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| Crossdressing idiots! |
We’ve reached our final port for this cruise, the resort town of Puerto Vallarta. We’ve enjoyed all three ports of call (Cabo, Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta), but if we had to pick a favorite I’m looking at it right now.
There are around 400,000 residents of the metropolitan area and approximately 10% of them are Americans or Canadians. Beautiful beaches, inexpensive and great food, friendly people, living in a clean and very safe city......what’s not to like about a place like that?
Mexico has had plenty of negative press in recent years. Some of which I’m sure was deserved but a fair bit that has been oversensationalized by the media (imagine that!). Like many places around the globe, if you go looking for trouble and act stupid you’ll probably end up in a bad situation. The resort areas on the Pacific side that we have visited all boast of very low crime rates that would stack up well against many places that are considered “safe”.
We’re the only ship in the port today. Yesterday all three docks were occupied. Obviously, we’re happy being the only show in town. We got off around 9:00 AM and took a cab ($10 for both of us) to the colorful downtown area which is about four miles from the port.
The Malecon, as it is known, is a beachfront promenade that is lined with shops, restaurants and hotels. It continues for what seemed like about a mile and a half before we crossed a small bridge into the cobblestone streets of “old town”. Again the streets and sidewalks were lined with shops, restaurants and hotels all of which were coming to life. We’re in port until 11:00 tonight so we wanted to make sure we paced ourselves, especially since we’re going to a dinner and show on a nearby island (I call it a Mexican Luau) After roaming a bit we found a nice table at a beachside restaurant where we made a glass of tea, coke, a beer and some chips and fresh guacamole last for two hours. We’re back on the ship now, getting ready for our next adventure, which starts in about an hour....I think we’re on a good pace!
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| Early morning on the Malecon |
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| Old Town with it's cobblestone streets |
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| Makes for a strong neck |
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| Lady of Guadalupe Church in the center of old town |
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| We sat here so long I'm surprised we didn't get mail delivered to us |
I’ll have some final thoughts on the cruise, add a few more pictures, as well as captions, once we get back to San Diego on Sunday.
