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American Airlines and American Eagle Extend Ticketing Deadline to Help Customers Affected by Mexicana Airlines Service Suspension

Posted 04 September 2010 | By Lola | Categories: Current Travel Press Releases | No Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas /PRNewswire/ — American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, today announced that the deadline for the special 20 percent discount off of any published fare for customers holding tickets for confirmed bookings on cancelled Mexicana flights has been extended until Sept. 12, 2010.
Under an offer that became [...]

Cancun bar bombing: Yes, it happened, but not how – or where – they say it did!

Posted 31 August 2010 | By Lola | Categories: In My Opinion | No Comments

By Lola
Again with the sensationalist headlines. Again with the overblown rhetoric. Again with the lack of “minor details” – yes, bad stuff is happening. No, it’s not in the middle of the cafés and nightclubs haunted by tourists. It’s in the restaurants and bars haunted by the NARCOS.
Zora, the Roving Gastronome, Dios bless her, hit [...]

Bitter Reality:’Border Wars’ Nat Geo Channel Series Embeds Viewers Inside Real-World Battles Raging Across Our Borders

Posted 19 August 2010 | By Lola | Categories: In My Opinion, Planeta Mexico | No Comments

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — An estimated 10+ million people live in the U.S. illegally. From the controversial border fence to controversial immigration laws, illegal immigration is hotly debated. For those responsible for securing our borders, protecting our nation goes beyond politics, as they intercept daily an illicit flow of [...]

Guest Blogger Carolyn Patten: Drug dealers, beware! And other musings…

Guest Blogger Carolyn Patten: Drug dealers, beware! And other musings…

Posted 09 July 2010 | By Lola | Categories: In My Opinion, Living in Mexico | 2 Comments

Kudos to Carolyn for telling the dealers to stuff it where the sol don’t shine. For more Carolyn, visit her at www.thetravelwench.com; for more Jackie’s, visit her Facebook page and make a friend!
If you are a drug dealer and you are thinking of visiting Mexico, watch out! It can be very dangerous. If you [...]

Another view: Writer Carolyn Patten joins MP as guest blogger!

Another view: Writer Carolyn Patten joins MP as guest blogger!

Posted 27 June 2010 | By Lola | Categories: In My Opinion, Travel Features | 6 Comments

By Lola
Hear ye, hear ye! Let’s give a big MexicoPremiere welcome to Ms. Carolyn Patten, lovely human, Mexico fan and writer extraordinaire. Before I let you take a peek into the wonderful world of Ms. Carolyn, here’s a little background:
Carolyn got her taste for traveling at a young age, living in seven different states before [...]