For an up-close-and-personal turtle experience, you can’t beat the aptly named Playa de las Tortugas, located 21 kilometers due south of San Blas, in the state of Nayarit.

On our first visit to San Blas, we went on a panga ride down the Estuario San Cristobal, where we spotted all manner of birds and other wildlife.

Having lived in Mexico for many years, I have come to believe that the word “ley” has a very different meaning here from the concept of “law” I grew up with as a child.

Cancún is a planned city, developed by entrepreneurs as an alternative to Acapulco.

Anywhere else, Lake Los Negritos would have been turned into a recreation area and its curative mudpots into an expensive spa.

Pronatura, Mexico’s biggest conservation organization, is involved in a myriad of activities, from practical projects such as providing communities with clean drinking water, to ones with esoteric goals such as ending poverty.