Dance, World Affairs, Traveling & Geek stuff from Puerto Vallarta
Since a long time ago, when people asked me why I haven’t decided to put a tattoo on myself, my answer is usually that I need to find something that I have a deep connection with and something that I am sure it won’t change no matter if I have another job, other passtimes and other ideas.
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Perhaps everyone has heard the story of the ship “Madleen”, which sailed from the island of Sicily heading toward the Gaza Strip on a bold mission to break the siege imposed on it. Because this boat was boarded by famous activists such as Greta Thunberg, it was called the “Selfie Boat” but in reality it is called “Madleen” and there is a very interesting story behind the name of this boat that I will post here translated from arabic (I didn’t translate it, my arab on Duolingo is still not that good)
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Este fin de semana, estamos de fiesta, ya que Puerto Vallarta celebra su 57.º aniversario como ciudad y su 107.º como pueblo. Las festividades incluyeron la tradicional Feria de Mayo en la Av. México, con juegos y montañas rusas, además de varios conciertos de artistas populares mexicanos. El sábado, en el malecón, hubo un desfile aéreo con aviones y planeadores militares, además de una noche de fiesta en la plaza principal. ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Puerto Vallarta!
Ce week-end, l’ambiance est à la fête : Puerto Vallarta célèbre son 57e anniversaire en tant que ville et son 107e anniversaire en tant que village. Parmi les festivités, on compte les traditionnelles Fiestas de Mayo sur l’avenue Mexico, avec des jeux et des montagnes russes, ainsi que plusieurs concerts d’artistes mexicains populaires. Le samedi, sur le Malecón, un défilé aérien avec avions et planeurs militaires a eu lieu, ainsi qu’une fête nocturne sur la place principale. Joyeux anniversaire Puerto Vallarta !
This weekend, we are in party mood as Puerto Vallarta is celebrating its 57th anniversary as a city and its 107th anniversary as a village. Festivities included the traditional Fiestas de Mayo Fair at Mexico Av. with some games and rollercoasters plus several concerts by popular mexican artists. The saturday at the malecón, there was an aerial parade with airplanes and military airgliders plus a full night party right at the main square. Happy Birthday Puerto Vallarta!
Lilo y Stitch la está rompiendo, y en estas dos semanas, quizá se convierta en la película más taquillera de lo que va de este año 2025, lo cuál a mi me parece genial.
In one of my previous post, I told you that I was teaching a regular Cuban Salsa Class at Cloud 9, when my portuguese friend Victoria, told me to dance with one of her friends visiting from Canada, Angela. We had a couple of great dances, but then she left. Some days later, Victoria asked me about the Dance congress Vallarta SBK and although she only went to the parties, she convinced her friends to attend the congress. So on the first day of the congress as I was helping in the check-in process, and Angela came and waved me. At first, I didn’t recognize her but as usual I carried on with the talk. She told me that she was there for the congress, but she might need a place to stay for the last 2 days of the congress and I offered La Maison du Tango.
On the second day, I gave a beginners Rueda de Casino class. Angela took my workshop and later invited me to partner with her for the advanced dance lifts workshop. So although I was very tired after so many activities, I joined this 2 hour workshop and I prooved not to be that bad. However, in one of the dance lifts, I accidentally dropped Angela to the floor and she felt on her head. So I was really ashamed.
Although she said it didn’t hurt and she was ok, I felt I owed her something. As the workshops finished, I invited her to eat. She told me she was vegan, so we ended up going to Veggitalia, which is a great vegan Italian restaurant in downtown.
That night, there was the last social night themed blue and mermaid. (I was not able to get on time a merman t-shirt so I just went in blue). The party had some many, too many shows and then lots of Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba night, which was very fun. I ended up dancing these 3 dance styles a lot with Angela. As the night was coming to an end, I offered to give her a ride to her Airbnb for her last night there.
The next day, I came to pick Angela up as I previously told you I was going to host her. We were both tired so we ended up resting all day. But as she has told me, she is also a fire dancer, so she wanted to do some fire dancing with me during the night. So at night we had fun going to the beach to do some tricks. we used alcohol as she didn’t want to use gasoline, so the flame didn’t last long, but it was very cool, and she is an amazing fire dancer.
The next day and before she had to go back to Canada, she wanted to explore the nature, another of my specialties, so I took her in my Motomami to one of my favorite natural spots, the waterfall of El Nogalito. I believe she really enjoyed the hike there with me.
So finally, the countback finished, and we went to the airport. She left to Panama and then back to Canada and I hope to see her again.
I know, it was already a long time ago, but pretty much as there were many things going in my life, I was not able to talk to you about my wereabouts during the SBK Congress where for a third time, I gave a Rueda de Casino workshop and for the first time, I performed as a fire dancer. So, let me get straight into the info:
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Si están buscando refugiarse del calor en el Cine, pero no saben que película ver. Aquí les dejo una recomendación que quizá todo mundo ha estado pasando por alto. “El Día que La Tierra Explotó” estelarizada por nuestros queridísimos Daffy Duck y Porky Pig.
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Hoy celebramos a ese compañero histórico de los pueblitos, símbolo de resistencia, motor de economías silenciosas y envidia de los hombres pequeños que lucha por no desaparecer, hoy mis corderitos, es el día del burro.
Además de ser sensibles por su bienestar, aprovecho para felicitar a todos mis amiguitos que no fueron el lápiz más afilado de la cajita de colores llamada escuela, a todos aquellos a los cual la educación no les entró a la primera, ni a la segunda, ni a la tercera, sino hasta la 4ta. Y hablando de 4ta, felicito hoy a todos los políticos que no pudieron terminar estudios universitarios y por eso terminaron de políticos. ¡Un abrazo con cariño y feliz día del burro!
¡Así que a seguir bailando por la vida como burros en primavera! 🫏
To all the dancers all over the world:
Happy International Dance Day!
I hope that you had a lot of dance in your last year. In my case, this video shows a summary of all the dance going on in this year since the last dance day.
I am including in this video some highlights of what happened during the last Vallarta SBK Dance Congress that finished last week.
Justo antier vi por fin la película de Conclave y me pregunté a mi mismo: ¿Mi mismo, cómo estará la salud del Papa Francisco, el Papa Argentino? Y hoy, un día después de la resurrección y justo en el Lunes de los Conejitos de Pascua se nos fué a las 7:30am en horario de Italia.
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Israel Andalón 