A Week at the Beach

On December 10th at precisely 9 am six of us piled into Fred and Gail’s van and headed to Puerto Vallarta. We stayed for a week at Villa del Mar and Villa del Palmar which are sister resorts about 10 minutes by cab from downtown PV. It was my first experience staying at a time share facility and it was quite lovely. The only thing I missed from the all-inclusives I usually go to, was not having to think about where to eat every day. PV is very definitely more expensive than Ajijic but I guess compared to some cities in North America, is still quite affordable.

The weather was beautiful and warm every day and we spent most of the week at one of the two pools at the resort or down on the beach. We would each go our own way for most of the day, ending up together at the cocktail hour and then out to dinner somewhere. All in all it was a wonderful, relaxing time with a lot of laughs.

On December 17th at precisely 9 am we piled into the van again, this time with a few more bags because of the non stop shopping we did, mostly at the beach, and headed home. We only got lost once, going about 10 km out of our way before we realized something was wrong. We went back and saw the sign we had been looking for to make a crucial turn, laying on the road with the arrow pointing the wrong way. I guess they had to get it out of the way because of the road construction that was going on so they took it down. We also noticed a few discrepancies in the mileage signs along the way. One would say, Guadalajara 90 km, then the next would say, Guadalajara 95 km. Must be an explanation for that, but we couldn’t figure out what it would be. It all makes for an interesting drive though.

Here are a few photos of my time with my friends. To see more photos of Puerto Vallarta, click on My Webshots on the right.