Round The World and other travels
A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries
This is: Mexico 2019
Further exploration of Puerto Vallarta
There was no great rush to do anything this morning. I got up shortly before 9am and fried bacon and eggs for myself, which I ate with a couple of tortillas. By the time Bruce surfaced and had breakfast, and we had each had a shower, it was around 11am when we set out.
Our aim today was to revisit the old-town
area of Puerto Vallarta, and also to walk the Malecón and
the beach boardwalk. It was a most enjoyable and leisurely walk,
free from the constraints of being on a tour and punctuated with a
coffee stop and a short visit to one of the town's most distinctive
attractions, the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The latter is
commonly referred to among local people as 'the cathedral', even
though it isn't the seat of a bishop. The Malecón,
predictably, was touristy, yet also managed to be attractive -
particularly with what looked to be the recent addition of
public artworks.
In
due course we progressed first to a beach boardwalk, and then to
walking directly on the beach itself. We passed lots of surprisingly
upmarket places featuring a variety of comfortable-looking seats and
loungers for hire. As we got progressively further away from the
centre of town, a noticeable change took place, shifting from
male-female couples to at least 90% men - a reminder that Puerto
Vallarta is a hugely popular destination in both the American and
Canadian markets for gay travel.
Heading back towards town, we found a place called Daiquiri Dick's in the Zona Romántica. This provided a suitable venue for a somewhat liquid-dominated lunch of daiquiris (surprise, surprise!), and tortilla chips with guacamole. After lunch, we moseyed around the Old Town for a bit, before making a leisurely return to base after picking up a few more groceries. As ever, the final hill climb was by Uber.
The main evening events were relaxation, dinner (more delicious guacamole, then Mexican pizzas) and a movie ('Sideways').
