Eloisa Hotel Puerto Vallarta

This somewhat extended weekend began on Wednesday night with a trip to "La Folie" (the Madness), a bar in town which costs guys 250 pesos (about £13) to enter (girls are free), but then all drinks including whole bottles of name brand spirits cost just 1 peso each (3 pence!) After ensuring we drank our money's worth we returned home around 5am; naturally the next morning was a write-off.

I woke up around 1pm and made my way to the office of the Guadalajara Reporter - Mexico's ...

Tours en Puerto Vallarta y Actividades EcoTurs

Avistamiento de Ballenas, delfines, paseo en barco por la Bahía, Paseos, líneas de canopy, buceo y snorkel, etc

Empresa 100% mexicana, dedicada al ecoturismo de aventura Y fue fundada por los biólogos profesionales Que Estan Comprometidos con la conservación de la naturaleza. Por lo tanto, vamos a compartir un montón de diversión, el conocimiento y aventuras con usted ...

... expecting. Not the sprawl we had walked through to the charming city. We walked along the boardwalk, poking into shops and buying funny, fruity soft drinks. We make our way towards the old part of town, looking for a Mexican “football” jersey for Michael. There were lots of people about, yet one taxi driver I spoke with said it was dead comparatively. Lots of gay men, we must have passed at least four or five groups of as many, discussing ...

Finally, the reward for living through all of the storm. A beautiful morning - and finally feeling better.

Got off the Ship briefly before we left (total of 20 minutes) to take a few pictures.

Back onboard by 1pm.

At 4pm Classic Disco T-dance (delayed due to our extended stay in PV).

... se pide el estilo hawaiiano y le das una mordida a la carne y luego luego otra al pedazo de piña... yummi!!
Einyel me regaló muchas conchas hermosas que me asombran por la belleza de sus formas y tonos, sólo pensar la cantidad de años que tienen me hace sentir respeto y admiración. Además, según él hay estudios que prueban que en ciertas partes de la Costa de Bahía de Banderas y de costas de Per ...

... took a bit of manouvering to get in to position but we figured it out with a bit of help from a passing backhoe. Their house is a lovely little bungalow with a thatch roof and open to the air. Right outside there is a large cashew tree that the kids have been enjoying climbing and everyone has been enjoying the hammock. Since we have been here we have been enjoying the beach, the heat, the slow pace, the company, y muchos cervezas! Adios mis amigos

... La Paz, as the land fell away. Once the ferry turned east-south-east , we had the coast of Baja on the starboard side and then it, too, faded into the darkness. Sleeping was like being rocked in a cradle, with a long, slow movement (that is Carol's version- my version is the boat motion, without stabilizers, turned us over in bed automatically. For breakfast, we had our usual "huevos revueltos" or scrambled eggs, which makes me think the eggs are revolting ...

... the corner. The restaurant was lavishly furnished and large oil paintings form local artists adorned the walls. It was very cool just getting to the table and settling in. Now it was time for the real challenge...making sure our order would be covered by the $100 gift certificate that we had. We mulled over the wine list, picked our appetizers and our entrees. With some quick math completed we left ourselves $40 for wine and some ...

... our age who are riding their bikes to Panama! It's nice to know that there are crazier people than us out there. It's actually really cool to meet so many people who are all in Mexico for the same reason: to travel in gorgeous country sides and enjoy the beach, but every one we meet seems to come from such different backgrounds and are doing the trip so differently. One of the reasons we chose to camp at that site is for the great surf lessons we read about. So one day we were ...

... saw one break down 5) I couldn't work up the courage to eat at Pizza Naranja, as unique as it must be ("naranja" is Spanish for "orange") 6) There are speed bumps EVERYWHERE, and they are huge; when buses pass through highway towns they are usually forced to slow down to around 10km/hr all the way through, and the people in the back of the bus still get flung around like rag dolls 7) Every third car in Mexico is a VW Beetle (they've been ...