Casa Melissa vacation home in Mexico

07/03/2024

Thanks to Mo Kapur for his insomnia - this was taken at 3AM.

09/01/2024

It is whale watching season!

19/12/2023

Happy Holidays!

06/09/2023

Here is a photo from a renter's drone. It shows the new condos on the other side of Calle Melissa. Casa Melissa is still a great place to vacation!

23/03/2023

Attended opening night of the Circo de los Ninos de San Pancho. The kids did an absolutely amazing show!

In 2011, the co-founder of Cirque Du Soleil y Creative Director, Gilles Ste-Croix and his wife Monique Voyer gave light to the creation of a show with the children of the community center “Entreamigos” in San Francisco Nayarit with the intention to fundraise for its programs. This was made possible with the support of Circo del Mundo de Cirque du Soleil who donated the equipment training equipment, friends and international artists who came from Canada, the company Cirrus Cirkus as well as over 100 local volunteers.

05/03/2023

Incredible sunsets this week!

05/03/2023

Colores de San Pancho - art show at La Patrona polo grounds. The stables were open to visitors. Had never been in them before.

15/02/2023

Sunsets are so much easier to photograph than whales! Hard to not have a great photo when the sunset looks like this.

15/02/2023

The height of whale season. A juvenile Humpback hitting his tail against the water. I was told this was to attract a female whale to him.

17/12/2022

Fabulous whale play group in front of Casa Melissa this morning!!

Video taken with iPhone - wish I had a better camera with me!

17/12/2022

Islas Marías will open before Christmas

Mexico’s former penal colony in the Mexican archipelago of Islas Marías will now by an eco-friendly tourist destination. According to President López Obrador, the islands will start receiving visitors before Christmas.

The archipelago, located off the coast of Nayarit, is a UNESCO world heritage site and is conformed of the islands María Madre, María Magdalena, and María Cleofas.

The prison, located in the island of María Madre, closed its doors in 2019 after 114 years of operation. The prison buildings have been renovated and will now operate as a hotel.

15/12/2022

Thanks to Dana Bovo, fabulous photographer, this photo of the resident black vulture couple.

08/12/2022

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Happy Holidays!

18/11/2022

congratulations to Ikan restaurant in San Pancho - see the write-up in Vallarta Magazine.

15/11/2022

There is a new online magazine about the goings on in San Pancho! Check out sanpanchovoz.com

12/11/2022

Amazing

Mama turtle throwback 💕 She came up in the middle of the day before a big storm.

23/10/2022

Hurricane Roslyn missed San Pancho! Thanks goodness. Thanks to all who sent positive thoughts to the town.

19/08/2022

Wow!

Automovilistas captan enorme cocodrilo en la carretera de San Blas.

📷El Sol de Nayarit.

01/08/2022

Summer in San Pancho - lots of water, very few people

🌊🌴 San Pancho, .

Sin duda tenemos lugares increíbles. 🤗🏖

04/07/2022

Beautiful!

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31/05/2022

Our new TelMex fiber optic WIFI today!!

08/03/2022

Pelicans galore!

06/03/2022

Resident iguana - living in a pvc pipe near the casita!

27/02/2022

Walking to Sayulita through the open gate on President's point.

16/02/2022

Moonset and sunrise

04/01/2022

Eco Explorer private boat - room for 6.
Perfect pandemic way to whale watch!

04/01/2022

Fabulous whale watching this month!

17/12/2021

Photographer rented Casa Melissa and sent me some amazing photos. Here are just a couple of them.
Bat Falcon and Black Vulture.

23/11/2021

San Pancho - a mix of traditional and modern!

15/09/2021

Thanks to Bob Farmer for these photos of the surf yesterday in San Pancho.