Hotel Villa Del Mar Puerto Vallarta

... selling English weekly paper. I recently had an article published in the paper on the Zapatista camp I visited, and will hopefully be writing more pieces for them in the future. The good people in the office had kindly invited me to the staff Thanksgiving dinner. So within an hour of awakening I already had another beer in hand and began indulging in the delicious turkey and trimmings on offer.

Having consumed as much as possible in my hungover state, I briefly returned ...

... br>Ofrecemos una gran variedad de tours, que se centran en Mantener los sentidos en un contacto real con la Naturaleza y el Aumento de su espíritu aventurero. Compromiso de nuestra empresa con la conservación natural de nuestra Región, LOS RECURSOS También nos distingue como actuamos con dedicación, la pasión y el respeto. Al participar en nuestras aventuras, que tambien ACTIVAMENTE contribuirá con la Investigación y Proyectos de ...

... prepare ourselves with water bottles and a backpack to do the same.

Michael still has to grade papers, so the plan is to use the internet café on shore for a nominal fee so he can finish uploading and sending in his grades for an hour or so. It is a bargain at 3$ for an hour, much cheaper than what we have aboard ship. While he does his grading and posting, I visit the parrots, then settle into bench in the shade. It is quite pleasant, and if it ...

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).

... was so much fun. There were natural pools and plenty of things to jump off. When we tired of the water we followed the river up the mountain a few hundred meters. It took a long time because we were walking in the river against the rapids. After about an hour relaxing upstream we started to worry about our wallets and cameras we had left at the waterfall amongst the Mexicans. Thankfully when we returned it was all still there. Mexico has been far safer than ...

... say that the hotel was superb - and we were very cleaned up and relaxed and ready for departure. What a great send-off and departure - we felt very special and very well taken care of. If you are looking for the best hotel in Puerto Vallarta - the Westin is it - it has the best location and the most attentive and sincere staff. After leaving the Westin, we dropped off a package with the Mexican Post ...

I actually tried to do this entry from my BlackBerry but it crashed so here we go again... Wednesday was our South of Vallarta adventure day. After breakfast and coming up with a plan we headed south to explore. Our first stop was the Mismaloya Zoo. For a zoo in the jungle it wasn't too bad. We saw lots of Central American animals, including a baby jaguar. (I think it was $10 or $20 bucks to hold the jaguar which we all skipped..) There were ...

... derby fifteen of the last sixteen years. Alex decided to have it mounted - bragging rights preserved forever. We caught some more dorado, and tried for tuna, but with no luck. We headed back to Puerto Vallarta in the late afternoon, thoroughly exhausted by our day of fishing. I don't know how the guides go out every day. Sitting in a boat on the ocean is more work than it would seem.

... be OK but I can't afford to buy and many of the shops, whilst stocking absolutely beautiful jewellery, I'm afraid look all the same to me (philistine that I am). So - another travellers lesson learned for me - don't commit to too long a stay straight away. Also - maybe - I have to get used to the ekeing out of my time and money and there will be other periods where I have more time than I know what to do with. This is all making me realise that I ...