Puerto Vallarta Beaches will Host Beach Volleyball Tournament for PanAmerican Games

During the Pan American Games being held in Guadalajara, Mexico this October 2011, Puerto Vallarta's stunning beaches will hold a volleyball tournament this October 16-22.

In a newly-built Pan American Beach Volleyball Stadium created solely for the tournament, will host Mexico, who finished fifth last year at the Rio de Janeiro tournament, as well as Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, United States, Argentina, El Salvador, Puerto Rico and Nicaragua.

Riviera Maya Jazz Festival Takes Place this Fall

This November 24-26, the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival 2011 will be taking place in Mexico. Leading musicians such as Jeff Lorber, Alex Ataola, Jon Anderson and Natalia Lafourcade will be playing at the 4th annual Riviera Maya Jazz Festival. In addition to these jazz legends and up and coming stars, the legendary band The Yellow Jackets (video above) will also be performing from their new album at the festival.

Durango-Mazatlan Highway

Puente Baluarte or The Baluarte Bridge

Did you know that the Durango-Mazatlan highway is one of the most important and ambitious road projects of President Felipe Calderón’s administration? The Durango-Mazatlan highway, a project that will change the economic life among the northern states of the country, is a piece of infrastructure that has created more than 60 tunnels and over 115 bridges along the road. The Durango highway is one of the most sophisticated and complicated to have been built in the history of Mexico by the orography that it must cross and plans are to open it at the end of 2012. The Baluarte Bridge (El Puente Baluarte) is a well-known part of the project, and is a cable-stayed bridge. It is located over the border between the states of Sinaloa and Durango, along the Durango-Mazatlan highway and will be one of the main attractions for those interested in viewing the new, sophisticated Durango-Mazatlan highway.