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Ten years of ADIP

Another Day in Paradise magazine is turning 10 years old!

On January 15th, 2010, Zihuatanejo´s own magazine will be celebrating it´s 10th anniversary with a party and community fair that will include art and cultural exhibits. The event will be held at the Museo Arqueologico de la Costa Grande (Archeological museum) located along Fisherman´s Walk on [...]

December 2009 Events

Upcoming for the rest of this month of December, 2009, as we wind down toward the end of the year, are these events in the Ixtapa Zihuatanejo area:

December 16 through 24: Mexico celebrates the Christmas season with a series of Posadas, reenactments of the journey of Joseph and Mary seeking shelter for the birth of [...]

In Honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe

December 12th is the date on which all Mexicans and countless worshipers from abroad honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Blessed brown-skinned Mother and Queen, patron saint of Mexico. Her miraculous appearance to young Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531, with her request passed on in Nahuatl to build [...]

Hat Festival in Tlapehuala

I have just heard about the Feria del Sombrero (hat festival) that takes place yearly up in the hills of the State of Guerrero, in the town of Tlapehuala, located between Ciudad Altamirano and the town of Arcelia in the area known as Tierra Caliente, close by the Rio Balsas.

Although other crafts are made in [...]

Ixtapa Zihua Independence Day Schedule

The Municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta invites the public to join in the Independence Day celebrations that will take place starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, September 15th on the esplanade of the Palacio Municipal or town hall, just off Plaza del Sol. These activities will lead up to and continue after “El Grito” [...]

It’s September in Mexico, and what’s with the flags?

Wherever you travel in Mexico during September, the tendency can be to feel besieged by myriads of little flags and banners. You’ll see them tied onto car antennas or stuck onto windshields with little plastic suction cups. They will be attached, in large format, to the facades of government buildings, or smaller versions will be [...]