MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS!
We left for Mexico dark and early Friday morning with a stopover in San Francisco and then on to...PuertoVallarta. Well, technically, we were staying in Nuevo Vallarta which is a little north of the town. This being our second time doing the "resort" thing, we were better prepared to ignore the gamut of timeshare hawkers and rouge taxi drivers who are willing to promise you anything to get you in their car. It was still a bit unnerving but we kept our eyes straight ahead and peeled for the driver in the blue shirt. Thank GOD there was only one!
Our next challenge was to decline, decline, DECLINE the free breakfast and discounted drinks we could have if we sat through the sales pitch one of the days of our stay. We learned the hard way last time that even though they drive a hard bargain to get you in there, it was pretty much a waste of an ENTIRE day basically repeating word "no" over and over again to sleazier and sleazier dressed sales people. Plus it was HOT and last thing I wanted was to be traipsing all over the resort watching people relaxing while I was sweating and getting grumpier by the second. Been there, done that. NO THANKS.
But by dinner time we were sitting on the beach, looking a little worse for wear, but drinking our first Mexican beverages by the beach.
The rest of the week pretty much followed this schedule:
Up by 8 or 9 a.m. and cooking eggs and coffee in our room (we had a full kitchen, TWO full suites and a living room that would have slept about 8, I think, so don't think we didn't consider calling EACH and EVERY one of you all to come fly down and join us!).
10 a.m. - Head to the pool.
11 a.m. - Partake of the special of the day (beverage) as supplied by our friend and waitstaff, Omar, while we watch the hardcore ladies participate in water aerobics.
1 p.m.- First happy hour.
4 p.m. - Second happy hour.
5 p.m. - Back to the room for a shower/nap
8 p.m. - Dinner somewhere.
10 p.m. - Bed.
The following pictures are of our surroundings while we were there.
The following pictures are of our surroundings while we were there.
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| The Lazy River that was right outside our room. They had inner tubes for sitting in while you drifted around and around. It was actually quite gorgeous if you could avoid the waterfalls....and thankfully they shut it down about 8 p.m. |
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| Yes, that is a swim up bar. No, I did not swim up to it. I preferred to watch the people who did as they attempted to stay on their stools, three sheets to the wind. |
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| Breakfast day one. The rest of the week we cooked breakfast in our rooms and it was not NEARLY this yummy. |
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| In the Lobby there were about 6-8 of these monolithic statues lining the walls. The lights were very dim (especially if you were still wearing your sunglasses) and they were playing a rather eerie Aztec inspired soundtrack. We watched as several children walked in and then ran right back outside only to have to be carried in hiding their eyes and covering their ears in order to get through it! |
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| See me? They were really huge! |
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| Sorry, another view of the bar as well as our "hotel". |
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| Most of these buildings belonged to our resort, although several of them were closed due to low traffic or remodeling. I can't quite figure out where Jeff was standing when he took this picture..... |
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| Looking south toward Puerto Vallarta. It was hazy like this most mornings but it created the most beautiful shades of blue in the mountains and along the shore. |
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| Part of the "trail" to our favorite pool. The plants were gorgeous. Hard to believe they are the same varieties we can buy at the grocery store and kill in three days..... |
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| One of the walkways in front of one of the buildings. This one was actually fresh water, not pool water. Your nose could tell the difference. |
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| Yes, in case we didn't get enough of the pool during the day, we had a soaking pool on our patio. |
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| This was a huge sculpture of an origami crane in the lobby of one of the buildings. See the couch at lower left for scale. |
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