Wednesday, April 11, 2018

México Deluxe -- Part One PUERTO VALLARTA



Temple of the Sun, the largest pyramid at Teotihuacán

March 10th we ran off to Mexico for three weeks -- Puerto Vallarta with the fam for a week, then up to Sayulita, a little surfing village for another week, and finally a week in Mexico City.


PUERTO VALLARTA

The Mayan Palace was a nice place on the beach

View of PV to the south

Gus was able to join us also.



Even the restroom entries are fancy

Lots of beach time, pool time, nice dinners including a splendid meal with Amy's local friend Violet at upscale La Leche :



Only later did we discover that this restaurant was the scene of a kidnapping in August of 2016; the son of infamous narco El Chapo, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, was abducted along with five others by heavily armed members of a competing drug cartel.  They were all released a week later.  Nothing personal, just business.

Now imagine this -- as much as Catie and Sophie love to swim, they chose not to jump in here at the nearby marina.

Yes, that is a salt water cocodrillo, crocodile

They all got plenty of water sport time on our excursion out to the Marietas Islands.






Snorkeling and then kayaking.
















And on the way back to PV a pod of humpback whales kept us company.




It was a great week of family fun, goofiness, and Happy Hours.



And relaxation....



And a fun dinner at Mikado to finish off the week.  Check those sunburns.

Nothing wrong with Japanese food when in Mexico, right?



NEXT -- SAYULITA


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