponsorhip Opportunities 

Aeromexico discount code: IT20RG05708

In memory of Parque Hidalgo (Hidalgo Park)
Read about it here.

Vallarta Verde (Green Vallarta) Ecologico was a total success. The entire afternoon at Cuiza Restaurant Bar was filled with music, drinks and people from everywhere. Rastas, Hippies, Grandpas & Grandmas, everybody with some rhythm in their blood was present.

UPDATE

(Video Source: Vallarta Verde)

In case you missed it, we have some pictures especially for you and for our german friend Ajim and his drummer girlfriend that did an incredible job on stage, not to mention: for free and for the good of keeping Puerto Vallarta green. Everybody that performed today/tonight was outstanding and drew big happy smiles on everybody, not to mention the people who danced through every song.

La Cuiza is a neat hidden place on Rio Cuale but not too difficult to find and only one minute walk from the new Malecon Bridge that connects El Centro with Olas Altas. Just follow the stairs that go down right in the middle of the bridge towards Oscars and River’s Café.

To help support the Vallarta Verde Ecologists, you can buy t-shirts, hats, drinks at their events, so please don’t think twice about it, buy something, knowing you are supporting the ones that want to keep Vallarta as what it became famous for (The green fishing port) and not the gray, cement Acapulco 2 City.

In the news: Fieste Ecologica – VALLARTA VERDE 

Barbara Sands

Puerto Vallarta - Vallarta Verde, a group of young and ardent ecology-minded activists has launched a new initiative to foster “green” thinking among Vallartenses.

Spearheading the new group’s efforts are Greta Fuentes, Tatiana Meneses, Carole Oury and Mercedes Sanchez among others. Joe “King” Carrasco of “Nuevo Wavo” musical fame, a transplanted Texan, is lending his group to bring Tex-Mex and reggae flavor to the day and promises to round up a bevy of local musical talents to keep the island moving to a green beat till evening.

The keynote theme of the day is information and ecological awareness. All it takes, sometimes, is a bit of chit-chat among friends and neighbors to uncover common concerns and to determine ways to address them.

Vallarta Verde aptly conveys the aims of the newly established group to build public interest in exploring all ways to preserve what very few green spaces we have remaining to us.

Major among these spaces is the eastern end of the Isla Rio Cuale whose development into yet another commercial corridor has been envisioned by the last two municipal administrations. The Isla is still a micro-nature preserve for iguanas, squirrels and an amazing numbers of birds.

But, more importantly, it’s a cool respite on a hot day; it’s a shady outdoor classroom for kids during the summer months and remains a small verdant microcosm in the Cuale. What an idea it would be to label those many varieties of trees; to have a plant and animal map. John Huston would find himself less lonely in his director’s chair.

The Isla effort will go hand-in-hand with public education through the press, in schools and in city-wide presentations to encourage ecologically sound waste management along with water and other natural resource conservation.

Development has moved so quickly in Vallarta that concrete bastions rise before our eyes without warning. Development certainly cannot be confused with progress and isn’t always the best answer for the municipality.

We can’t forget what put Vallarta on the map besides the torrid Taylor-Burton affair. It is its very Mexican-ness, its leisurely demeanor, its tile roofs and feeling of a city with proud roots, and those it has in abundance.

All those who have grown weary championing the preservation of our beautiful city’s native charms can only applaud these new faces picking up the challenge and bringing in new troops to carry on the battle to preserve our beautiful surroundings, our trees and the city’s heritage.

From the southbound bridge, Cuiza is located down the stairs and toward the ocean. From the Malecon, access is down the stairs and straight ahead to Cuiza on the right past Oscar’s and River Café.

For more information or to offer assistance, contact Greta Fuentes: zuckyinc(at)yahoo.com; Mercedes Sanchez: aisforartist1 (at) hotmail.com; Carole Oury: carolepvr(at)yahoo.com; Tatiana Meyeses: llomera(at)gmail.com or Barbara Sands: barbsands007(at)yahoo.com. Musicians or singers (dancers?) DJs or MCs who want to be part of the action can contact Joe King at joeking(at)joeking.com. Please! drummers need not apply.

Aurelio Lopez Rocha, tourismus secretär von Jalisco, México meinte dass auch wenn es keine Garantie gibt dass es eine Verbindung zwischen Berlin und Guadalajara geben wird (was er auch in seiner Vorstellung in Deutschland erwähnt hatte), gibt es eine positive Initiative von der Firma die momentan die Genehmigungen der Regierung bearbeitet, da sie contact mit dem Secretariat fuer Tourismus aufgenommen hat und ihre volle Unterstützung bekommen wird.

„Es fehlen Flugzeuge. Schade dass es nicht genug Flugzeuge gibt, denn jeder ist am fliegen. Ganz besonders die Transcontinentalen Flugzeuge sind limitiert. Zuerst werden wir ein paar Sachen klären müssen, bevor man mehr sagen kann. Was ich sicher sagen kann, ist dass wir unser bestes tun um mehr Verbindungen zu schaffen.“

Er sagte auch dass es notwendig wäre ein treffen mit den Flug-Routen Coordinatoren über Puerto Vallarta’s Flughafen zu haben, so wie es in Guadalajara statt fand um Interessen und Ideen von Teilnehmern und der Tourismus Industrie auf den Tisch zu legen und Atraktivitäten schaffen damit die Flüge nichtnur ankommen aber auch bleiben.

ENG:

Efforts to bring German tourism to Vallarta
Aurelio Lopez Rocha, the secretary of tourism in Jalisco said that even if there is no guarantee that there will be a Berlin-Guadalajara connection (which he proposed and presented recently in Germany), there exists a positive initiative from the company that is processing permits for the government and has already established contact with the secretary of tourism in Mexico, which expressed its full support.

“There aren’t enough airplanes and especially transcontinental airplanes, since every airplane is being used to its full capacity. We have to solve a few issues before we can draw any specific dates, but what I can say for sure is that the effort on our part is there and will continue to try to increase connectivity.”

Now that the meeting of the committee for airport routes was realized in Guadalajara, the next step is to have the first meeting at the international airport “Gustavo Diaz Ordaz” in Puerto Vallarta to align the interests of all beneficiaries and the tourism industry. This is fundamental to get the incentives and create the attractions so that the flights do not only get here, but are also sustained.

ESP:

Se hará gran esfuerzo para traer el turismo alemán
El secretario de turismo de Jalisco, Aurelio López Rocha señaló que si bien no está garantizado que se realice una conexión vía aérea Berlín-Guadalajara (que se mencionó en su reciente presencia en la feria turística en Alemania), existe una positiva iniciativa de la empresa que ya tramita los permisos ante el gobierno teutón y ya estableció el contacto con la Secretaría de Turismo federal, la cual expresó su apoyo.

“También hay falta de aviones, por desgracia hoy el mundo está viajando y volando tanto que hacen falta aviones, principalmente los transcontinentales. Tenemos que despejar estas tres cosas, pero sin poder predecir una fecha en que se pueda concretar, lo que sí puedo decir es que el esfuerzo de nuestra parte va a ser continuo para incrementar la conectividad”.

Refirió que es necesario realizar la primera reunión del comité de rutas en el aeropuerto internacional “Gustavo Díaz Ordaz” de Puerto Vallarta, después de que ya se llevó a cabo la primera en la terminal de Guadalajara, a fin de alinear los intereses y visión de todos los beneficiarios y de toda la industria turística porque es fundamental para que tengamos los incentivos y crear los atractivos para que los vuelos no sólo lleguen, sino se sostengan.