Hotel De Cima Puerto Vallarta

... a Mantener tus sentidos en contacto real con la Naturaleza y alimentando tu gran espíritu aventurero. El compromiso de nuestra empresa por la Conservación de los Recursos Naturales de la Región, nos distingue ya que actuamos con , Pasión, dedicación y respeto. Al realizar nuestras travesías contribuirás ACTIVAMENTE en la realización de proyectos de investigación y conservación de la vida silvestre de Puerto Vallarta y sus ...

... coffee has yet to kick in, and the mobile phone still searches. Walmart, Pirate ships, what was the day going to hold? <br><br>On the opposite side of the ship I see Puerto Vallarta in the distance. Its graceful white buildings dotting the shore and rising into the foothills. This is the view I had been expecting to see, not WalMart! Below they are just setting up the gangway. Soon the masses will be disembarking for their tours and shopping excursions ...

Finally, the reward for living through all of the storm. A beautiful morning - and finally feeling better.<br><br>Got off the Ship briefly before we left (total of 20 minutes) to take a few pictures.<br><br>Back onboard by 1pm.<br><br>At 4pm Classic Disco T-dance (delayed due to our extended stay in PV).

Arrived in Puerto Vallarta - safe and sound. Rained most of the day. I stayed in bed most fo the day trying to kick the flu.<br><br>By nightfall it was a beautiful sunset under clearer skies.<br><br>But Mazatlan was closed due to weather - and thus we stayed for another day in PV.

... nice quality fishing boat with 3 fighting chairs, 6 fishing lines in the water, and all bait included. Typically PVR is renowned for its Marlin fishing, but was definitely NOT the case on our trip. We only caught 1 fish of decent size. However, not all was a loss as we stumbled upon a school of dolphins, as well as a baby whale that was showing off by launching itself out of the water while the mother swam nearby. GRADE:B-<br>

... and gushed cause the trinkets were so fun and colorful...I was so taken that i went on about not knowing that Edward was the owner of this delightful shop..on one wall there were all these hand painted bag with people faces and naturally that was a big attraction for me so i asked him about it and he said he paints people that come into his store and he was grinning and said i am going to paint u..i am thinking to myself oh yeah.Upon my arrival back from Mexico City ...

... and I ran across the street to Walmart to pick up some more batteries. It was raining so we got a little wet and, as always, Walmart was an experience. Back on the ship Nikki and I did some laundry while Regan went to work out and Kelsie had planned on going to a swim party but it was canceled so Nikki and Kelsie went up for a swim. I finished up the laundry load that was in the washing machine. Tomorrow is an at sea day.

Our only planned event of the day was the time share sales pitch that we needed to attend to get our fishing deal. The new term for time share is 'fractional ownership'. We signed in, met our first salesperson of the day, and had a very nice breakfast at the buffet. We outlasted several waves of sales people before we were done, but for a few hours of our time, we got breakfast and a $500 discount off of our ...

... cleaned 'Nilla up for her day at the shop....or should we say spa? We arrived at the shop at exactly 9:00am. Jose Luis was not there, however we were informed he would be arriving in 10 minutes. No big deal. 10 minutes came and went. 20 minutes came and went. 40 minutes came and went. After 60 minutes Jose Luis showed up. Gotta love 'Mexican time'. The best part is that we have even heard locals use this term. Anyway, we had nowhere to be so the wait did not put us ...

... I manage to feel guilty for goodness sake as I walk on by without stopping. I try and say no thank you everytime to assauge this feeling of rudeness but still I feel bad! Mind you - not a job I would want at all - there is a coffee shop I spend a fair bit of time in and watching the tour operators next door - all day trying to entice hot and bothered tourists into spending money - beach resort equivalent of double glazing (not only limited to ...