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The Maya Civilization
The Maya Civilization—also called the Mayan civilization—is the general name archaeologists have given to several independent, loosely affiliated city states who shared a cultural heritage in terms of language, customs, dress, artistic style and material culture. They occupied the Central American continent, including the southern parts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, an area of about 150,000 square miles. In general, researchers tend to split the Maya into the Highland and Lowland Maya.
By the way, archaeologists prefer to use the term “Maya civilization” rather than the more common “Mayan civilization”, leaving “Mayan” to refer to the language.
Highland and Lowland Maya
The Maya civilization covered an enormous area with a large variation of environments, economies, and growth of the civilization. Scholars address some of the Maya cultural variation by studying separate issues related to the climate and environment of the region. The Maya Highlands are the southern part of the Maya civilization, included the mountainous region in Mexico (particularly Chiapas state), Guatemala and Honduras.
The Maya Lowlands make up the northern segment of the Maya region, including Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, and adjacent parts of Guatemala and Belize. A Pacific coastal piedmont range north of the Soconusco had fertile soils, dense forests and mangrove swamps.
The Maya civilization was certainly never an “empire”, inasmuch as one person never ruled the entire region. During the Classic period, there were several strong kings at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol and Dos Pilas, but none of them ever conquered the others. It’s probably best to think of the Maya as a collection of independent city states, who shared some ritual and ceremonial practices, some architecture, some cultural objects. The city states traded with one another, and with the Olmec and Teotihuacan polities (at different times), and they also warred with one another from time to time.
Timeline
Mesoamerican archaeology is broken up into general sections. The “Maya” are in general thought to have maintained a cultural continuity between about 500 BC and AD 900, with the “Classic Maya” from 250-900 AD.
Archaic before 2500 BC
Hunting and gathering lifestyle prevails.
Early Formative 2500-1000 BC
First beans and maize agriculture, people live in isolated farmsteads and hamlets
Middle Formative 1000-400 BC
First monumental architecture, first villages; people switch to full-time agriculture, Olmec contacts, and, at Nakbe, the first evidence of social ranking, beginning about 600-400 BC
Important sites: Nakbe, Chalchuapa, Kaminaljuyu
Late Formative 400 BC-AD 250
First massive palaces are built at urban Nakbe and El Mirador, first writing, constructed road systems and water control, organized trade and widespread warfare
Important sites: El Mirador, Nakbe, Cerros, Komchen, Tikal, Kaminaljuyu
Classic AD 250-900
Widespread literacy including calendars and lists of royal lineages at Copán and Tikal, first dynastic kingdoms, changing political alliances, large palaces and mortuary pyramids constructed intensification of agriculture. Populations peak at about 100 per square kilometers. Paramount kings and polities installed at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, and Dos Pilos
Important sites: Copán, Palenque, Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, Dos Pilas, Uxmal, Coba, Dzibilchaltun, Kabah, Labna, Sayil
Postclassic AD 900-1500
Some centers abandoned, written records stop. Puuc hill country flourishes and small rural towns prosper near rivers and lakes until the Spanish arrive in 1517
Important sites: Chichén Itzá, Mayapan, Iximche, Utatlan)
Each independent Maya city had its own set of institutionalized rulers, beginning in the Classic period (AD 250-900). Documentary evidence for the kings and queens has been found on stele and temple wall inscriptions and a few sarcophagi.
During the Classic period, kings were generally in charge of a particular city and its supporting region. The area controlled by a specific king might be hundreds or even thousands of square kilometers. The ruler’s court included palaces, temples and ball courts, and great plazas, open areas where festivals and other public events were held. Kings were hereditary positions, and, at least after they were dead, the kings were sometimes considered gods.
Important Facts about the Maya Civilization
Population: There is no complete population estimate, but it must have been in the millions. In the 1600s, the Spanish reported that there were between 600,000-1 million people living in the Yucatan peninsula alone. Each of the larger cities probably had populations in excess of 100,000, but that doesn’t count the rural sectors that supported the larger cities.
Environment: The Maya Lowland region below 800 meters is tropical with rainy and dry seasons. There is little exposed water except in lakes in limestone faults, swamps, and cenotes—natural sinkholes in the limestone that are geologically a result of the Chicxulub crater impact. Originally, the area was blanketed with multiple canopied forests, and mixed vegetation.
The Highland Maya regions include a string of volcanically active mountains. Eruptions have dumped rich volcanic ash throughout the region, leading to deep rich soils and obsidian deposits. Climate in the highland is temperate, with rare frost. Upland forests originally were mixed pine and deciduous trees.
Writing, Language and Calendars of the Maya Civilization
Mayan language: The various groups spoke nearly 30 closely related languages and dialects, including the Mayan and Huastec.
Writing: The Maya had 800 distinct hieroglyphs, with the first evidence of language written on stela and walls of buildings beginning ca 300 BC. Bark cloth paper codex were being used no later than the 1500s, but all but a handful were destroyed by Spanish.
Calendar: The so called “long count” calendar was invented by Mixe-Zoquean speakers, based on the extant Mesoamerican Calendar. It was adapted by the classic period Maya ca. 200 AD. The earliest inscription in long count among the Maya was made dated AD 292. Earliest date listed on the “long count” calendar is about August 11, 3114 BC, what the Maya said was the founding date of their civilization. The first dynastic calendars were being used by about 400 BC.
Astronomy
The Dresden Codex dated to the Late Post Classic/Colonial period (1250–1520) includes astronomical tables on Venus and Mars, on eclipses, on seasons and the movement of the tides. These tables chart the seasons with respect to their civic year, predict solar and lunar eclipses and tracked the motion of the planets.
Maya Civilization Ritual
Intoxicants: Chocolate (Theobroma), blache (fermented honey and an extract from the balche tree; morning glory seeds, pulque (from agave plants), tobacco, intoxicating enemas, Maya Blue.
The Maya tracked the sun, moon, and Venus. Calendars include eclipse warnings and safe periods, and almanacs for tracking Venus.
Maya Gods: What we know of Maya religion is based on writings and drawings on codices or temples. A few of the gods include: God A or Cimi or Cisin (god of death or flatulent one), God B or Chac, (rain and lightning), God C (sacredness), God D or Itzamna (creator or scribe or learned one), God E (maize), God G (sun), God L (trade or merchant), God K or Kauil, Ixchel or Ix Chel (goddess of fertility), Goddess O or Chac Chel. There are others; and in the Maya pantheon there are sometimes combined gods, glyphs for two different gods appearing as one glyph.
Death and Afterlife: Ideas about death and the afterlife are little known, but the entry to the underworld was called Xibalba or “Place of Fright”.
Maya Politics
Warfare: The Maya had fortified sites, and military themes and battles events are illustrated in Maya art by the Early Classic period. Warrior classes, including some professional warriors, were part of the Maya society. Wars were fought over territory, slaves, to avenge insults, and to establish succession.
Weaponry: axes, clubs, maces, throwing spears, shields and helmets, bladed spears
Ritual sacrifice: offerings thrown into “cenotes”, and placed in tombs; the Maya pierced their tongues, earlobes, genitals or other body parts for blood sacrifice. Animals (mostly jaguars) were sacrificed, and there were human victims, including high ranking enemy warriors who were captured, tortured and sacrificed.
Mayan Architecture
The first steles are associated with the Classic period, and the earliest is from Tikal, where a stele is dated AD 292. Emblem glyphs signified specific rulers and a specific sign called “ahaw” is today interpreted as “lord”.
Distinctive architectural styles of the Maya include (but aren’t limited to) Rio Bec (7th-9th centuries AD, block masonry palaces with towers and central doorways at sites such as Rio Bec, Hormiguero, Chicanna, and Becan); Chenes (7th-9th centuries AD, related to the Rio Bec but without the towers at Hochob Santa Rosa Xtampack, Dzibilnocac); Puuc (AD 700-950, intricately designed facades and doorjambs at Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Sayil, Labna, Kabah); and Toltec (or Maya Toltec AD 950-1250, at Chichén Itzá.
Archaeological Sites of the Maya
Really the best way to learn about the Maya is to go and visit the archaeological ruins. Many of them are open to the public and have museums and even gift shops on the sites. You can find Maya archaeological sites in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and in several Mexican states.
Major Maya Cities
Belize: Batsu’b Cave, Colha, Minanha, Altun Ha, Caracol, Lamanai, Cahal Pech, Xunantunich
El Salvador: Chalchuapa, Quelepa
Mexico: El Tajin, Mayapan, Cacaxtla, Bonampak, Chichén Itzá, Cobá , Uxmal, Palenque
Honduras: Copan, Puerto Escondido
Guatemala: Kaminaljuyu, La Corona (Site Q), Nakbe, Tikal
Although when you visit archaeological ruins of the Maya, you generally look at the tall buildings--but a lot interesting things are to be learned about the plazas, the big open spaces between the temples and palaces at the major Maya cities.
Mysterious Site Q was one of the sites referred to on glyphs and temple inscriptions; and researchers believe they have finally located it as the site of La Corona.
A newly discovered stone panel at the Classic Period Maya (AD 250-900) center of La Corona in Guatemala has confirmed the identification of that site as the long-sought Maya center once only known as “Site Q”.
During the 1960s, between 30 and 35 stone panels carved with Maya hieroglyphic symbols became known to scholars. The panels had apparently been looted from an unknown classic period Maya capital city and acquired by museums all over the world. The panels were of high quality limestone and contained references to a previously unidentified city marked with a snakehead glyph emblem. Peter Mathews, then a Yale graduate student and now at LaTrobe University, gave the unidentified Maya city the name of Site Q (short for ‘Site ¿Que?’ or ‘which site?’ in Spanish). Several of the glyphs on the panels illustrate athletes, ball players of the ancient Mesoamerican ball game in which players bet their lives.
One athlete in particular is named on at least two panels; his name translates to Red or Great Turkey, and he appears on this panel from Site Q now in the Chicago Art Institute.
Mystery of Site Q
The location of Site Q has been one of the great mysteries for scholars of the Maya civilization. Because it seemed unlikely that a Maya capital city would go undiscovered for so long, candidates for Site Q included the known sites of Calakmul and El Peru, also called Waka. But neither really fit the bill, for stylistic reasons: the steles and glyph panels recovered from Calakmul and El Peru simply did not compare well enough to the mysterious looted panels. There was clearly a connection between Calakmul and Site Q, but it didn’t appear that they were one and the same. In 1996, a previously unknown Maya capital named La Corona was discovered in the jungles of the Peten peninsula, near Río San Pedro in northern Guatemala in the Laguna del Tigre region.
La Corona had been severely looted, but scholars began to think that it was possible that the site represented Site Q.
A Crown of Five Temples
The La Corona site, as reported in Archaeology magazine when it was discovered in 1996, was called that because it had a row of five temples that looked like a crown to researchers Ian Graham and David Stuart of the Peabody Museum at Harvard.
Although La Corona has experienced extensive looting, enough of the site remains to identify a main plaza about half the size of a football field.
Two tall structures and an acropolis make up most of the intact portion of the site. The west side of the plaza has mounds and two Maya altars, one of which is inscribed with the date May 2, AD 636, the 20th anniversary of the ascension of one of Maya rulers of Calakmul.
Although there are no ball courts, a typical feature of Maya cities, there are ballplayers illustrated on the stele, including one called Red or Great Turkey-the same Red or Great Turkey mentioned on the looted stele now at the Art Institute.
By the way, archaeologists prefer to use the term “Maya civilization” rather than the more common “Mayan civilization”, leaving “Mayan” to refer to the language.
Highland and Lowland Maya
The Maya civilization covered an enormous area with a large variation of environments, economies, and growth of the civilization. Scholars address some of the Maya cultural variation by studying separate issues related to the climate and environment of the region. The Maya Highlands are the southern part of the Maya civilization, included the mountainous region in Mexico (particularly Chiapas state), Guatemala and Honduras.
The Maya Lowlands make up the northern segment of the Maya region, including Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, and adjacent parts of Guatemala and Belize. A Pacific coastal piedmont range north of the Soconusco had fertile soils, dense forests and mangrove swamps.
The Maya civilization was certainly never an “empire”, inasmuch as one person never ruled the entire region. During the Classic period, there were several strong kings at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol and Dos Pilas, but none of them ever conquered the others. It’s probably best to think of the Maya as a collection of independent city states, who shared some ritual and ceremonial practices, some architecture, some cultural objects. The city states traded with one another, and with the Olmec and Teotihuacan polities (at different times), and they also warred with one another from time to time.
Timeline
Mesoamerican archaeology is broken up into general sections. The “Maya” are in general thought to have maintained a cultural continuity between about 500 BC and AD 900, with the “Classic Maya” from 250-900 AD.
Archaic before 2500 BC
Hunting and gathering lifestyle prevails.
Early Formative 2500-1000 BC
First beans and maize agriculture, people live in isolated farmsteads and hamlets
Middle Formative 1000-400 BC
First monumental architecture, first villages; people switch to full-time agriculture, Olmec contacts, and, at Nakbe, the first evidence of social ranking, beginning about 600-400 BC
Important sites: Nakbe, Chalchuapa, Kaminaljuyu
Late Formative 400 BC-AD 250
First massive palaces are built at urban Nakbe and El Mirador, first writing, constructed road systems and water control, organized trade and widespread warfare
Important sites: El Mirador, Nakbe, Cerros, Komchen, Tikal, Kaminaljuyu
Classic AD 250-900
Widespread literacy including calendars and lists of royal lineages at Copán and Tikal, first dynastic kingdoms, changing political alliances, large palaces and mortuary pyramids constructed intensification of agriculture. Populations peak at about 100 per square kilometers. Paramount kings and polities installed at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, and Dos Pilos
Important sites: Copán, Palenque, Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, Dos Pilas, Uxmal, Coba, Dzibilchaltun, Kabah, Labna, Sayil
Postclassic AD 900-1500
Some centers abandoned, written records stop. Puuc hill country flourishes and small rural towns prosper near rivers and lakes until the Spanish arrive in 1517
Important sites: Chichén Itzá, Mayapan, Iximche, Utatlan)
Each independent Maya city had its own set of institutionalized rulers, beginning in the Classic period (AD 250-900). Documentary evidence for the kings and queens has been found on stele and temple wall inscriptions and a few sarcophagi.
During the Classic period, kings were generally in charge of a particular city and its supporting region. The area controlled by a specific king might be hundreds or even thousands of square kilometers. The ruler’s court included palaces, temples and ball courts, and great plazas, open areas where festivals and other public events were held. Kings were hereditary positions, and, at least after they were dead, the kings were sometimes considered gods.
Important Facts about the Maya Civilization
Population: There is no complete population estimate, but it must have been in the millions. In the 1600s, the Spanish reported that there were between 600,000-1 million people living in the Yucatan peninsula alone. Each of the larger cities probably had populations in excess of 100,000, but that doesn’t count the rural sectors that supported the larger cities.
Environment: The Maya Lowland region below 800 meters is tropical with rainy and dry seasons. There is little exposed water except in lakes in limestone faults, swamps, and cenotes—natural sinkholes in the limestone that are geologically a result of the Chicxulub crater impact. Originally, the area was blanketed with multiple canopied forests, and mixed vegetation.
The Highland Maya regions include a string of volcanically active mountains. Eruptions have dumped rich volcanic ash throughout the region, leading to deep rich soils and obsidian deposits. Climate in the highland is temperate, with rare frost. Upland forests originally were mixed pine and deciduous trees.
Writing, Language and Calendars of the Maya Civilization
Mayan language: The various groups spoke nearly 30 closely related languages and dialects, including the Mayan and Huastec.
Writing: The Maya had 800 distinct hieroglyphs, with the first evidence of language written on stela and walls of buildings beginning ca 300 BC. Bark cloth paper codex were being used no later than the 1500s, but all but a handful were destroyed by Spanish.
Calendar: The so called “long count” calendar was invented by Mixe-Zoquean speakers, based on the extant Mesoamerican Calendar. It was adapted by the classic period Maya ca. 200 AD. The earliest inscription in long count among the Maya was made dated AD 292. Earliest date listed on the “long count” calendar is about August 11, 3114 BC, what the Maya said was the founding date of their civilization. The first dynastic calendars were being used by about 400 BC.
Astronomy
The Dresden Codex dated to the Late Post Classic/Colonial period (1250–1520) includes astronomical tables on Venus and Mars, on eclipses, on seasons and the movement of the tides. These tables chart the seasons with respect to their civic year, predict solar and lunar eclipses and tracked the motion of the planets.
Maya Civilization Ritual
Intoxicants: Chocolate (Theobroma), blache (fermented honey and an extract from the balche tree; morning glory seeds, pulque (from agave plants), tobacco, intoxicating enemas, Maya Blue.
The Maya tracked the sun, moon, and Venus. Calendars include eclipse warnings and safe periods, and almanacs for tracking Venus.
Maya Gods: What we know of Maya religion is based on writings and drawings on codices or temples. A few of the gods include: God A or Cimi or Cisin (god of death or flatulent one), God B or Chac, (rain and lightning), God C (sacredness), God D or Itzamna (creator or scribe or learned one), God E (maize), God G (sun), God L (trade or merchant), God K or Kauil, Ixchel or Ix Chel (goddess of fertility), Goddess O or Chac Chel. There are others; and in the Maya pantheon there are sometimes combined gods, glyphs for two different gods appearing as one glyph.
Death and Afterlife: Ideas about death and the afterlife are little known, but the entry to the underworld was called Xibalba or “Place of Fright”.
Maya Politics
Warfare: The Maya had fortified sites, and military themes and battles events are illustrated in Maya art by the Early Classic period. Warrior classes, including some professional warriors, were part of the Maya society. Wars were fought over territory, slaves, to avenge insults, and to establish succession.
Weaponry: axes, clubs, maces, throwing spears, shields and helmets, bladed spears
Ritual sacrifice: offerings thrown into “cenotes”, and placed in tombs; the Maya pierced their tongues, earlobes, genitals or other body parts for blood sacrifice. Animals (mostly jaguars) were sacrificed, and there were human victims, including high ranking enemy warriors who were captured, tortured and sacrificed.
Mayan Architecture
The first steles are associated with the Classic period, and the earliest is from Tikal, where a stele is dated AD 292. Emblem glyphs signified specific rulers and a specific sign called “ahaw” is today interpreted as “lord”.
Distinctive architectural styles of the Maya include (but aren’t limited to) Rio Bec (7th-9th centuries AD, block masonry palaces with towers and central doorways at sites such as Rio Bec, Hormiguero, Chicanna, and Becan); Chenes (7th-9th centuries AD, related to the Rio Bec but without the towers at Hochob Santa Rosa Xtampack, Dzibilnocac); Puuc (AD 700-950, intricately designed facades and doorjambs at Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Sayil, Labna, Kabah); and Toltec (or Maya Toltec AD 950-1250, at Chichén Itzá.
Archaeological Sites of the Maya
Really the best way to learn about the Maya is to go and visit the archaeological ruins. Many of them are open to the public and have museums and even gift shops on the sites. You can find Maya archaeological sites in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and in several Mexican states.
Major Maya Cities
Belize: Batsu’b Cave, Colha, Minanha, Altun Ha, Caracol, Lamanai, Cahal Pech, Xunantunich
El Salvador: Chalchuapa, Quelepa
Mexico: El Tajin, Mayapan, Cacaxtla, Bonampak, Chichén Itzá, Cobá , Uxmal, Palenque
Honduras: Copan, Puerto Escondido
Guatemala: Kaminaljuyu, La Corona (Site Q), Nakbe, Tikal
Although when you visit archaeological ruins of the Maya, you generally look at the tall buildings--but a lot interesting things are to be learned about the plazas, the big open spaces between the temples and palaces at the major Maya cities.
Mysterious Site Q was one of the sites referred to on glyphs and temple inscriptions; and researchers believe they have finally located it as the site of La Corona.
A newly discovered stone panel at the Classic Period Maya (AD 250-900) center of La Corona in Guatemala has confirmed the identification of that site as the long-sought Maya center once only known as “Site Q”.
During the 1960s, between 30 and 35 stone panels carved with Maya hieroglyphic symbols became known to scholars. The panels had apparently been looted from an unknown classic period Maya capital city and acquired by museums all over the world. The panels were of high quality limestone and contained references to a previously unidentified city marked with a snakehead glyph emblem. Peter Mathews, then a Yale graduate student and now at LaTrobe University, gave the unidentified Maya city the name of Site Q (short for ‘Site ¿Que?’ or ‘which site?’ in Spanish). Several of the glyphs on the panels illustrate athletes, ball players of the ancient Mesoamerican ball game in which players bet their lives.
One athlete in particular is named on at least two panels; his name translates to Red or Great Turkey, and he appears on this panel from Site Q now in the Chicago Art Institute.
Mystery of Site Q
The location of Site Q has been one of the great mysteries for scholars of the Maya civilization. Because it seemed unlikely that a Maya capital city would go undiscovered for so long, candidates for Site Q included the known sites of Calakmul and El Peru, also called Waka. But neither really fit the bill, for stylistic reasons: the steles and glyph panels recovered from Calakmul and El Peru simply did not compare well enough to the mysterious looted panels. There was clearly a connection between Calakmul and Site Q, but it didn’t appear that they were one and the same. In 1996, a previously unknown Maya capital named La Corona was discovered in the jungles of the Peten peninsula, near Río San Pedro in northern Guatemala in the Laguna del Tigre region.
La Corona had been severely looted, but scholars began to think that it was possible that the site represented Site Q.
A Crown of Five Temples
The La Corona site, as reported in Archaeology magazine when it was discovered in 1996, was called that because it had a row of five temples that looked like a crown to researchers Ian Graham and David Stuart of the Peabody Museum at Harvard.
Although La Corona has experienced extensive looting, enough of the site remains to identify a main plaza about half the size of a football field.
Two tall structures and an acropolis make up most of the intact portion of the site. The west side of the plaza has mounds and two Maya altars, one of which is inscribed with the date May 2, AD 636, the 20th anniversary of the ascension of one of Maya rulers of Calakmul.
Although there are no ball courts, a typical feature of Maya cities, there are ballplayers illustrated on the stele, including one called Red or Great Turkey-the same Red or Great Turkey mentioned on the looted stele now at the Art Institute.
The Maya Civilization
The Maya Civilization—also called the Mayan civilization—is the general name archaeologists have given to several independent, loosely affiliated city states who shared a cultural heritage in terms of language, customs, dress, artistic style and material culture. They occupied the Central American continent, including the southern parts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, an area of about 150,000 square miles. In general, researchers tend to split the Maya into the Highland and Lowland Maya.
By the way, archaeologists prefer to use the term “Maya civilization” rather than the more common “Mayan civilization”, leaving “Mayan” to refer to the language.
Highland and Lowland Maya
The Maya civilization covered an enormous area with a large variation of environments, economies, and growth of the civilization. Scholars address some of the Maya cultural variation by studying separate issues related to the climate and environment of the region. The Maya Highlands are the southern part of the Maya civilization, included the mountainous region in Mexico (particularly Chiapas state), Guatemala and Honduras.
The Maya Lowlands make up the northern segment of the Maya region, including Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, and adjacent parts of Guatemala and Belize. A Pacific coastal piedmont range north of the Soconusco had fertile soils, dense forests and mangrove swamps.
The Maya civilization was certainly never an “empire”, inasmuch as one person never ruled the entire region. During the Classic period, there were several strong kings at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol and Dos Pilas, but none of them ever conquered the others. It’s probably best to think of the Maya as a collection of independent city states, who shared some ritual and ceremonial practices, some architecture, some cultural objects. The city states traded with one another, and with the Olmec and Teotihuacan polities (at different times), and they also warred with one another from time to time.
Timeline
Mesoamerican archaeology is broken up into general sections. The “Maya” are in general thought to have maintained a cultural continuity between about 500 BC and AD 900, with the “Classic Maya” from 250-900 AD.
Archaic before 2500 BC
Hunting and gathering lifestyle prevails.
Early Formative 2500-1000 BC
First beans and maize agriculture, people live in isolated farmsteads and hamlets
Middle Formative 1000-400 BC
First monumental architecture, first villages; people switch to full-time agriculture, Olmec contacts, and, at Nakbe, the first evidence of social ranking, beginning about 600-400 BC
Important sites: Nakbe, Chalchuapa, Kaminaljuyu
Late Formative 400 BC-AD 250
First massive palaces are built at urban Nakbe and El Mirador, first writing, constructed road systems and water control, organized trade and widespread warfare
Important sites: El Mirador, Nakbe, Cerros, Komchen, Tikal, Kaminaljuyu
Classic AD 250-900
Widespread literacy including calendars and lists of royal lineages at Copán and Tikal, first dynastic kingdoms, changing political alliances, large palaces and mortuary pyramids constructed intensification of agriculture. Populations peak at about 100 per square kilometers. Paramount kings and polities installed at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, and Dos Pilos
Important sites: Copán, Palenque, Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, Dos Pilas, Uxmal, Coba, Dzibilchaltun, Kabah, Labna, Sayil
Postclassic AD 900-1500
Some centers abandoned, written records stop. Puuc hill country flourishes and small rural towns prosper near rivers and lakes until the Spanish arrive in 1517
Important sites: Chichén Itzá, Mayapan, Iximche, Utatlan)
Each independent Maya city had its own set of institutionalized rulers, beginning in the Classic period (AD 250-900). Documentary evidence for the kings and queens has been found on stele and temple wall inscriptions and a few sarcophagi.
During the Classic period, kings were generally in charge of a particular city and its supporting region. The area controlled by a specific king might be hundreds or even thousands of square kilometers. The ruler’s court included palaces, temples and ball courts, and great plazas, open areas where festivals and other public events were held. Kings were hereditary positions, and, at least after they were dead, the kings were sometimes considered gods.
Important Facts about the Maya Civilization
Population: There is no complete population estimate, but it must have been in the millions. In the 1600s, the Spanish reported that there were between 600,000-1 million people living in the Yucatan peninsula alone. Each of the larger cities probably had populations in excess of 100,000, but that doesn’t count the rural sectors that supported the larger cities.
Environment: The Maya Lowland region below 800 meters is tropical with rainy and dry seasons. There is little exposed water except in lakes in limestone faults, swamps, and cenotes—natural sinkholes in the limestone that are geologically a result of the Chicxulub crater impact. Originally, the area was blanketed with multiple canopied forests, and mixed vegetation.
The Highland Maya regions include a string of volcanically active mountains. Eruptions have dumped rich volcanic ash throughout the region, leading to deep rich soils and obsidian deposits. Climate in the highland is temperate, with rare frost. Upland forests originally were mixed pine and deciduous trees.
Writing, Language and Calendars of the Maya Civilization
Mayan language: The various groups spoke nearly 30 closely related languages and dialects, including the Mayan and Huastec.
Writing: The Maya had 800 distinct hieroglyphs, with the first evidence of language written on stela and walls of buildings beginning ca 300 BC. Bark cloth paper codex were being used no later than the 1500s, but all but a handful were destroyed by Spanish.
Calendar: The so called “long count” calendar was invented by Mixe-Zoquean speakers, based on the extant Mesoamerican Calendar. It was adapted by the classic period Maya ca. 200 AD. The earliest inscription in long count among the Maya was made dated AD 292. Earliest date listed on the “long count” calendar is about August 11, 3114 BC, what the Maya said was the founding date of their civilization. The first dynastic calendars were being used by about 400 BC.
Astronomy
The Dresden Codex dated to the Late Post Classic/Colonial period (1250–1520) includes astronomical tables on Venus and Mars, on eclipses, on seasons and the movement of the tides. These tables chart the seasons with respect to their civic year, predict solar and lunar eclipses and tracked the motion of the planets.
Maya Civilization Ritual
Intoxicants: Chocolate (Theobroma), blache (fermented honey and an extract from the balche tree; morning glory seeds, pulque (from agave plants), tobacco, intoxicating enemas, Maya Blue.
The Maya tracked the sun, moon, and Venus. Calendars include eclipse warnings and safe periods, and almanacs for tracking Venus.
Maya Gods: What we know of Maya religion is based on writings and drawings on codices or temples. A few of the gods include: God A or Cimi or Cisin (god of death or flatulent one), God B or Chac, (rain and lightning), God C (sacredness), God D or Itzamna (creator or scribe or learned one), God E (maize), God G (sun), God L (trade or merchant), God K or Kauil, Ixchel or Ix Chel (goddess of fertility), Goddess O or Chac Chel. There are others; and in the Maya pantheon there are sometimes combined gods, glyphs for two different gods appearing as one glyph.
Death and Afterlife: Ideas about death and the afterlife are little known, but the entry to the underworld was called Xibalba or “Place of Fright”.
Maya Politics
Warfare: The Maya had fortified sites, and military themes and battles events are illustrated in Maya art by the Early Classic period. Warrior classes, including some professional warriors, were part of the Maya society. Wars were fought over territory, slaves, to avenge insults, and to establish succession.
Weaponry: axes, clubs, maces, throwing spears, shields and helmets, bladed spears
Ritual sacrifice: offerings thrown into “cenotes”, and placed in tombs; the Maya pierced their tongues, earlobes, genitals or other body parts for blood sacrifice. Animals (mostly jaguars) were sacrificed, and there were human victims, including high ranking enemy warriors who were captured, tortured and sacrificed.
Mayan Architecture
The first steles are associated with the Classic period, and the earliest is from Tikal, where a stele is dated AD 292. Emblem glyphs signified specific rulers and a specific sign called “ahaw” is today interpreted as “lord”.
Distinctive architectural styles of the Maya include (but aren’t limited to) Rio Bec (7th-9th centuries AD, block masonry palaces with towers and central doorways at sites such as Rio Bec, Hormiguero, Chicanna, and Becan); Chenes (7th-9th centuries AD, related to the Rio Bec but without the towers at Hochob Santa Rosa Xtampack, Dzibilnocac); Puuc (AD 700-950, intricately designed facades and doorjambs at Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Sayil, Labna, Kabah); and Toltec (or Maya Toltec AD 950-1250, at Chichén Itzá.
Archaeological Sites of the Maya
Really the best way to learn about the Maya is to go and visit the archaeological ruins. Many of them are open to the public and have museums and even gift shops on the sites. You can find Maya archaeological sites in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and in several Mexican states.
Major Maya Cities
Belize: Batsu’b Cave, Colha, Minanha, Altun Ha, Caracol, Lamanai, Cahal Pech, Xunantunich
El Salvador: Chalchuapa, Quelepa
Mexico: El Tajin, Mayapan, Cacaxtla, Bonampak, Chichén Itzá, Cobá , Uxmal, Palenque
Honduras: Copan, Puerto Escondido
Guatemala: Kaminaljuyu, La Corona (Site Q), Nakbe, Tikal
Although when you visit archaeological ruins of the Maya, you generally look at the tall buildings--but a lot interesting things are to be learned about the plazas, the big open spaces between the temples and palaces at the major Maya cities.
Mysterious Site Q was one of the sites referred to on glyphs and temple inscriptions; and researchers believe they have finally located it as the site of La Corona.
A newly discovered stone panel at the Classic Period Maya (AD 250-900) center of La Corona in Guatemala has confirmed the identification of that site as the long-sought Maya center once only known as “Site Q”.
During the 1960s, between 30 and 35 stone panels carved with Maya hieroglyphic symbols became known to scholars. The panels had apparently been looted from an unknown classic period Maya capital city and acquired by museums all over the world. The panels were of high quality limestone and contained references to a previously unidentified city marked with a snakehead glyph emblem. Peter Mathews, then a Yale graduate student and now at LaTrobe University, gave the unidentified Maya city the name of Site Q (short for ‘Site ¿Que?’ or ‘which site?’ in Spanish). Several of the glyphs on the panels illustrate athletes, ball players of the ancient Mesoamerican ball game in which players bet their lives.
One athlete in particular is named on at least two panels; his name translates to Red or Great Turkey, and he appears on this panel from Site Q now in the Chicago Art Institute.
Mystery of Site Q
The location of Site Q has been one of the great mysteries for scholars of the Maya civilization. Because it seemed unlikely that a Maya capital city would go undiscovered for so long, candidates for Site Q included the known sites of Calakmul and El Peru, also called Waka. But neither really fit the bill, for stylistic reasons: the steles and glyph panels recovered from Calakmul and El Peru simply did not compare well enough to the mysterious looted panels. There was clearly a connection between Calakmul and Site Q, but it didn’t appear that they were one and the same. In 1996, a previously unknown Maya capital named La Corona was discovered in the jungles of the Peten peninsula, near Río San Pedro in northern Guatemala in the Laguna del Tigre region.
La Corona had been severely looted, but scholars began to think that it was possible that the site represented Site Q.
A Crown of Five Temples
The La Corona site, as reported in Archaeology magazine when it was discovered in 1996, was called that because it had a row of five temples that looked like a crown to researchers Ian Graham and David Stuart of the Peabody Museum at Harvard.
Although La Corona has experienced extensive looting, enough of the site remains to identify a main plaza about half the size of a football field.
Two tall structures and an acropolis make up most of the intact portion of the site. The west side of the plaza has mounds and two Maya altars, one of which is inscribed with the date May 2, AD 636, the 20th anniversary of the ascension of one of Maya rulers of Calakmul.
Although there are no ball courts, a typical feature of Maya cities, there are ballplayers illustrated on the stele, including one called Red or Great Turkey-the same Red or Great Turkey mentioned on the looted stele now at the Art Institute.
By the way, archaeologists prefer to use the term “Maya civilization” rather than the more common “Mayan civilization”, leaving “Mayan” to refer to the language.
Highland and Lowland Maya
The Maya civilization covered an enormous area with a large variation of environments, economies, and growth of the civilization. Scholars address some of the Maya cultural variation by studying separate issues related to the climate and environment of the region. The Maya Highlands are the southern part of the Maya civilization, included the mountainous region in Mexico (particularly Chiapas state), Guatemala and Honduras.
The Maya Lowlands make up the northern segment of the Maya region, including Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, and adjacent parts of Guatemala and Belize. A Pacific coastal piedmont range north of the Soconusco had fertile soils, dense forests and mangrove swamps.
The Maya civilization was certainly never an “empire”, inasmuch as one person never ruled the entire region. During the Classic period, there were several strong kings at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol and Dos Pilas, but none of them ever conquered the others. It’s probably best to think of the Maya as a collection of independent city states, who shared some ritual and ceremonial practices, some architecture, some cultural objects. The city states traded with one another, and with the Olmec and Teotihuacan polities (at different times), and they also warred with one another from time to time.
Timeline
Mesoamerican archaeology is broken up into general sections. The “Maya” are in general thought to have maintained a cultural continuity between about 500 BC and AD 900, with the “Classic Maya” from 250-900 AD.
Archaic before 2500 BC
Hunting and gathering lifestyle prevails.
Early Formative 2500-1000 BC
First beans and maize agriculture, people live in isolated farmsteads and hamlets
Middle Formative 1000-400 BC
First monumental architecture, first villages; people switch to full-time agriculture, Olmec contacts, and, at Nakbe, the first evidence of social ranking, beginning about 600-400 BC
Important sites: Nakbe, Chalchuapa, Kaminaljuyu
Late Formative 400 BC-AD 250
First massive palaces are built at urban Nakbe and El Mirador, first writing, constructed road systems and water control, organized trade and widespread warfare
Important sites: El Mirador, Nakbe, Cerros, Komchen, Tikal, Kaminaljuyu
Classic AD 250-900
Widespread literacy including calendars and lists of royal lineages at Copán and Tikal, first dynastic kingdoms, changing political alliances, large palaces and mortuary pyramids constructed intensification of agriculture. Populations peak at about 100 per square kilometers. Paramount kings and polities installed at Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, and Dos Pilos
Important sites: Copán, Palenque, Tikal, Calakmul, Caracol, Dos Pilas, Uxmal, Coba, Dzibilchaltun, Kabah, Labna, Sayil
Postclassic AD 900-1500
Some centers abandoned, written records stop. Puuc hill country flourishes and small rural towns prosper near rivers and lakes until the Spanish arrive in 1517
Important sites: Chichén Itzá, Mayapan, Iximche, Utatlan)
Each independent Maya city had its own set of institutionalized rulers, beginning in the Classic period (AD 250-900). Documentary evidence for the kings and queens has been found on stele and temple wall inscriptions and a few sarcophagi.
During the Classic period, kings were generally in charge of a particular city and its supporting region. The area controlled by a specific king might be hundreds or even thousands of square kilometers. The ruler’s court included palaces, temples and ball courts, and great plazas, open areas where festivals and other public events were held. Kings were hereditary positions, and, at least after they were dead, the kings were sometimes considered gods.
Important Facts about the Maya Civilization
Population: There is no complete population estimate, but it must have been in the millions. In the 1600s, the Spanish reported that there were between 600,000-1 million people living in the Yucatan peninsula alone. Each of the larger cities probably had populations in excess of 100,000, but that doesn’t count the rural sectors that supported the larger cities.
Environment: The Maya Lowland region below 800 meters is tropical with rainy and dry seasons. There is little exposed water except in lakes in limestone faults, swamps, and cenotes—natural sinkholes in the limestone that are geologically a result of the Chicxulub crater impact. Originally, the area was blanketed with multiple canopied forests, and mixed vegetation.
The Highland Maya regions include a string of volcanically active mountains. Eruptions have dumped rich volcanic ash throughout the region, leading to deep rich soils and obsidian deposits. Climate in the highland is temperate, with rare frost. Upland forests originally were mixed pine and deciduous trees.
Writing, Language and Calendars of the Maya Civilization
Mayan language: The various groups spoke nearly 30 closely related languages and dialects, including the Mayan and Huastec.
Writing: The Maya had 800 distinct hieroglyphs, with the first evidence of language written on stela and walls of buildings beginning ca 300 BC. Bark cloth paper codex were being used no later than the 1500s, but all but a handful were destroyed by Spanish.
Calendar: The so called “long count” calendar was invented by Mixe-Zoquean speakers, based on the extant Mesoamerican Calendar. It was adapted by the classic period Maya ca. 200 AD. The earliest inscription in long count among the Maya was made dated AD 292. Earliest date listed on the “long count” calendar is about August 11, 3114 BC, what the Maya said was the founding date of their civilization. The first dynastic calendars were being used by about 400 BC.
Astronomy
The Dresden Codex dated to the Late Post Classic/Colonial period (1250–1520) includes astronomical tables on Venus and Mars, on eclipses, on seasons and the movement of the tides. These tables chart the seasons with respect to their civic year, predict solar and lunar eclipses and tracked the motion of the planets.
Maya Civilization Ritual
Intoxicants: Chocolate (Theobroma), blache (fermented honey and an extract from the balche tree; morning glory seeds, pulque (from agave plants), tobacco, intoxicating enemas, Maya Blue.
The Maya tracked the sun, moon, and Venus. Calendars include eclipse warnings and safe periods, and almanacs for tracking Venus.
Maya Gods: What we know of Maya religion is based on writings and drawings on codices or temples. A few of the gods include: God A or Cimi or Cisin (god of death or flatulent one), God B or Chac, (rain and lightning), God C (sacredness), God D or Itzamna (creator or scribe or learned one), God E (maize), God G (sun), God L (trade or merchant), God K or Kauil, Ixchel or Ix Chel (goddess of fertility), Goddess O or Chac Chel. There are others; and in the Maya pantheon there are sometimes combined gods, glyphs for two different gods appearing as one glyph.
Death and Afterlife: Ideas about death and the afterlife are little known, but the entry to the underworld was called Xibalba or “Place of Fright”.
Maya Politics
Warfare: The Maya had fortified sites, and military themes and battles events are illustrated in Maya art by the Early Classic period. Warrior classes, including some professional warriors, were part of the Maya society. Wars were fought over territory, slaves, to avenge insults, and to establish succession.
Weaponry: axes, clubs, maces, throwing spears, shields and helmets, bladed spears
Ritual sacrifice: offerings thrown into “cenotes”, and placed in tombs; the Maya pierced their tongues, earlobes, genitals or other body parts for blood sacrifice. Animals (mostly jaguars) were sacrificed, and there were human victims, including high ranking enemy warriors who were captured, tortured and sacrificed.
Mayan Architecture
The first steles are associated with the Classic period, and the earliest is from Tikal, where a stele is dated AD 292. Emblem glyphs signified specific rulers and a specific sign called “ahaw” is today interpreted as “lord”.
Distinctive architectural styles of the Maya include (but aren’t limited to) Rio Bec (7th-9th centuries AD, block masonry palaces with towers and central doorways at sites such as Rio Bec, Hormiguero, Chicanna, and Becan); Chenes (7th-9th centuries AD, related to the Rio Bec but without the towers at Hochob Santa Rosa Xtampack, Dzibilnocac); Puuc (AD 700-950, intricately designed facades and doorjambs at Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Sayil, Labna, Kabah); and Toltec (or Maya Toltec AD 950-1250, at Chichén Itzá.
Archaeological Sites of the Maya
Really the best way to learn about the Maya is to go and visit the archaeological ruins. Many of them are open to the public and have museums and even gift shops on the sites. You can find Maya archaeological sites in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and in several Mexican states.
Major Maya Cities
Belize: Batsu’b Cave, Colha, Minanha, Altun Ha, Caracol, Lamanai, Cahal Pech, Xunantunich
El Salvador: Chalchuapa, Quelepa
Mexico: El Tajin, Mayapan, Cacaxtla, Bonampak, Chichén Itzá, Cobá , Uxmal, Palenque
Honduras: Copan, Puerto Escondido
Guatemala: Kaminaljuyu, La Corona (Site Q), Nakbe, Tikal
Although when you visit archaeological ruins of the Maya, you generally look at the tall buildings--but a lot interesting things are to be learned about the plazas, the big open spaces between the temples and palaces at the major Maya cities.
Mysterious Site Q was one of the sites referred to on glyphs and temple inscriptions; and researchers believe they have finally located it as the site of La Corona.
A newly discovered stone panel at the Classic Period Maya (AD 250-900) center of La Corona in Guatemala has confirmed the identification of that site as the long-sought Maya center once only known as “Site Q”.
During the 1960s, between 30 and 35 stone panels carved with Maya hieroglyphic symbols became known to scholars. The panels had apparently been looted from an unknown classic period Maya capital city and acquired by museums all over the world. The panels were of high quality limestone and contained references to a previously unidentified city marked with a snakehead glyph emblem. Peter Mathews, then a Yale graduate student and now at LaTrobe University, gave the unidentified Maya city the name of Site Q (short for ‘Site ¿Que?’ or ‘which site?’ in Spanish). Several of the glyphs on the panels illustrate athletes, ball players of the ancient Mesoamerican ball game in which players bet their lives.
One athlete in particular is named on at least two panels; his name translates to Red or Great Turkey, and he appears on this panel from Site Q now in the Chicago Art Institute.
Mystery of Site Q
The location of Site Q has been one of the great mysteries for scholars of the Maya civilization. Because it seemed unlikely that a Maya capital city would go undiscovered for so long, candidates for Site Q included the known sites of Calakmul and El Peru, also called Waka. But neither really fit the bill, for stylistic reasons: the steles and glyph panels recovered from Calakmul and El Peru simply did not compare well enough to the mysterious looted panels. There was clearly a connection between Calakmul and Site Q, but it didn’t appear that they were one and the same. In 1996, a previously unknown Maya capital named La Corona was discovered in the jungles of the Peten peninsula, near Río San Pedro in northern Guatemala in the Laguna del Tigre region.
La Corona had been severely looted, but scholars began to think that it was possible that the site represented Site Q.
A Crown of Five Temples
The La Corona site, as reported in Archaeology magazine when it was discovered in 1996, was called that because it had a row of five temples that looked like a crown to researchers Ian Graham and David Stuart of the Peabody Museum at Harvard.
Although La Corona has experienced extensive looting, enough of the site remains to identify a main plaza about half the size of a football field.
Two tall structures and an acropolis make up most of the intact portion of the site. The west side of the plaza has mounds and two Maya altars, one of which is inscribed with the date May 2, AD 636, the 20th anniversary of the ascension of one of Maya rulers of Calakmul.
Although there are no ball courts, a typical feature of Maya cities, there are ballplayers illustrated on the stele, including one called Red or Great Turkey-the same Red or Great Turkey mentioned on the looted stele now at the Art Institute.
19th Annual Banderas Bay Regatta Now in the History Books
Boat owners wishing get their vessels away from docks and into the open sea were allowed to leave. Reportedly on Friday night there were close to 150 boats anchored offshore of La Cruz. Because of schedules and personal commitment by many of the participants it was decided that the best course of action was to simply shorten the races to two days rather than the originally planned three. As planned the final race of the 2010 Banderas Ray Regatta was run Saturday. Boats raced moderately long courses and were blessed with some pretty brisk winds late in the afternoon. This led to some pretty spectacular spinnaker runs, treating those out on the bay watching the race, with a colorful visual treat.
Awards were given out at the Awards Dinner and Beach Party that was held at the Paradise Village Resort and Spa. The Awards and Party was attended by almost 400 people who danced to the music of Philo Hayward and his Mexican Shuffle Band, had a great dinner and cheered the race winners for their accomplishments.
The final day of racing didn’t bring many surprises as those boats showing dominance on Thursday also dominated on Saturday.
This year’s overall division winners (top 3 finishers) are:
Division A
Cirque - Louis Kruk, skipper
Blue - Cheryl and Ken Solis, skippers
Sirocco - Lee Pryor, skipper
Division B
Dream Chaser – Cam McConnell, skipper
Mood and Stars – Guadalupe Dip, skipper
Paradox – Carl Carlson, skipper
Division C
Tabatha – Fred Delaney, skipper
Adios – Craig Shaw, skipper
Di’s Dream – Roger Frizzle, skipper
Division D
J/World #4 – Wayne SITEL, skipper
J/World #5 - Wayne SITEL, skipper
J/World #2 – Wayne SITEL, skipper
Division E
Wave Goodbye – Pablo Garcia, skipper
Miss Teak – Chris Prather, skipper
Tallon – Palsy Verhoeven, skipper
Division F
Poco Loco Dos – Keith Sangster, skipper
Salty Feet – Francisco Coppel, skipper
Saber Vivir – Charles Naslund, skipper
Division G
Piko – Lauren Buchholz, skipper
Mita Pizza – Ralph Hemphill-Fernandez, skipper
Itchen – T. J. Edwards, skipper
The Banderas Bay Regatta would not be possible without the generous support of its sponsors including: Vallarta Yacht Club, Grupo Lloyd, Paradise Village Beach Resort and Spa, Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group, Mariners General Insurance Group, State of Nayarit / Rivera Nayarit, Philo’s Bar and Restaurant, PV Sailing, Vallarta Yachts, Vallarta Adventures, O & A Investment Funds, Marina Rivera Nayarit, Artist Federico Leon de La Vega and Chevron.
19th Annual Banderas Bay Regatta Now in the History Books
Boat owners wishing get their vessels away from docks and into the open sea were allowed to leave. Reportedly on Friday night there were close to 150 boats anchored offshore of La Cruz. Because of schedules and personal commitment by many of the participants it was decided that the best course of action was to simply shorten the races to two days rather than the originally planned three. As planned the final race of the 2010 Banderas Ray Regatta was run Saturday. Boats raced moderately long courses and were blessed with some pretty brisk winds late in the afternoon. This led to some pretty spectacular spinnaker runs, treating those out on the bay watching the race, with a colorful visual treat.
Awards were given out at the Awards Dinner and Beach Party that was held at the Paradise Village Resort and Spa. The Awards and Party was attended by almost 400 people who danced to the music of Philo Hayward and his Mexican Shuffle Band, had a great dinner and cheered the race winners for their accomplishments.
The final day of racing didn’t bring many surprises as those boats showing dominance on Thursday also dominated on Saturday.
This year’s overall division winners (top 3 finishers) are:
Division A
Cirque - Louis Kruk, skipper
Blue - Cheryl and Ken Solis, skippers
Sirocco - Lee Pryor, skipper
Division B
Dream Chaser – Cam McConnell, skipper
Mood and Stars – Guadalupe Dip, skipper
Paradox – Carl Carlson, skipper
Division C
Tabatha – Fred Delaney, skipper
Adios – Craig Shaw, skipper
Di’s Dream – Roger Frizzle, skipper
Division D
J/World #4 – Wayne SITEL, skipper
J/World #5 - Wayne SITEL, skipper
J/World #2 – Wayne SITEL, skipper
Division E
Wave Goodbye – Pablo Garcia, skipper
Miss Teak – Chris Prather, skipper
Tallon – Palsy Verhoeven, skipper
Division F
Poco Loco Dos – Keith Sangster, skipper
Salty Feet – Francisco Coppel, skipper
Saber Vivir – Charles Naslund, skipper
Division G
Piko – Lauren Buchholz, skipper
Mita Pizza – Ralph Hemphill-Fernandez, skipper
Itchen – T. J. Edwards, skipper
The Banderas Bay Regatta would not be possible without the generous support of its sponsors including: Vallarta Yacht Club, Grupo Lloyd, Paradise Village Beach Resort and Spa, Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group, Mariners General Insurance Group, State of Nayarit / Rivera Nayarit, Philo’s Bar and Restaurant, PV Sailing, Vallarta Yachts, Vallarta Adventures, O & A Investment Funds, Marina Rivera Nayarit, Artist Federico Leon de La Vega and Chevron.
SUE AND MARIE
Certified Padi Master Instructor and Padi IDC Staff Instructor
So, I expect after you have read our articles about diving, you must be chomping at the bit to check out these cool waters for yourselves.
How can I do this I hear you ask? Well, it´s easy to start your diving life in a relatively cheap and quick manner. You can start off with doing a discover scuba diving class.
This is done in a swimming pool, or if you are lucky enough to have your own pool, it can be done in the comfort of your own home.
We will give you an orientation of all the scuba diving equipment, explain how it works and how to use it, then, into the water we all go.
You will practice breathing through your regulator on the surface before slipping on down to the bottom of the pool. When you are comfortable, we will get you to do some simple skills that we will demonstrate.
You will learn how to clear water from your mask without going to the surface and how to remove and replace your regulator from your mouth (so you can smile for some cool photo´s). When these are completed we will swim around the pool so you can get comfortable in your gear.
This is a ton of fun on its own. If you love it (and believe me you will) we can go into the ocean and dive.
Just how easy is this I hear you ask? Well, I took my neighbors 9 year old granddaughter for a pool session this week and within 10 minutes she was swimming around like a fish. She also mastered the underwater egg and spoon race and thrashed her dad at it! It really is child´s play.
She will be back next year to do her course with us and get into the ocean. Another diver is “born”.
So, once the pool session is complete, we can take you diving in the ocean to a maximum depth of 40ft. That is plenty deep enough to see so many great things. There will be no looking back after this we are sure and you will want to carry on. I won´t waffle on, but you can read all about it on our website.
We mentioned Los Arcos 3 weeks ago, and it’s fantastic for your first dive. Here we can see angelfish, butterfly fish and get you hooked on my favorites, the nudibranches and we can search for the Oxynoe panamensis together, amongst a host of other critters to amaze and amuse yourself.
We are off to blow some bubbles now. Catch you next week.
www.pvseadive.com
How can I do this I hear you ask? Well, it´s easy to start your diving life in a relatively cheap and quick manner. You can start off with doing a discover scuba diving class.
This is done in a swimming pool, or if you are lucky enough to have your own pool, it can be done in the comfort of your own home.
We will give you an orientation of all the scuba diving equipment, explain how it works and how to use it, then, into the water we all go.
You will practice breathing through your regulator on the surface before slipping on down to the bottom of the pool. When you are comfortable, we will get you to do some simple skills that we will demonstrate.
You will learn how to clear water from your mask without going to the surface and how to remove and replace your regulator from your mouth (so you can smile for some cool photo´s). When these are completed we will swim around the pool so you can get comfortable in your gear.
This is a ton of fun on its own. If you love it (and believe me you will) we can go into the ocean and dive.
Just how easy is this I hear you ask? Well, I took my neighbors 9 year old granddaughter for a pool session this week and within 10 minutes she was swimming around like a fish. She also mastered the underwater egg and spoon race and thrashed her dad at it! It really is child´s play.
She will be back next year to do her course with us and get into the ocean. Another diver is “born”.
So, once the pool session is complete, we can take you diving in the ocean to a maximum depth of 40ft. That is plenty deep enough to see so many great things. There will be no looking back after this we are sure and you will want to carry on. I won´t waffle on, but you can read all about it on our website.
We mentioned Los Arcos 3 weeks ago, and it’s fantastic for your first dive. Here we can see angelfish, butterfly fish and get you hooked on my favorites, the nudibranches and we can search for the Oxynoe panamensis together, amongst a host of other critters to amaze and amuse yourself.
We are off to blow some bubbles now. Catch you next week.
www.pvseadive.com
SUE AND MARIE
Certified Padi Master Instructor and Padi IDC Staff Instructor
So, I expect after you have read our articles about diving, you must be chomping at the bit to check out these cool waters for yourselves.
How can I do this I hear you ask? Well, it´s easy to start your diving life in a relatively cheap and quick manner. You can start off with doing a discover scuba diving class.
This is done in a swimming pool, or if you are lucky enough to have your own pool, it can be done in the comfort of your own home.
We will give you an orientation of all the scuba diving equipment, explain how it works and how to use it, then, into the water we all go.
You will practice breathing through your regulator on the surface before slipping on down to the bottom of the pool. When you are comfortable, we will get you to do some simple skills that we will demonstrate.
You will learn how to clear water from your mask without going to the surface and how to remove and replace your regulator from your mouth (so you can smile for some cool photo´s). When these are completed we will swim around the pool so you can get comfortable in your gear.
This is a ton of fun on its own. If you love it (and believe me you will) we can go into the ocean and dive.
Just how easy is this I hear you ask? Well, I took my neighbors 9 year old granddaughter for a pool session this week and within 10 minutes she was swimming around like a fish. She also mastered the underwater egg and spoon race and thrashed her dad at it! It really is child´s play.
She will be back next year to do her course with us and get into the ocean. Another diver is “born”.
So, once the pool session is complete, we can take you diving in the ocean to a maximum depth of 40ft. That is plenty deep enough to see so many great things. There will be no looking back after this we are sure and you will want to carry on. I won´t waffle on, but you can read all about it on our website.
We mentioned Los Arcos 3 weeks ago, and it’s fantastic for your first dive. Here we can see angelfish, butterfly fish and get you hooked on my favorites, the nudibranches and we can search for the Oxynoe panamensis together, amongst a host of other critters to amaze and amuse yourself.
We are off to blow some bubbles now. Catch you next week.
www.pvseadive.com
How can I do this I hear you ask? Well, it´s easy to start your diving life in a relatively cheap and quick manner. You can start off with doing a discover scuba diving class.
This is done in a swimming pool, or if you are lucky enough to have your own pool, it can be done in the comfort of your own home.
We will give you an orientation of all the scuba diving equipment, explain how it works and how to use it, then, into the water we all go.
You will practice breathing through your regulator on the surface before slipping on down to the bottom of the pool. When you are comfortable, we will get you to do some simple skills that we will demonstrate.
You will learn how to clear water from your mask without going to the surface and how to remove and replace your regulator from your mouth (so you can smile for some cool photo´s). When these are completed we will swim around the pool so you can get comfortable in your gear.
This is a ton of fun on its own. If you love it (and believe me you will) we can go into the ocean and dive.
Just how easy is this I hear you ask? Well, I took my neighbors 9 year old granddaughter for a pool session this week and within 10 minutes she was swimming around like a fish. She also mastered the underwater egg and spoon race and thrashed her dad at it! It really is child´s play.
She will be back next year to do her course with us and get into the ocean. Another diver is “born”.
So, once the pool session is complete, we can take you diving in the ocean to a maximum depth of 40ft. That is plenty deep enough to see so many great things. There will be no looking back after this we are sure and you will want to carry on. I won´t waffle on, but you can read all about it on our website.
We mentioned Los Arcos 3 weeks ago, and it’s fantastic for your first dive. Here we can see angelfish, butterfly fish and get you hooked on my favorites, the nudibranches and we can search for the Oxynoe panamensis together, amongst a host of other critters to amaze and amuse yourself.
We are off to blow some bubbles now. Catch you next week.
www.pvseadive.com
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GREEN ANGELS:
078 - (322) 221 26 80
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
060 -- (322) 223 94 76 and 78
TOURISM
(322) 222 0242 or 01 800 446 3942
HARBOR MASTER:
(322) 224 1000, 224 0427
ENVIROMENTAL EMERGENCY CENTER (COETEA)
01 800 710 49 43
FEDERAL COMMISSION ELECTRICITY (CFE) 071 –
(322) 225 5555
CANADIAN CONSULATE
(322) 293 00 98 and 99
AMERICAN CONSULATE
(322) 222 0069
and (33) 3268 21 45
RED CROSS * 060
EMERGENCY * 060 and 066
IMMIGRATION * (322) 221 13 80
FEDERAL POLICE
(322) 290 0658 and 64
BUCERIAS POLICE
(329) 298 1020
PROFECO * 01 800 468 8722
MUNICIPAL CIVIL PROTECTION
(322) 224 77 01
PUBLIC SECURITY
066 & (322) 290 0507
SEAPAL VALLARTA
(322) 226 9191
RADIO TAXI * 299 37 06
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF PVR
(322) 221 1298 * (322) 221-1325
(322) 221-1537
AIRLINES:
Aeromexico
(322) 2242777 and (322) 2211204
Aerotron (322) 2211921
Air Canada (322) 2211212
Alaska Airlines
(322) 2211350 and (322) 2211352
American Airlines (322) 2211799
(322) 2211927 (322) 2211799
Continental Airlines
(322) 2211025 (322) 2211025
(322) 2211096
Frontier Airlines Mexicana Airlines
(322) 2211040
078 - (322) 221 26 80
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
060 -- (322) 223 94 76 and 78
TOURISM
(322) 222 0242 or 01 800 446 3942
HARBOR MASTER:
(322) 224 1000, 224 0427
ENVIROMENTAL EMERGENCY CENTER (COETEA)
01 800 710 49 43
FEDERAL COMMISSION ELECTRICITY (CFE) 071 –
(322) 225 5555
CANADIAN CONSULATE
(322) 293 00 98 and 99
AMERICAN CONSULATE
(322) 222 0069
and (33) 3268 21 45
RED CROSS * 060
EMERGENCY * 060 and 066
IMMIGRATION * (322) 221 13 80
FEDERAL POLICE
(322) 290 0658 and 64
BUCERIAS POLICE
(329) 298 1020
PROFECO * 01 800 468 8722
MUNICIPAL CIVIL PROTECTION
(322) 224 77 01
PUBLIC SECURITY
066 & (322) 290 0507
SEAPAL VALLARTA
(322) 226 9191
RADIO TAXI * 299 37 06
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF PVR
(322) 221 1298 * (322) 221-1325
(322) 221-1537
AIRLINES:
Aeromexico
(322) 2242777 and (322) 2211204
Aerotron (322) 2211921
Air Canada (322) 2211212
Alaska Airlines
(322) 2211350 and (322) 2211352
American Airlines (322) 2211799
(322) 2211927 (322) 2211799
Continental Airlines
(322) 2211025 (322) 2211025
(322) 2211096
Frontier Airlines Mexicana Airlines
(322) 2211040
USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS
GREEN ANGELS:
078 - (322) 221 26 80
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
060 -- (322) 223 94 76 and 78
TOURISM
(322) 222 0242 or 01 800 446 3942
HARBOR MASTER:
(322) 224 1000, 224 0427
ENVIROMENTAL EMERGENCY CENTER (COETEA)
01 800 710 49 43
FEDERAL COMMISSION ELECTRICITY (CFE) 071 –
(322) 225 5555
CANADIAN CONSULATE
(322) 293 00 98 and 99
AMERICAN CONSULATE
(322) 222 0069
and (33) 3268 21 45
RED CROSS * 060
EMERGENCY * 060 and 066
IMMIGRATION * (322) 221 13 80
FEDERAL POLICE
(322) 290 0658 and 64
BUCERIAS POLICE
(329) 298 1020
PROFECO * 01 800 468 8722
MUNICIPAL CIVIL PROTECTION
(322) 224 77 01
PUBLIC SECURITY
066 & (322) 290 0507
SEAPAL VALLARTA
(322) 226 9191
RADIO TAXI * 299 37 06
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF PVR
(322) 221 1298 * (322) 221-1325
(322) 221-1537
AIRLINES:
Aeromexico
(322) 2242777 and (322) 2211204
Aerotron (322) 2211921
Air Canada (322) 2211212
Alaska Airlines
(322) 2211350 and (322) 2211352
American Airlines (322) 2211799
(322) 2211927 (322) 2211799
Continental Airlines
(322) 2211025 (322) 2211025
(322) 2211096
Frontier Airlines Mexicana Airlines
(322) 2211040
078 - (322) 221 26 80
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
060 -- (322) 223 94 76 and 78
TOURISM
(322) 222 0242 or 01 800 446 3942
HARBOR MASTER:
(322) 224 1000, 224 0427
ENVIROMENTAL EMERGENCY CENTER (COETEA)
01 800 710 49 43
FEDERAL COMMISSION ELECTRICITY (CFE) 071 –
(322) 225 5555
CANADIAN CONSULATE
(322) 293 00 98 and 99
AMERICAN CONSULATE
(322) 222 0069
and (33) 3268 21 45
RED CROSS * 060
EMERGENCY * 060 and 066
IMMIGRATION * (322) 221 13 80
FEDERAL POLICE
(322) 290 0658 and 64
BUCERIAS POLICE
(329) 298 1020
PROFECO * 01 800 468 8722
MUNICIPAL CIVIL PROTECTION
(322) 224 77 01
PUBLIC SECURITY
066 & (322) 290 0507
SEAPAL VALLARTA
(322) 226 9191
RADIO TAXI * 299 37 06
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF PVR
(322) 221 1298 * (322) 221-1325
(322) 221-1537
AIRLINES:
Aeromexico
(322) 2242777 and (322) 2211204
Aerotron (322) 2211921
Air Canada (322) 2211212
Alaska Airlines
(322) 2211350 and (322) 2211352
American Airlines (322) 2211799
(322) 2211927 (322) 2211799
Continental Airlines
(322) 2211025 (322) 2211025
(322) 2211096
Frontier Airlines Mexicana Airlines
(322) 2211040
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Beautiful Studio for rent in Amapas
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$7,800.00 pesos per month, contact Eduardo Cel. (045) 5518328344
11611
BEAUTIFUL SPACIOUS NEWLY DECORATED 2 bedroom 1 bath apartments with all amenities.
All with gorgeous Ocean View or Mountain views Penthouse 2 bedroom 2 bath upon availability.
Long and short term.
From $6,500 pesos monthly
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House fully furnished plus TV, one bedroom, sleeps four, English satalite TV, Vonage and Telmex phones, Internet, a/c, washer & dryer, newly renovated, in Romantic Zone, short or long term. 044 322 116 5085.
Beautiful House In Lomas Del Sol, Partialy Furnished, 3 Bedrooms, Garden, Equipped Kitchen, Common Swimming Pool, Security, $8,800 Pesos Per Month, Call (322)22 6 25 50
For Sale
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Nice House In Las Gaviotas,In Gated Community, 3Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms,Common Swimming Pool, Gardens, In A Residential Area, Near To Banks , Shopping Malls, $2,750,000 Pesos, Call (322)22 6 25 50
Condominium Raul, In Suites Marbella Located On The Main Avenue Of Puerto Vallarta, Near From Shopping Malls,Furnished, 2 Bedrooms, Security 24Hrs, Common Swimming Pool, $110,000 Usd Call. (322) 2252555
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Beautiful Studio for rent in Amapas
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$7,800.00 pesos per month, contact Eduardo Cel. (045) 5518328344
11611
BEAUTIFUL SPACIOUS NEWLY DECORATED 2 bedroom 1 bath apartments with all amenities.
All with gorgeous Ocean View or Mountain views Penthouse 2 bedroom 2 bath upon availability.
Long and short term.
From $6,500 pesos monthly
sorrentovallartapv@hotmail.com
House fully furnished plus TV, one bedroom, sleeps four, English satalite TV, Vonage and Telmex phones, Internet, a/c, washer & dryer, newly renovated, in Romantic Zone, short or long term. 044 322 116 5085.
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Beautiful Condominium In Marina Vallarta,4 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms,One Of The Best Developmentsin The Area, Facing Thesea With A Stunning Ocean View And The Entire Bay Jacuzzi In The Master Bedroom, Huge Swimming Pool, With Tennis Court, Gym, Sauna,Restaurant In The Pool Area,Security 24 Hours A Day, For Sale $1,050,000.00 Usd , For Rent $3,000 Usd Per Month Long Term Call (322)226-2550
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11640
Beautiful Studio for rent in Amapas
Ocean View, terrace, furnished, A/C, kitchen, washer/dryer, cable , internet Walking distance to beach, 5 min from town.
$7,800.00 pesos per month, contact Eduardo Cel. (045) 5518328344
11611
BEAUTIFUL SPACIOUS NEWLY DECORATED 2 bedroom 1 bath apartments with all amenities.
All with gorgeous Ocean View or Mountain views Penthouse 2 bedroom 2 bath upon availability.
Long and short term.
From $6,500 pesos monthly
sorrentovallartapv@hotmail.com
House fully furnished plus TV, one bedroom, sleeps four, English satalite TV, Vonage and Telmex phones, Internet, a/c, washer & dryer, newly renovated, in Romantic Zone, short or long term. 044 322 116 5085.
Beautiful House In Lomas Del Sol, Partialy Furnished, 3 Bedrooms, Garden, Equipped Kitchen, Common Swimming Pool, Security, $8,800 Pesos Per Month, Call (322)22 6 25 50
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Nice House In Las Gaviotas,In Gated Community, 3Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms,Common Swimming Pool, Gardens, In A Residential Area, Near To Banks , Shopping Malls, $2,750,000 Pesos, Call (322)22 6 25 50
Condominium Raul, In Suites Marbella Located On The Main Avenue Of Puerto Vallarta, Near From Shopping Malls,Furnished, 2 Bedrooms, Security 24Hrs, Common Swimming Pool, $110,000 Usd Call. (322) 2252555
Beautiful Condominium At Playa Gemelas,Fully Furnished, 2Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, Fully Equipped Laundry Room, Full Terrace With Great Ocean View, Private Beach, 2 Swimming Pools. $420,000 Usd. Call (322) 22 6 25 50
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Puertotitlan de las A(n)tenas
National Water Day: Taking Care of the Pitillal River
This year, 2011, marks the 3rd year the Grupo Ecológico has celebrated “Aguas con el Rio” (Taking Care of the River). A combination of ecological awareness and a lottery.
The Pitillal River has had progressively less water over the last decade and has become a dry river bed for much of the year. Constructions are encroaching on all sides as urban sprawl engulfs the floodplain north of the Puerto Vallarta downtown area.
Most visitors to Puerto Vallarta only know the Pitillal River when they cross over the Av. Medina Ascencio traffic bridge between the Peninsula and Grand Venetian high-rise condominium developments that now block the view of the ocean.
And the lottery? Ecological consciousness is not a strong point in Mexico, but a chance to win some money is.
So, we sell tickets to see who can accurately predict which day the surface water of the Pitillal River will disappear at a location previously selected.
For a $20 Peso ticket, one can win a cash prize of $800, $400 or $300 Pesos by choosing, the exact day, the day before or the day after the river dries up. Shazam! Ecological consciousness!
Seventy-five ticket buyers have a chance to win some money and we have 75 more people looking at the water in the Pitillal River when they drive over the bridge rather than looking at the concrete condominiums blocking their view of the ocean!
Now that is what is called ecological salesmanship in the mundane world of raising consciousness.
Personally, I even have a side bet with a maintenance man at a local condominium as to who will buy who dinner on the results of when the river disappears. But, all of this lottery stuff is merely a tactic to draw our attention to an odd and potentially dangerous situation in these tropical latitudes. Odd, because we have a river without water for much of the year and dangerous because the heavy rains will come again.
The Grupo Ecologico has been taking measurements of the water flowing in the Pitillal River for 3 years from February to April. Depth, width and velocity, all carefully measured and noted to build a statistical database.
In 2009, the river dried up on April 15th. In 2010, May 15th. (Remember the rains in February 2010? You’ve already forgotten? That is why we keep a record.) What date will the Pitillal River dry up in 2011?
During the summer hurricane season, in 1998 as I recall, the Pitillal River overflowed its banks and inundated much of the area of Fluvial Vallarta (does the name suggest something to you?). Aramara and the Walmart parking area was flooded as the river searched for an outlet to the ocean. (This was before Liverpool.)
The administration of David Cuevas dedicated half the Public Works budget that year to redirecting the river into it’s current course of a straight canal from Av. Francisco Villa to the ocean, a distance of about 3 km. By eliminating the meanders of the river, conditions were created to increase the velocity of the water in the river to reach the ocean.
However, this has resulted in less time for water to recharge the underground water tables. Further, from 1998 to the present, the Pitillal riverbed has been exploited as a source for building materials and to elevate much of the property in Fluvial Vallarta, which previously flooded during the rainy seasons. (When the hotels along the north shore mention that their beaches are lacking sand, it could be stated that “their beaches are now under the constructions of much of Fluvial Vallarta.)
As a consequence, over the past decade since these modifications were made, the Pitillal River has begun to dry up earlier each year. Prior to 1998, there was water almost the entire year. Now, with each passing year, the river is drying up earlier each year. The water table in the area has begun to drop. Evidence of this is that some of the wells of SEAPAL (Puerto Vallarta Municipal Water Department) that are closest to the ocean are beginning to draw an increasing amount of salty water…salt water invasion.
When the Ecology Group began the project of “Reforestation with Responsibility” in 2003, it was with the specific intention of revitalizing the Rio Pitillal.
Planting trees helps conserve the ground water.
Besides, a river without water isn’t much of a river. Moreover, when we have the next hurricane in Puerto Vallarta, and the question is “when” not “if” in tropical climes, the river will, once again, serve the purpose for which Nature designed it, an unobstructed outlet to the ocean.
Included in this project of continuing with the reforestation along the river, the Ecology Group proposes that both sides of the river from the ocean to Playa Grande, a distance of 6 kms., be declared a linear park for walking, running and bicycle use.
The resulting green area will not only provide a much needed green area for Puerto Vallarta, but would allow an alternate route for non-motorized transport (bicycle path), a buffer zone between the river and construction and an attractive location for both tourists and locals.
The Pitillal River is only one of the important rivers in Puerto Vallarta. The Ameca, Cuale, Mismaloya and Horcones rivers are also in need of attention and care. The Grupo Ecológico invites all neighbors in the area of these rivers and any other arroyos to begin their own reforestation project.
When the summer rains come, you may find that “taking care of your river” has been one of the best investments you have made.
Puertotitlan de las A(n)tenas
National Water Day: Taking Care of the Pitillal River
This year, 2011, marks the 3rd year the Grupo Ecológico has celebrated “Aguas con el Rio” (Taking Care of the River). A combination of ecological awareness and a lottery.
The Pitillal River has had progressively less water over the last decade and has become a dry river bed for much of the year. Constructions are encroaching on all sides as urban sprawl engulfs the floodplain north of the Puerto Vallarta downtown area.
Most visitors to Puerto Vallarta only know the Pitillal River when they cross over the Av. Medina Ascencio traffic bridge between the Peninsula and Grand Venetian high-rise condominium developments that now block the view of the ocean.
And the lottery? Ecological consciousness is not a strong point in Mexico, but a chance to win some money is.
So, we sell tickets to see who can accurately predict which day the surface water of the Pitillal River will disappear at a location previously selected.
For a $20 Peso ticket, one can win a cash prize of $800, $400 or $300 Pesos by choosing, the exact day, the day before or the day after the river dries up. Shazam! Ecological consciousness!
Seventy-five ticket buyers have a chance to win some money and we have 75 more people looking at the water in the Pitillal River when they drive over the bridge rather than looking at the concrete condominiums blocking their view of the ocean!
Now that is what is called ecological salesmanship in the mundane world of raising consciousness.
Personally, I even have a side bet with a maintenance man at a local condominium as to who will buy who dinner on the results of when the river disappears. But, all of this lottery stuff is merely a tactic to draw our attention to an odd and potentially dangerous situation in these tropical latitudes. Odd, because we have a river without water for much of the year and dangerous because the heavy rains will come again.
The Grupo Ecologico has been taking measurements of the water flowing in the Pitillal River for 3 years from February to April. Depth, width and velocity, all carefully measured and noted to build a statistical database.
In 2009, the river dried up on April 15th. In 2010, May 15th. (Remember the rains in February 2010? You’ve already forgotten? That is why we keep a record.) What date will the Pitillal River dry up in 2011?
During the summer hurricane season, in 1998 as I recall, the Pitillal River overflowed its banks and inundated much of the area of Fluvial Vallarta (does the name suggest something to you?). Aramara and the Walmart parking area was flooded as the river searched for an outlet to the ocean. (This was before Liverpool.)
The administration of David Cuevas dedicated half the Public Works budget that year to redirecting the river into it’s current course of a straight canal from Av. Francisco Villa to the ocean, a distance of about 3 km. By eliminating the meanders of the river, conditions were created to increase the velocity of the water in the river to reach the ocean.
However, this has resulted in less time for water to recharge the underground water tables. Further, from 1998 to the present, the Pitillal riverbed has been exploited as a source for building materials and to elevate much of the property in Fluvial Vallarta, which previously flooded during the rainy seasons. (When the hotels along the north shore mention that their beaches are lacking sand, it could be stated that “their beaches are now under the constructions of much of Fluvial Vallarta.)
As a consequence, over the past decade since these modifications were made, the Pitillal River has begun to dry up earlier each year. Prior to 1998, there was water almost the entire year. Now, with each passing year, the river is drying up earlier each year. The water table in the area has begun to drop. Evidence of this is that some of the wells of SEAPAL (Puerto Vallarta Municipal Water Department) that are closest to the ocean are beginning to draw an increasing amount of salty water…salt water invasion.
When the Ecology Group began the project of “Reforestation with Responsibility” in 2003, it was with the specific intention of revitalizing the Rio Pitillal.
Planting trees helps conserve the ground water.
Besides, a river without water isn’t much of a river. Moreover, when we have the next hurricane in Puerto Vallarta, and the question is “when” not “if” in tropical climes, the river will, once again, serve the purpose for which Nature designed it, an unobstructed outlet to the ocean.
Included in this project of continuing with the reforestation along the river, the Ecology Group proposes that both sides of the river from the ocean to Playa Grande, a distance of 6 kms., be declared a linear park for walking, running and bicycle use.
The resulting green area will not only provide a much needed green area for Puerto Vallarta, but would allow an alternate route for non-motorized transport (bicycle path), a buffer zone between the river and construction and an attractive location for both tourists and locals.
The Pitillal River is only one of the important rivers in Puerto Vallarta. The Ameca, Cuale, Mismaloya and Horcones rivers are also in need of attention and care. The Grupo Ecológico invites all neighbors in the area of these rivers and any other arroyos to begin their own reforestation project.
When the summer rains come, you may find that “taking care of your river” has been one of the best investments you have made.
Culinary Secrets...
This week we´ve been experimenting with different flavors of the Banderas Bay area , I think what I´m going to share with you this week is something special and hope you will like it.
Here is the Recipe of the Week
Executive Chef Gerardo Sandoval, with 23 years of experience he is an artistic genius of exquisite culinary creations. Gerardo also is kind of shy, he barely talked with customers. However, he did it every day until present; Now, you can see the “grumpy” chef, smiling and talking with diners everyday at Café des Artistes del Mar. The recipe of the week:
“Tropical Chocolate Delightful”
Serves 4
Chocolate Delightful
INGREDIENTS:
150 g Bitter chocolate coberture
150 g Butter
5 pz Eggs
170 Sugar
75 g Sifted flour PROCEDURE:
Melt the butter and chocolate a bain marie “water bath”. Put eggs and sugar in a mixer until it turns to triple its volume, add the mix of chocolate and butter taking care that it’s not hot. Add the flour at the end, mixing slow until it forms a homogeneous blend, put in a special mold and bake at 200 degrees for 9 minutes.
Passion fruit ice cream
INGREDIENTS:
150 g Sugar
150 g Concentrated passion fruit
70 g Glucose powder
250 ml Lyncott cream
5 g Stabilizer
250 ml Milk
PROCEDURE:
Putting heat milk, sugar and glucose until it reaches 60 degrees, add the stabilizer, heat until it reaches 80 degrees, remove from heat, add the cream and the concentrated passion fruit, add. Pass to the ice cream machine.
Passion fruit Sauce
INGREDIENTS:
50 g Concentraded passion fruit
30 g Powdered sugar
30 g Glucose powder
20 g Honey corn
PROCEDURE:
Put all the ingredients together in a pan and cook at low heat until syrupy, keep and store cool.
Tulip Pasta
INGREDIENTS:
70 g Butter
70 g Sifted powdered sugar
70 g Glucose
150 g Sifted flour
PROCEDURE:
Put in a pan to melt the butter, powdered sugar and glucose at 60 degrees, remove from heat, whisk until ingredients are blended.
Put in a bowl and add the flour, mix with balloon whisk until well blended. Give the desired shape and bake at 180 degrees or until it turns golden.
Decoration:
30 g Fresh raspberries cut in half
4 pz Thought flower
40 ml Passion fruit sauce
4 pz Tulip paste decoration Assembly:
Serve the chocolate in the center of the plate, with raspberries on it. Make a scoop of passion fruit ice cream and serve it in the center of the cake, decorated with tulip til pasta and flower thoughts, finally make lines with the passion fruit sauce
Tip of the week:
What kind of Cookware to look for?
I only recommend Stainless Steel for cooking since Aluminum doesn’t preserve the flavors in the same way.
Preferably a heavy base for proper preparation and heat distribution to quickly get the meat to seal. Good tight fitting covers are also important. My choice is cookware by “Le Creuset”. The best of the best are made of copper with stainless steel interior and cooking surface.
A Teflon pan is quite useful for Omelets or Crepes but usually have a limited lifespan.
Clay is also a very good choice, especially for Fish as it retains all the moisture.
Don´t miss next week´s tip on “How to properly clean your Cookware”?
Flavors de la Bahía:
Here, my favorite part, experiencing the flavor of the Bay. I´ve had the opportunity to go out and dine around town a few times to be able to pass on a few recommendations.
Maybe some of you are already familiar with Coco Tropical, right in front of Playas de lo Muertos in the Zona Romantica of Puerto Vallarta. Proprietor Heinz Reize, a good friend whom I admire tremendously, has one of the finest Chefs of Puerto Vallarta in his employ, José Guadalupe Altamirano, good “Jimmy” who has been with Heinz for more than 12 years, almost like a disciple. Here is my recommendation of the week.
“EL OSOBUKO… the house specialty; prepared with Chamberete de Ternera slow cooked for several hours with vegetables in its own juice and a touch of wine until tender
Accompanied by a delicious Risotto using a secret recipe to prepare the rice, very Italian; cooked in a chicken or vegetable broth, White wine, red onion y mushrooms; Coco Tropical´s recipe also includes a pinch of Saffron. The rice is “al dente” with a touch of whipped cream butter.
I suggest you check out Coco Tropical to try this delicioso “Osobuko” served with Risotto. This is a regular entrée from the extensive menu, don´t miss this special treat; Bon appétit…!!!
E-mail us at marketing@grupocafedesartistes.com to share your experience with me. If you enjoy it as much as I do, I look forward to suggesting more recipes and special flavors of Banderas Bay even if you are a vegetarian.
Speaking with el Chef Thierry:
Since last month was the month of love, here are a few tips if you are interested in a few aphrodisiacal presentations.
Legend has it that Alejandro Dumás had a bowl of almond soup every night before meeting with his lover. Also Samson allegedly seduced Delilah with the scent of these dried fruits; the Greeks extensively used Basil to heighten the pleasures.
These aphrodisiacs have been used throughout the centuries and are known to stimulate the senses, sensuality and are considered highly erotic.
Here are the TOP 10
1. Asparagus
2. Almonds
3. Avocado
4. Bananas
5. Basil
6. Chocolate
7. Eggs
8. Figs
9. Liver
10. Oysters
Until next week,
Thierry Blouet
Culinary Secrets...
This week we´ve been experimenting with different flavors of the Banderas Bay area , I think what I´m going to share with you this week is something special and hope you will like it.
Here is the Recipe of the Week
Executive Chef Gerardo Sandoval, with 23 years of experience he is an artistic genius of exquisite culinary creations. Gerardo also is kind of shy, he barely talked with customers. However, he did it every day until present; Now, you can see the “grumpy” chef, smiling and talking with diners everyday at Café des Artistes del Mar. The recipe of the week:
“Tropical Chocolate Delightful”
Serves 4
Chocolate Delightful
INGREDIENTS:
150 g Bitter chocolate coberture
150 g Butter
5 pz Eggs
170 Sugar
75 g Sifted flour PROCEDURE:
Melt the butter and chocolate a bain marie “water bath”. Put eggs and sugar in a mixer until it turns to triple its volume, add the mix of chocolate and butter taking care that it’s not hot. Add the flour at the end, mixing slow until it forms a homogeneous blend, put in a special mold and bake at 200 degrees for 9 minutes.
Passion fruit ice cream
INGREDIENTS:
150 g Sugar
150 g Concentrated passion fruit
70 g Glucose powder
250 ml Lyncott cream
5 g Stabilizer
250 ml Milk
PROCEDURE:
Putting heat milk, sugar and glucose until it reaches 60 degrees, add the stabilizer, heat until it reaches 80 degrees, remove from heat, add the cream and the concentrated passion fruit, add. Pass to the ice cream machine.
Passion fruit Sauce
INGREDIENTS:
50 g Concentraded passion fruit
30 g Powdered sugar
30 g Glucose powder
20 g Honey corn
PROCEDURE:
Put all the ingredients together in a pan and cook at low heat until syrupy, keep and store cool.
Tulip Pasta
INGREDIENTS:
70 g Butter
70 g Sifted powdered sugar
70 g Glucose
150 g Sifted flour
PROCEDURE:
Put in a pan to melt the butter, powdered sugar and glucose at 60 degrees, remove from heat, whisk until ingredients are blended.
Put in a bowl and add the flour, mix with balloon whisk until well blended. Give the desired shape and bake at 180 degrees or until it turns golden.
Decoration:
30 g Fresh raspberries cut in half
4 pz Thought flower
40 ml Passion fruit sauce
4 pz Tulip paste decoration Assembly:
Serve the chocolate in the center of the plate, with raspberries on it. Make a scoop of passion fruit ice cream and serve it in the center of the cake, decorated with tulip til pasta and flower thoughts, finally make lines with the passion fruit sauce
Tip of the week:
What kind of Cookware to look for?
I only recommend Stainless Steel for cooking since Aluminum doesn’t preserve the flavors in the same way.
Preferably a heavy base for proper preparation and heat distribution to quickly get the meat to seal. Good tight fitting covers are also important. My choice is cookware by “Le Creuset”. The best of the best are made of copper with stainless steel interior and cooking surface.
A Teflon pan is quite useful for Omelets or Crepes but usually have a limited lifespan.
Clay is also a very good choice, especially for Fish as it retains all the moisture.
Don´t miss next week´s tip on “How to properly clean your Cookware”?
Flavors de la Bahía:
Here, my favorite part, experiencing the flavor of the Bay. I´ve had the opportunity to go out and dine around town a few times to be able to pass on a few recommendations.
Maybe some of you are already familiar with Coco Tropical, right in front of Playas de lo Muertos in the Zona Romantica of Puerto Vallarta. Proprietor Heinz Reize, a good friend whom I admire tremendously, has one of the finest Chefs of Puerto Vallarta in his employ, José Guadalupe Altamirano, good “Jimmy” who has been with Heinz for more than 12 years, almost like a disciple. Here is my recommendation of the week.
“EL OSOBUKO… the house specialty; prepared with Chamberete de Ternera slow cooked for several hours with vegetables in its own juice and a touch of wine until tender
Accompanied by a delicious Risotto using a secret recipe to prepare the rice, very Italian; cooked in a chicken or vegetable broth, White wine, red onion y mushrooms; Coco Tropical´s recipe also includes a pinch of Saffron. The rice is “al dente” with a touch of whipped cream butter.
I suggest you check out Coco Tropical to try this delicioso “Osobuko” served with Risotto. This is a regular entrée from the extensive menu, don´t miss this special treat; Bon appétit…!!!
E-mail us at marketing@grupocafedesartistes.com to share your experience with me. If you enjoy it as much as I do, I look forward to suggesting more recipes and special flavors of Banderas Bay even if you are a vegetarian.
Speaking with el Chef Thierry:
Since last month was the month of love, here are a few tips if you are interested in a few aphrodisiacal presentations.
Legend has it that Alejandro Dumás had a bowl of almond soup every night before meeting with his lover. Also Samson allegedly seduced Delilah with the scent of these dried fruits; the Greeks extensively used Basil to heighten the pleasures.
These aphrodisiacs have been used throughout the centuries and are known to stimulate the senses, sensuality and are considered highly erotic.
Here are the TOP 10
1. Asparagus
2. Almonds
3. Avocado
4. Bananas
5. Basil
6. Chocolate
7. Eggs
8. Figs
9. Liver
10. Oysters
Until next week,
Thierry Blouet
Pie In The Sky™, Repeatedly Voted Best Bakery
Pie In The Sky™, Repeatedly Voted Best Bakery,
has moved to an even sweeter Puerto Vallarta location.
Banderas Bays’ favorite bakery has returned to its previous Rio Cuale Location at the beautiful Condominium Posada Rio Cuale on Aquiles Serdan # 242 , local #3 near the corner of Avenida Vallarta , across from the New Molina De Agua Plaza and Condominiums in the Romantic Zone.
Their now sweeter location is filled with the well know and beautifully painted mural of the famous charactatures of Pie in the Sky, to entertain you while you are tasting the finest desserts, Pies, Cakes and Tarts in All of Banderas Bay and beyond.
You can find Grand Opening Discounts to celebrate their sweet PV location on their Facebook Page www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico and in various newspapers around town. Watch for these sweet discounts and join them in celebrating their opening. Pie in the Sky continues to have daily discounts in Bucerias as mentioned in Facebook, as well as 30% off on their yummy frozen Besos.
Their beso (kiss) is a brownie, like no other you have ever tasted.
Mango season has begun, You will again find the best Mango pie in town at Pie In The Sky™ , as featured in COSTA VALLARTA. Mango Pie can be purchased with sugar, with splenda, or purely ORGANIC upon request.
Watch for their Grand Inaugeracion to take place in the coming weeks.
Pie In The Sky™ has been Banderas Bays favorite bakery for 24 years and has won the Readers Choice award for the last 7 out of 8 years including 2010. In addition to their famous chocolate “Besos”, Heart Cakes, Mini-Mousse Hearts, and Boutique Art Cakes, you can custom order a wide variety of gift baskets , and special event cakes, custom made to your specifications.
Pie In The Sky™ also offers over 30 varieties of whole cheesecakes, pies, cakes, and other sinful sweets, You certainly don’t need a holiday to relish the decadence of Pie in the Sky™
Using only The finest natural ingredients, many of them imported from around the world, sets Pie in the Sky™ apart from other local bakeries. Each item is lovingly handmade from scratch and does not include any trans-fats.
Their dedication and their attention to quality and customer service is why Pie in the Sky™ has been selected by residents and tourists alike as the Bay’s “Best Bakery” for seven out of eight years in the Lifestyles Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards.
Visit one of their two convenient locations: Heroe de Nacozari #202 in Bucerias (open from 8am to 10pm) and their now sweeter location at Aquiles Serdán # 242 (near the corner of Avenida Vallarta and Aquiles Serdan) in local #3 of Condominians Posada Rio Cuale across from Condominians Molino De Agua., in the Romantic Zone.
They have delivery service and you can place your order by calling (322)-223-8183 in Vallarta, or 329-298-0838, 298-0033, or 1-800-849-2339 in Bucerias. Come discover all of the delectable offerings of Pie in the Sky™ where you can taste the difference when only quality ingredients are used.
Check out their website, pieinthesky.com.mx, for more information.
For daily specials in Puerto Vallarta and Bucerias go to
www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico or watch for discount
Their Happy Hour is from 9-12:00 noon every day, where you can get 2x1 coffee with the purchase of any product.
Come and visit us in our new location. We will continue to provide you with the Best Bakery Products in the Bay!
¡Thank you For Your PREFERENCE
Pie in the Sky™ is recommended by Trip Adviser, Fodors Puerto Vallarta, Lonely Planet and the Moon Guide and is a Repeated Readers Choice Winner.
HAPPY HOUR Daily 9-12 noon
FREE WI-FI(329) 298 0838
WE DELIVER EVERYWHERE!
has moved to an even sweeter Puerto Vallarta location.
Banderas Bays’ favorite bakery has returned to its previous Rio Cuale Location at the beautiful Condominium Posada Rio Cuale on Aquiles Serdan # 242 , local #3 near the corner of Avenida Vallarta , across from the New Molina De Agua Plaza and Condominiums in the Romantic Zone.
Their now sweeter location is filled with the well know and beautifully painted mural of the famous charactatures of Pie in the Sky, to entertain you while you are tasting the finest desserts, Pies, Cakes and Tarts in All of Banderas Bay and beyond.
You can find Grand Opening Discounts to celebrate their sweet PV location on their Facebook Page www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico and in various newspapers around town. Watch for these sweet discounts and join them in celebrating their opening. Pie in the Sky continues to have daily discounts in Bucerias as mentioned in Facebook, as well as 30% off on their yummy frozen Besos.
Their beso (kiss) is a brownie, like no other you have ever tasted.
Mango season has begun, You will again find the best Mango pie in town at Pie In The Sky™ , as featured in COSTA VALLARTA. Mango Pie can be purchased with sugar, with splenda, or purely ORGANIC upon request.
Watch for their Grand Inaugeracion to take place in the coming weeks.
Pie In The Sky™ has been Banderas Bays favorite bakery for 24 years and has won the Readers Choice award for the last 7 out of 8 years including 2010. In addition to their famous chocolate “Besos”, Heart Cakes, Mini-Mousse Hearts, and Boutique Art Cakes, you can custom order a wide variety of gift baskets , and special event cakes, custom made to your specifications.
Pie In The Sky™ also offers over 30 varieties of whole cheesecakes, pies, cakes, and other sinful sweets, You certainly don’t need a holiday to relish the decadence of Pie in the Sky™
Using only The finest natural ingredients, many of them imported from around the world, sets Pie in the Sky™ apart from other local bakeries. Each item is lovingly handmade from scratch and does not include any trans-fats.
Their dedication and their attention to quality and customer service is why Pie in the Sky™ has been selected by residents and tourists alike as the Bay’s “Best Bakery” for seven out of eight years in the Lifestyles Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards.
Visit one of their two convenient locations: Heroe de Nacozari #202 in Bucerias (open from 8am to 10pm) and their now sweeter location at Aquiles Serdán # 242 (near the corner of Avenida Vallarta and Aquiles Serdan) in local #3 of Condominians Posada Rio Cuale across from Condominians Molino De Agua., in the Romantic Zone.
They have delivery service and you can place your order by calling (322)-223-8183 in Vallarta, or 329-298-0838, 298-0033, or 1-800-849-2339 in Bucerias. Come discover all of the delectable offerings of Pie in the Sky™ where you can taste the difference when only quality ingredients are used.
Check out their website, pieinthesky.com.mx, for more information.
For daily specials in Puerto Vallarta and Bucerias go to
www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico or watch for discount
Their Happy Hour is from 9-12:00 noon every day, where you can get 2x1 coffee with the purchase of any product.
Come and visit us in our new location. We will continue to provide you with the Best Bakery Products in the Bay!
¡Thank you For Your PREFERENCE
Pie in the Sky™ is recommended by Trip Adviser, Fodors Puerto Vallarta, Lonely Planet and the Moon Guide and is a Repeated Readers Choice Winner.
HAPPY HOUR Daily 9-12 noon
FREE WI-FI(329) 298 0838
WE DELIVER EVERYWHERE!
Pie In The Sky™, Repeatedly Voted Best Bakery
Pie In The Sky™, Repeatedly Voted Best Bakery,
has moved to an even sweeter Puerto Vallarta location.
Banderas Bays’ favorite bakery has returned to its previous Rio Cuale Location at the beautiful Condominium Posada Rio Cuale on Aquiles Serdan # 242 , local #3 near the corner of Avenida Vallarta , across from the New Molina De Agua Plaza and Condominiums in the Romantic Zone.
Their now sweeter location is filled with the well know and beautifully painted mural of the famous charactatures of Pie in the Sky, to entertain you while you are tasting the finest desserts, Pies, Cakes and Tarts in All of Banderas Bay and beyond.
You can find Grand Opening Discounts to celebrate their sweet PV location on their Facebook Page www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico and in various newspapers around town. Watch for these sweet discounts and join them in celebrating their opening. Pie in the Sky continues to have daily discounts in Bucerias as mentioned in Facebook, as well as 30% off on their yummy frozen Besos.
Their beso (kiss) is a brownie, like no other you have ever tasted.
Mango season has begun, You will again find the best Mango pie in town at Pie In The Sky™ , as featured in COSTA VALLARTA. Mango Pie can be purchased with sugar, with splenda, or purely ORGANIC upon request.
Watch for their Grand Inaugeracion to take place in the coming weeks.
Pie In The Sky™ has been Banderas Bays favorite bakery for 24 years and has won the Readers Choice award for the last 7 out of 8 years including 2010. In addition to their famous chocolate “Besos”, Heart Cakes, Mini-Mousse Hearts, and Boutique Art Cakes, you can custom order a wide variety of gift baskets , and special event cakes, custom made to your specifications.
Pie In The Sky™ also offers over 30 varieties of whole cheesecakes, pies, cakes, and other sinful sweets, You certainly don’t need a holiday to relish the decadence of Pie in the Sky™
Using only The finest natural ingredients, many of them imported from around the world, sets Pie in the Sky™ apart from other local bakeries. Each item is lovingly handmade from scratch and does not include any trans-fats.
Their dedication and their attention to quality and customer service is why Pie in the Sky™ has been selected by residents and tourists alike as the Bay’s “Best Bakery” for seven out of eight years in the Lifestyles Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards.
Visit one of their two convenient locations: Heroe de Nacozari #202 in Bucerias (open from 8am to 10pm) and their now sweeter location at Aquiles Serdán # 242 (near the corner of Avenida Vallarta and Aquiles Serdan) in local #3 of Condominians Posada Rio Cuale across from Condominians Molino De Agua., in the Romantic Zone.
They have delivery service and you can place your order by calling (322)-223-8183 in Vallarta, or 329-298-0838, 298-0033, or 1-800-849-2339 in Bucerias. Come discover all of the delectable offerings of Pie in the Sky™ where you can taste the difference when only quality ingredients are used.
Check out their website, pieinthesky.com.mx, for more information.
For daily specials in Puerto Vallarta and Bucerias go to
www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico or watch for discount
Their Happy Hour is from 9-12:00 noon every day, where you can get 2x1 coffee with the purchase of any product.
Come and visit us in our new location. We will continue to provide you with the Best Bakery Products in the Bay!
¡Thank you For Your PREFERENCE
Pie in the Sky™ is recommended by Trip Adviser, Fodors Puerto Vallarta, Lonely Planet and the Moon Guide and is a Repeated Readers Choice Winner.
HAPPY HOUR Daily 9-12 noon
FREE WI-FI(329) 298 0838
WE DELIVER EVERYWHERE!
has moved to an even sweeter Puerto Vallarta location.
Banderas Bays’ favorite bakery has returned to its previous Rio Cuale Location at the beautiful Condominium Posada Rio Cuale on Aquiles Serdan # 242 , local #3 near the corner of Avenida Vallarta , across from the New Molina De Agua Plaza and Condominiums in the Romantic Zone.
Their now sweeter location is filled with the well know and beautifully painted mural of the famous charactatures of Pie in the Sky, to entertain you while you are tasting the finest desserts, Pies, Cakes and Tarts in All of Banderas Bay and beyond.
You can find Grand Opening Discounts to celebrate their sweet PV location on their Facebook Page www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico and in various newspapers around town. Watch for these sweet discounts and join them in celebrating their opening. Pie in the Sky continues to have daily discounts in Bucerias as mentioned in Facebook, as well as 30% off on their yummy frozen Besos.
Their beso (kiss) is a brownie, like no other you have ever tasted.
Mango season has begun, You will again find the best Mango pie in town at Pie In The Sky™ , as featured in COSTA VALLARTA. Mango Pie can be purchased with sugar, with splenda, or purely ORGANIC upon request.
Watch for their Grand Inaugeracion to take place in the coming weeks.
Pie In The Sky™ has been Banderas Bays favorite bakery for 24 years and has won the Readers Choice award for the last 7 out of 8 years including 2010. In addition to their famous chocolate “Besos”, Heart Cakes, Mini-Mousse Hearts, and Boutique Art Cakes, you can custom order a wide variety of gift baskets , and special event cakes, custom made to your specifications.
Pie In The Sky™ also offers over 30 varieties of whole cheesecakes, pies, cakes, and other sinful sweets, You certainly don’t need a holiday to relish the decadence of Pie in the Sky™
Using only The finest natural ingredients, many of them imported from around the world, sets Pie in the Sky™ apart from other local bakeries. Each item is lovingly handmade from scratch and does not include any trans-fats.
Their dedication and their attention to quality and customer service is why Pie in the Sky™ has been selected by residents and tourists alike as the Bay’s “Best Bakery” for seven out of eight years in the Lifestyles Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards.
Visit one of their two convenient locations: Heroe de Nacozari #202 in Bucerias (open from 8am to 10pm) and their now sweeter location at Aquiles Serdán # 242 (near the corner of Avenida Vallarta and Aquiles Serdan) in local #3 of Condominians Posada Rio Cuale across from Condominians Molino De Agua., in the Romantic Zone.
They have delivery service and you can place your order by calling (322)-223-8183 in Vallarta, or 329-298-0838, 298-0033, or 1-800-849-2339 in Bucerias. Come discover all of the delectable offerings of Pie in the Sky™ where you can taste the difference when only quality ingredients are used.
Check out their website, pieinthesky.com.mx, for more information.
For daily specials in Puerto Vallarta and Bucerias go to
www.facebook.com/pieinthesky.mexico or watch for discount
Their Happy Hour is from 9-12:00 noon every day, where you can get 2x1 coffee with the purchase of any product.
Come and visit us in our new location. We will continue to provide you with the Best Bakery Products in the Bay!
¡Thank you For Your PREFERENCE
Pie in the Sky™ is recommended by Trip Adviser, Fodors Puerto Vallarta, Lonely Planet and the Moon Guide and is a Repeated Readers Choice Winner.
HAPPY HOUR Daily 9-12 noon
FREE WI-FI(329) 298 0838
WE DELIVER EVERYWHERE!
“ACCIDENTALLY DELICIOUS”
Recipe: Pinto Beans for a Crowd
INGREDIENTS:
One kilogram (2.2 pounds) dried pinto beans, soaked overnight in water with 3-4 tablespoons baking soda
Two (2) stalks celery, chopped, with leaves if available
One (1) medium-large onion, coarsely chopped
One-quarter (1/4) green bell pepper, chopped
Seasoned salt, about 1 tablespoon – my secret ingredient – “Sal Con 20 Especias Sazonador, Cocina Mestiza Mexico” bought at Rizo’s in Vallarta ages and ages ago. Phone number on label is 01-800-021-2486. “Ingredientes: Sal, especias y chile en polvo.”
Chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (2 teaspoons per liter of water) or chicken base mixed with water
Dash garlic powder to taste and or 2 whole cloves garlic
3 bay (laurel) leaves
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Optional: Fresh chopped cilantro, disinfected in Microdyne or other similar solution
METHOD:
1. After soaking pinto beans overnight in a mixture of water with baking soda – which helps de-gas the beans – thoroughly rinse the beans to remove baking soda taste.
2. In a large pot on medium heat, melt 1-2 tablespoons butter and sauté celery, onion and green pepper until soft, about 5 minutes.
Butter tastes better than oil…and actually tolerates heat better than oil, which breaks down into nasty things when heated.
3. Add rinsed beans and cover with chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (or better yet, chicken base mixed with water if you have it). Use 2 teaspoons Caldo de Pollo per liter of water. A liter is slightly more than a quart.
4. Before adding seasoned salt, taste, because the Caldo de Pollo is salty. If you cannot find my secret ingredient, Sal Con 20 Especias (which contains some chili powder), use your favorite seasoned salt, such as Lawry’s, McCormick’s, Beau Monde, Tony Chachere’s or whatever.
Add a hit of garlic powder and 1-2 WHOLE cloves of garlic, which will give a mild and slightly nutlike flavor.
5. Bring beans to a boil, turn down heat and gently simmer about 45-60 minutes until tender but still retain their shape. If needed, add more water during cooking, as the beans will absorb a lot. Test for doneness by eating a bean or two. At the end, if desired, add fresh chopped cilantro.
6. If freezing, add some fresh cilantro to taste and submerge it.
INGREDIENTS:
One kilogram (2.2 pounds) dried pinto beans, soaked overnight in water with 3-4 tablespoons baking soda
Two (2) stalks celery, chopped, with leaves if available
One (1) medium-large onion, coarsely chopped
One-quarter (1/4) green bell pepper, chopped
Seasoned salt, about 1 tablespoon – my secret ingredient – “Sal Con 20 Especias Sazonador, Cocina Mestiza Mexico” bought at Rizo’s in Vallarta ages and ages ago. Phone number on label is 01-800-021-2486. “Ingredientes: Sal, especias y chile en polvo.”
Chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (2 teaspoons per liter of water) or chicken base mixed with water
Dash garlic powder to taste and or 2 whole cloves garlic
3 bay (laurel) leaves
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Optional: Fresh chopped cilantro, disinfected in Microdyne or other similar solution
METHOD:
1. After soaking pinto beans overnight in a mixture of water with baking soda – which helps de-gas the beans – thoroughly rinse the beans to remove baking soda taste.
2. In a large pot on medium heat, melt 1-2 tablespoons butter and sauté celery, onion and green pepper until soft, about 5 minutes.
Butter tastes better than oil…and actually tolerates heat better than oil, which breaks down into nasty things when heated.
3. Add rinsed beans and cover with chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (or better yet, chicken base mixed with water if you have it). Use 2 teaspoons Caldo de Pollo per liter of water. A liter is slightly more than a quart.
4. Before adding seasoned salt, taste, because the Caldo de Pollo is salty. If you cannot find my secret ingredient, Sal Con 20 Especias (which contains some chili powder), use your favorite seasoned salt, such as Lawry’s, McCormick’s, Beau Monde, Tony Chachere’s or whatever.
Add a hit of garlic powder and 1-2 WHOLE cloves of garlic, which will give a mild and slightly nutlike flavor.
5. Bring beans to a boil, turn down heat and gently simmer about 45-60 minutes until tender but still retain their shape. If needed, add more water during cooking, as the beans will absorb a lot. Test for doneness by eating a bean or two. At the end, if desired, add fresh chopped cilantro.
6. If freezing, add some fresh cilantro to taste and submerge it.
“ACCIDENTALLY DELICIOUS”
Recipe: Pinto Beans for a Crowd
INGREDIENTS:
One kilogram (2.2 pounds) dried pinto beans, soaked overnight in water with 3-4 tablespoons baking soda
Two (2) stalks celery, chopped, with leaves if available
One (1) medium-large onion, coarsely chopped
One-quarter (1/4) green bell pepper, chopped
Seasoned salt, about 1 tablespoon – my secret ingredient – “Sal Con 20 Especias Sazonador, Cocina Mestiza Mexico” bought at Rizo’s in Vallarta ages and ages ago. Phone number on label is 01-800-021-2486. “Ingredientes: Sal, especias y chile en polvo.”
Chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (2 teaspoons per liter of water) or chicken base mixed with water
Dash garlic powder to taste and or 2 whole cloves garlic
3 bay (laurel) leaves
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Optional: Fresh chopped cilantro, disinfected in Microdyne or other similar solution
METHOD:
1. After soaking pinto beans overnight in a mixture of water with baking soda – which helps de-gas the beans – thoroughly rinse the beans to remove baking soda taste.
2. In a large pot on medium heat, melt 1-2 tablespoons butter and sauté celery, onion and green pepper until soft, about 5 minutes.
Butter tastes better than oil…and actually tolerates heat better than oil, which breaks down into nasty things when heated.
3. Add rinsed beans and cover with chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (or better yet, chicken base mixed with water if you have it). Use 2 teaspoons Caldo de Pollo per liter of water. A liter is slightly more than a quart.
4. Before adding seasoned salt, taste, because the Caldo de Pollo is salty. If you cannot find my secret ingredient, Sal Con 20 Especias (which contains some chili powder), use your favorite seasoned salt, such as Lawry’s, McCormick’s, Beau Monde, Tony Chachere’s or whatever.
Add a hit of garlic powder and 1-2 WHOLE cloves of garlic, which will give a mild and slightly nutlike flavor.
5. Bring beans to a boil, turn down heat and gently simmer about 45-60 minutes until tender but still retain their shape. If needed, add more water during cooking, as the beans will absorb a lot. Test for doneness by eating a bean or two. At the end, if desired, add fresh chopped cilantro.
6. If freezing, add some fresh cilantro to taste and submerge it.
INGREDIENTS:
One kilogram (2.2 pounds) dried pinto beans, soaked overnight in water with 3-4 tablespoons baking soda
Two (2) stalks celery, chopped, with leaves if available
One (1) medium-large onion, coarsely chopped
One-quarter (1/4) green bell pepper, chopped
Seasoned salt, about 1 tablespoon – my secret ingredient – “Sal Con 20 Especias Sazonador, Cocina Mestiza Mexico” bought at Rizo’s in Vallarta ages and ages ago. Phone number on label is 01-800-021-2486. “Ingredientes: Sal, especias y chile en polvo.”
Chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (2 teaspoons per liter of water) or chicken base mixed with water
Dash garlic powder to taste and or 2 whole cloves garlic
3 bay (laurel) leaves
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Optional: Fresh chopped cilantro, disinfected in Microdyne or other similar solution
METHOD:
1. After soaking pinto beans overnight in a mixture of water with baking soda – which helps de-gas the beans – thoroughly rinse the beans to remove baking soda taste.
2. In a large pot on medium heat, melt 1-2 tablespoons butter and sauté celery, onion and green pepper until soft, about 5 minutes.
Butter tastes better than oil…and actually tolerates heat better than oil, which breaks down into nasty things when heated.
3. Add rinsed beans and cover with chicken broth or Knorr Caldo de Pollo mixed with water (or better yet, chicken base mixed with water if you have it). Use 2 teaspoons Caldo de Pollo per liter of water. A liter is slightly more than a quart.
4. Before adding seasoned salt, taste, because the Caldo de Pollo is salty. If you cannot find my secret ingredient, Sal Con 20 Especias (which contains some chili powder), use your favorite seasoned salt, such as Lawry’s, McCormick’s, Beau Monde, Tony Chachere’s or whatever.
Add a hit of garlic powder and 1-2 WHOLE cloves of garlic, which will give a mild and slightly nutlike flavor.
5. Bring beans to a boil, turn down heat and gently simmer about 45-60 minutes until tender but still retain their shape. If needed, add more water during cooking, as the beans will absorb a lot. Test for doneness by eating a bean or two. At the end, if desired, add fresh chopped cilantro.
6. If freezing, add some fresh cilantro to taste and submerge it.
Cacao WOW
It makes a great truffle. My guests are always amazed by the flavor combination I use and generally freak out after dinner and beg me for the recipe. I am not exaggerating, it happens every time, like clockwork.
They say it reminds them of the film Like Water for Chocolate. This is obviously a huge compliment as I put lots of love, intuition and hard work into the food I prepare. I’m happy to know I’m giving my guests something yummy as well as super nutritious. For the truffles, I use a Mexican bittersweet chocolate and chipotle chiles. The coating is a mixture of raw crushed cacao beans, Mexican cinnamon, coco powder, and organic cane sugar. I serve them in pairs and they’re accompanied by an orange quarter. Simple but delicious, I think the emotional reaction stems from the crushed cacao bean coating, because it’s got this amazingly sweet bitterness which works so well with the dark chocolate chipotle. It’s a culinary high. The blood starts pumping from the chile’s subtle heat and then the endorphins kick in and the skin starts to tingle. The euphoria from the chocolate and cacao sneak up on you and before you know it, you’re wide awake! It’s like heaven. THANK YOU CACAO aka Chocolate.
People who don’t like chocolate are not to be trusted. They obviously have fundamental issues with pleasure!
The next time you’re at the market, buy a handful of cacao beans and try them for yourselves. Just a few will do as they are really powerful. Creamy, bitter, sweet and so damn good and packed with concentrated nutrients which classify them as a super-food. Cacao IS chocolate. You can crush cacao into your granola, or add to a smoothie with banana and fresh coconut, crush on top of cookies or brownies before baking, eat them as is, or of course you can make my truffle recipe.
Cacao is botanically known as “Theobroma cacao”. The beans and nibs, the raw materials for making chocolate, are high in flavonoids and contain more antioxidants than most fruits and just as much as a glass of red wine. They are known to lower cholesterol and relieve depression.
In fact, the whole cacao fruit was used medicinally as well as recreationally among the Maya, Olmec and Aztecs, and was spread from there to Europe after the Spanish conquest. The Mayans consumed cacao as an aphrodisiac, energetic and digestive. Montezuma was said to have drank copious amounts of this cacao beverage for these reasons exactly.
The Aztecs not only associated cacao with the fertility goddess but also used it as currency. Sex and money….valuable stuff. There are many amazing stories of cacao in the history of Mesoamerica.
From the 16th through the 20th centuries, medical texts reported over 100 medicinal uses of cacao. Most commonly, the uses stimulate the nervous system and improve digestion and elimination, and heart health.
- Dark chocolate, which contains more cacao and less fats and sugars, can positively benefit the cholesterol profile
- Cacao provides the same amount of antioxidant polyphenols as a glass of red wine
- Cacao stimulates the production of natural antidepressants in the body, as well as containing its own stimulants, theophylline and caffeine
- Cacao beans are rich in magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese and potassium. They’re also a good source of vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C, E and pantothenic acid - Most of these nutrients are lost during the commercial chocolate making process. Health practitioners recommend that anyone interested in eating cacao for its health benefits use raw, unprocessed cacao beans and nibs rather than processed chocolate.
Constituents are Caffeine, flavonoids, phenylethylalamine, anandamide, magnesium, sulfur, oleic acid, theobromine, and tryptophan. Cacao beans and nibs contain more flavonoid antioxidants than most other vegetables and fruits and up to four times as much concentrated antioxidant as green tea.
Cacao stimulates the production of serotonin and endorphins, and contains phenylethylalamine, a chemical that elevates the mood and help increase focus. Cacao MAKES YOU HAPPY!
Bittersweet Cacao Truffles
12 oz Bittersweet Chocolate
¼ cup Almond or Rice Milk
The Chipotle JUICE from one small can of chipotles
If you’d like a spicier truffle, add the juice from two cans.
Save the chipotles for a salsa or later in the week.
Truffle Coating
½ cup of crushed cacao beans (use your coffee grinder)
1 cup organic cane sugar
1 heaping tablespoons of cinnamon
½ cup of coco powder
Mix together. Set aside until ready to coat truffles.
For truffles:
Melt chocolate with milk in a double boiler until smooth and creamy.
Add chipotle JUICE ONLY. Combine thoroughly and chill in the fridge until chocolate has a hardened but is still malleable.
Use a melon baller, coffee spoon, or small scooper to form small balls of chocolate. You will need to use your hands to
roll a well formed truffle ball. Toss in cacao sugar mixture to coat.
EAT! Have a nice slice of orange ready. They work really well together.
Makes about 15 truffles.
Provecho.
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