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  Fifth in a series By Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — It was typical for the Rancho La Puerta health spa here that on the week that my wife Nancy and I visited , she was among the 80 percent of the guests who were women, while I was among the remaining male 20

-Fourth in a Series– Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Out by one of the swimming pools, he was eating a quesadilla while I was enjoying a vegetable-packed omelet with salsa, both typical foods of this region.  However, the food that chef Rhagavan Iyer and I were talking about was matzo

  Third in a Series Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Looking at a ceramic ‘Tree of Life’  in the gift shop of Rancho La Puerta, I discerned that it depicted Noah on his Ark.  In the Administration Building was another ‘Tree of Life,’ this one picturing God, the Archangel Michael, and

  Second in a Series Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Sarah Livia Szekely Brightwood was designated to succeed her mother, Deborah Szekely, as the president of Rancho La Puerta after her brother, Alex, who had prepared for the administrative job,  died of cancer in 2002. “I never studied business, never

-First in a series- Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Unlike some Mexican cities along the U.S. border, such as Juarez, or Tijuana, where there have been outbreaks of violence between rival drug gangs, or between law enforcement officials and drug lords, Tecate is a quiet town which derives much of