Raicilla Dreams

I am sure everyone has that one person that you looked up to in life and respected other than family.That person was Ronco, a Mexican from t...

By now most everyone has heard and seen the photos and videos of the STORM.  I am saddened to start the new year's posts 2020 with th...

I had met Jim before in Yelapa, but we only became friends during the weeks that I spent in Maria’s house in Sausalito, CA. That was in the ...

I left out one magical Yelapa moment. While staying with Ratza and Gregg that summer, I was walking down the beach one morning. Suddenly,  I...

It is a normal day here in Northern California. I’ve been fooling around with my iPad. Just for the Hell of it, I Googled,  Ratza’s palapa i...

Byron Menendez (1923-2018) died peacefully in his sleep last Tuesday morning, Oct. 30th. He's dancing with the ancestors now. He lived i...

YELAPA TIDBIT - For those who don't know, Donovan wrote a song for and in Yelapa... (The story of the song told by Donovan in his live...

It's June 2017. I moved closer to the village for the first time in years. It turned out to be a good move for me. I was closer to town ...

I am a terrible blogger, but I hope to update with more photos soon. I have them hidden somewhere on my drive, I promise. Now to figure out...

This story starts in Yelapa , goes to Oaxaca , then on to Zihuatanejo , Mexico City , back to Oaxaca , and, finally ends back in Yelapa . G...

In 1962 I arrived in Vallarta for the first time. An interesting note about the name of the town is that the locals never used the name “...

The little blue and white boat in the bottom left corner is a diesel boat. It was the only boat that went to PV then and would bring back al...

This is letter from Skip to Ann Contos "More photos of the little village of Yelapa in 1964. No cement buildings, no pangas yet. ...

The wreck of the Windward in Yelapa, 1958. Skip's friend, Dick, took these photos in 1964.  We're wondering what happened to the...

Hello Faye, My name is jerry and "Pizza Phil" is my brother - he was written about in a blog post by Penny in 2011.  The reason I...

Valentine Day, Yelapa 2015 I woke up at my usual 5 am..ish and thought I'd check my mail as I'm apt to fall asleep with my iP...

Since I have no new stories, I'm just going to publish some more photos I got via FB taken by Celeste most likely, except for the ones s...

I'm sorry there have been no posts in 2014. I am waiting for promised stories, but, I guess, everyone is too busy with life. This is goo...

I invite you to check out Jesse Rose Roberts blog. Jesse grew up in Yelapa and has returned to live and run the B & B Los Suenos along t...

Drop in on Carolina McCall Art and more of Cliff Barney's tale of meeting Peggy. http://carolinamccall.com/blog/68987/the-two-peggys-a...

MICHAEL A. ROBINS 1936-2013 In his own words The Dove Elusive, uncanny bird Withdrawn to a high twig of pine, Still as a noonday shadow, ...

Cliff Barney was asking if I knew someone named Peggy Mandel...I told him her last name was Muendel and it sounds like the very same Peggy ...

Read my interview wih Cliff Barney on his blog below and be sure to view Caroline McCall's artwork that hosts the blog.   http://carolin...

In the 70's in Yelapa there was virtually zero "night life", in fact, I think most people were asleep by about 9 or  10pm  a...

...a short Raicilla story for you: My business partner Graham G. from Toronto and I had been hanging out at Casa de Alacron for quite ...