Puerto Vallarta

We arrived in Puerto Vallarta on Saturday, no problem, met Eileen at the airport, and picked up a rental car. We checked in at Eileen`s timeshare, and went to the supermarket. Saturday evening, we went out to Victor`s restaurant, kind of a family feel, a trio of musicians singing. Fun.

Sunday AM we went to the bilingual mass at the cathedral. We wandered around town shopping for a while. Eileen`s credit card company had shut off her card because she did not tell them she was going to Mexico, but we found a phone booth and fixed that. We all then took a nap. We had dinner at Arrayan`s restaurant, kind of a gourmet Mexican restaurant, Richard had his favorite, Chile en Nogada, which is not often available.

Monday we drove north up to Punta Mita, and stopped along the way to drink beer in two outdoor restaurants. Nice to get away from busy Puerto Vallarta, hang out on white beaches with few people, but you can`t get away from the time share salemen/promoters.

We had dinner at a tiny family restaurant specializing in tamales, Maria Candalaria, where dinner for three cost us 5 dollars US! Good tamales, wrapped in banana leaves or corn husks.