Deborah Drew checks in with views of the her native Nayarit Riviera area, an hour north of Puerto Vallarta, on the west coast. of Mexicio. "Our town is called La Penita," she writes. " It is a small workingman's town with mega resorts 'planned' on either side of the eight-mile crescent beach. The town hosts a tenengue on Thursdays, a local artisan market/street fair."

Here, an aerial view from American Airlines.