I was fortunate enough to be in Mexico during the 200th anniversary of their fight for independence. I did it right too: for the big night I was in Guanajuato, just down the road from where Miguel Hidalgo gave a shout and started marching. I stood right in front of the Alhondiga building where the first big battle took place.

Then it was on to Morelia, another important historic city named after one of the big generals in the fight. In any other country these two cities would be the centerpiece of every tourism campaign. Mexico has so many great cities like this though, few tourists have even heard of them. See more on both at the Luxury Latin America blog.

As for the rest of Mexico, we've got more detailed reviews of luxury hotels in the country than any other website anywhere, so let your mouse do the walking and figure out your perfect spot. (Just give us a little time to get those Morelia reviews done...)

We're back in the mode of getting more hotel reviews, tour features, and vacation real estate stories posted.  We recently added three new upscale hotels in the Puerto Vallarta region: Garza Blanca Preserve just south of Puerto Vallarta proper, Imanta Resort in the jungle near Punta de Mita, and Taheima Wellness Resort in Nuevo Vallarta. These three interesting hotels are strikingly different, so go check them out in our Puerto Vallarta region reviews. Around the time the last newsletter came out, we also posted a piece on Real Estate in Punta Mita. 

On the blog we've been running short pieces on wine and food in Chile---stay tuned for a Chile wine touring piece that will come out next week

Coming Soon

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Soon we'll be adding reviews of several hotels in Chile and will be visiting new additions in central Mexico. Our Brazil correspondent will reviewing the best hotel in Brasilia and one of our Argentina correspondents will be checking out a new addition to the Buenos Aires scene.

We'll have features on golf in Costa Rica and a trip on the Aqua in the Peruvian Amazon.

See you then!