The Mexican Holiday, Dia de los Merutos (or Day of the Dead) happens each year from October 31st to November 2nd.  Families and friends come together to pay tribute, and celebrate the lives and memories of their lost relatives and … Read More

We’ve just completed updating the website.  The new responsive design will allow you to view and book villas from your computer, tablet, or mobile device.  A new blog section will keep you up to date on “all things” tortugas.  Perhaps … Read More

The turtles have arrived!  Every year thousands of sea turtles come to the shores of our beach to nest and lay their eggs.   The season is well underway and turtle camp staff, guests, and volunteers have begun the nightly … Read More

If you’ve reserached travel to Mexico in recent years you’ve undoubtedly come across the term, “Riviera Nayarit.”  This relatively new branding of Pacific Mexico runs nearly 200 miles from Puerto Vallarta in the South, to San Blas in the North. … Read More

On our last trip down to La Peñita for the tiangas market we swung by one of our favorite restaurants, Las Brias, for a cold cerveza and a plate of Jaltemba Bay’s freshest shrimp.  To our dismay the restaurant was … Read More

In the summer of 1971, on the North of shore of Hawaii’s Oahu island, a man by the name of Tom Morrey invented what we know today as the boogie board. Tom’s attempt to make a faster surfboard led him … Read More