The street names of Old Town (Col. Emiliano Zapata) are fascinating. Amapas, for example, is named for the beautiful tree of the same name. Other names for this gorgeous piece […]
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Land and Liberty
Anyone who has been in the part of Puerto Vallarta that includes Incanto, Olas Altas, Daiquiri Dicks and Molino De Agua loves it and usually refers to it by a […]
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Politicians and the Pedagogue.
Basilio Badillo Probably the street that is the best-known in Puerto Vallarta by visitors and ex-pats, after the Malecon, is Basilio Badillo. With wide […]
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Venus De Milo? No!
Over the last few weeks I’ve been exploring the names behind the names of the streets in old Vallarta, south of the Cuale and why they got the names they […]
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Don’t Mess With Mexico!
Calle Lazaro Cardenas is a relatively quiet street that runs east from the Malecon through Colonia Emiliano Zapata, past the Chilim Balem candy store and ends as a bridge over […]
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Viva La Revolución
Many people search their heart for the Meaning Of Life but I have a less ambitious goal: I’m searching for the meaning of the street names in Puerto Vallarta. Last […]
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STREETS ALIVE: WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Why would someone name a street after a specific date, like 5th February? Who was killed in a hail of bullets defending his house and family from local police and […]
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