Frontier Airlines to Provide Charters for Apple Vacations

 

The original article is provided via marketwatch.com

Agreement includes flights from the U.S. to five international destinations

 

DENVER, Aug 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Frontier Airlines today announced that it has reached a multi-year agreement to provide Apple Vacations charter flights from the United States to international destinations. 

The first year of the agreement calls for Frontier to provide charter flights from cities in the Midwest and Northeast to five Mexican, Central American and Caribbean destinations. Apple Vacations destinations served by the Frontier charters will include Cancun, Mexico (CUN); Huatulco, Mexico (HUX); Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR); Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ); and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ). 

Wet in Huatulco!

Well, we are now into what should be our last remaining days (30 days) of the wet season here in Huatulco. 

It's really not all that bad...sure, the humidity goes up a little but it also adds a layer of lushness that you just don't get in the winter months.  Not to mention that there are some pretty amazing lightning shows during the evenings! 

But for us, what the end of the rainy season really means is the beginning of a seven month period of perfect, beautiful blue skies, warm beaches, the start of the international tourist season, and seeing all of our friends return to Huatulco.

It's hard to believe that September is already upon us...time really does fly by!

We look forward to seeing you all down here in Huatulco very soon.

Mexico: The Royal Tour

I came upon this interesting video series hosted by Peter Greenberg after reading the Journey Mexico blog.  This should prove to be a very interesting series indeed!  President Felipe Calderon personally set aside a two week window to give a one on one tour of Mexico.  The program airs in September so put this on your calendar.

Summertime Cervezas

Beer in Mexico has a very long history, and beer production, or at least the closest cousin to beer was being produced long before the Spanish conquest.

The first official concession to brew beer with European style barley was granted in 1543, and is thought to have occurred somewhere just south of Mexico City.  Initially, both production and consumption were small as many of the ingredients were difficult to find, and beer was still competing with local style brews.  Also, beer was heavily taxed and regulated by Spain to protect home markets.  This further served to slow the growth of the beer market in Mexico.  However, at some point during the few years prior to the Mexican independence, the consumption of beer was becoming more established and more accepted.

Huatulco Video

Huatulco Video turístico from Rodrigo Villa Avendaño on Vimeo.

Today's post is not so much a blog as it is a re-post of a video that was produced by some students of the Universidad del Mar here in Huatulco...they did a great job of capturing the beauty of Huatulco...we are lucky to be here. Enjoy!

5 Days in Oaxaca - Day Five

Oaxaca Diary by Renée Netzel

It was our last full day in Oaxaca...and we were already sad at the thought of leaving. We spent a very unadventurous morning in the shopping mall and Sears...not normally a must-see on our vacations, but we live in a small beach town and it's hard to buy certain things like underwear and perfume! So, we stocked up on the necessities that we have grown to depend on, had a quick bite of lunch at McDonald's in the foodcourt. It had been over one year with no fast food...we felt an urge and then we felt sick! What were we thinking...

5 Days in Oaxaca - Day Four

Oaxaca Diary by Renée Netzel

Our fourth day in Oaxaca was church & museum day! Oaxaca is filled with numerous churches, museums and galleries so there is no shortage of sites to see. On this day, we focused our efforts on the Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán and the Santo Domingo Cultural Center located right next to it.

As its name implies, the church and monastery were started by the Dominicans in the 1570's and it continued to be constructed over a period of 200 years! A full restoration was since completed in 1999. Over $12 million pesos were spent on the church (about $1 million USD) and its fairly plain facade hides a sparkling interior...very sparkling, in fact, as we learned that its highly decorated interior includes more than 60,000 sheets of 24-karat gold leaf...amazing!