Puerto Vallarta

 Puerto Vallarta

In 1964 the esteemed director John Huston chose Puerto Vallarta as the location for his film Night of the Iguana, starring Richard Burton . he so fell in love with the exquisite area that he bought a property nearby.

Today that sleepy village's popular boardwalk by the beach is lined with shops, restaurants and artists selling their wares. Whether it is luxuriating on a private beach or the adrenaline rush of a zip line adventure that calls to you Puerto Vallarta's array of experiences is at your fingertips. The city has evolved so much but you still can luxuriate in the rich ambiance that Huston fell in love with so long ago.

We are docked in Puerto Vallarta. It is a beautiful sunny morning and the temperature is not bad, 31 C, but the saving grace is low humidity. Whenever we are in Mexico I am impressed with how beautiful it is. The cities are clean and modern with lots of green spaces, mountains and beaches. It is sad that there is so much poverty and the poor people have to try to find someplace else to live. They deserve to be able to stay home. I do know that the drug situation does not help. 

From the ship we have wonderful views of mountains and parks. Must not forget to mention that we can also see Walmart and Sam's Club and a huge shopping mall. It is amusing to see a sign on a large building promoting that there is a flea market and another sign saying Yes We Are Open. If time were on my side that is a place I would head to. I love flea markets. Ken is glad we will not have time.

The reason we will not have time is the fact that our excursion is to an all inclusive resort for 5 hours. It will provide us with everything... 2 pools, miles of beach, lounge chairs, drinks, and lunch. Julia and Ken are also going there so the 4 of us will have a grand day. We return at three and all aboard is at 4:30 so that does not leave enough time to walk there, shop and walk back. 

The excursion was everything they said it would be and the all inclusive really meant all inclusive, food, drink, loungers, boogie boards, everything and it was definitely a 5 star resort. We loved our day, these are just a few of the over 50 pictures I took.

We had a lot more photo opportunities on our return trip ( about a half hour) and of course the cruise terminal had shopping and I was able to get that last magnet of the trip. Although I will try for one of LA when we are at LAX on Thursday.

Last of tree decorations:

Here is the collection:( only magnets are here others not included)

We sat on the balcony and enjoyed the sun set as we sailed from our last port of this amazing adventure. 

Now to begin packing, we will be home the day after tomorrow.