So just for the record, here are some activities that visitors might enjoy:
Whale watching
The Saturday market in el Centro
The Thursday afternoon/evening market at the Marina
The Artesan Market in the WallMart Parking lot for the month of February
Las marietas - islands for snorkeling, etc.
Nuevo Vallarta including marina
Walk on trail and Fluvial
El Centro- Malecon
Liverpool Mall- Starbuck's and shops
Pedicures
Massages from Mina
Swimming pool here
Beach- Playa de Oro - toro with our umbrella + chairs
Day pass at hotel
Restaurants of course - listed in the Blog on Logistics page
Walk to Pitillial
Meals at home:
Smoothies galore
Arroz con pollo
Tacos
Camarones fresh
Tuna- fresh
See Pintest section: eating in Mexico
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
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Monday, March 2, 2015
10 miles walking.
Picture this: An air conditioned bus with comfortable padded seats! What a luxury. We were so content to sit on the bus in traffic, not caring how long it took to get back to the Walmart depot stop. Comfort is all relative!!
We left early in the morning for the bus trip to Nuevo Vallarta. This would be our destination for our walk. Nuevo is on the other side of the airport, north of Puerto Vallarta. It's a relatively newly developed area and has the look of a retirement development that could be ANYPLACE, USA. Florida, Palm Springs, Arizona - easily pictured. The accommodations range from hotels, even a Hard Rock Hotel, to condominiums galore to gated communities with grand estates.
The beaches are beautiful. Smoothly raked white sand. We started our walk on the beach, walked about 3 miles and then turned inland for some refreshments and our mission to find the Estudio Cafe, which turned out to be on the other side of the area, across a bridge at the Marina. No one we asked seemed to know about this area. We did find it. It's lovely with many beautiful restaurants and many many yachts. Easy to picture.
I was about ready to keel over from the heat when we found a place to have a "green" drink, very popular here. Tropical fruits mixed with greens and celery. I was revived.
After the luxurious bus ride, and the 10 mile walk, we stopped at our local market probably for the last time and stocked up on tortillas and vegetables to last us for the next couple of days.
As we entered Las Moras, our friendly attendant or guard, Benji, asked us how we were. He's always teasing Craig about drinking cerveza and tequila. I reported that we were tired and hot and gave him the statistics on how many kilometers we'd walked today. I said, "cansada, caliente, y loco." With a tilt of his head, he said, "un poco."
Dinner at home tonight of chicken stewed in cilantro pesto, ravioli and binge watching of House of Cards.
The beach at Nuevo Vallarta
We finally found this art gallery, restaurant that is very highly recommended in Trip Advisor. We didn't eat here though as we had had breakfast recently.
Vegetables from the mercado. I always soak them in the Microdyn solution for 15 minutes. Have never had a problem.
These are delicious cookie/crackers made in Talpa, one of the mountain communities known as a pilgrimage site.
10 miles walking.
Picture this: An air conditioned bus with comfortable padded seats! What a luxury. We were so content to sit on the bus in traffic, not caring how long it took to get back to the Walmart depot stop. Comfort is all relative!!
We left early in the morning for the bus trip to Nuevo Vallarta. This would be our destination for our walk. Nuevo is on the other side of the airport, north of Puerto Vallarta. It's a relatively newly developed area and has the look of a retirement development that could be ANYPLACE, USA. Florida, Palm Springs, Arizona - easily pictured. The accommodations range from hotels, even a Hard Rock Hotel, to condominiums galore to gated communities with grand estates.
The beaches are beautiful. Smoothly raked white sand. We started our walk on the beach, walked about 3 miles and then turned inland for some refreshments and our mission to find the Estudio Cafe, which turned out to be on the other side of the area, across a bridge at the Marina. No one we asked seemed to know about this area. We did find it. It's lovely with many beautiful restaurants and many many yachts. Easy to picture.
I was about ready to keel over from the heat when we found a place to have a "green" drink, very popular here. Tropical fruits mixed with greens and celery. I was revived.
After the luxurious bus ride, and the 10 mile walk, we stopped at our local market probably for the last time and stocked up on tortillas and vegetables to last us for the next couple of days.
As we entered Las Moras, our friendly attendant or guard, Benji, asked us how we were. He's always teasing Craig about drinking cerveza and tequila. I reported that we were tired and hot and gave him the statistics on how many kilometers we'd walked today. I said, "cansada, caliente, y loco." With a tilt of his head, he said, "un poco."
Dinner at home tonight of chicken stewed in cilantro pesto, ravioli and binge watching of House of Cards.
The beach at Nuevo Vallarta
We finally found this art gallery, restaurant that is very highly recommended in Trip Advisor. We didn't eat here though as we had had breakfast recently.
Vegetables from the mercado. I always soak them in the Microdyn solution for 15 minutes. Have never had a problem.
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