Travels of Rick and Ruth: Fall 2012 Puerto Vallarta Trip ~ Saturday

We arrived on Saturday, October 20th for our 27 day stay in Puerto Vallarta. We will be spending two weeks in the condo we rent every year on Los Muertos Beach. We wish we could own one here. Such a great location for exploring Old Town Vallarta! Then we will move to our second home away from home ~ Lindo Mar just south of town in Conchas Chinas. Barb and Bill will be treating us to a one bedroom condo timeshare, as we share our condo with them the week before. They will have their own one bedroom Lindo Mar condo ~ hopefully side by side. Our last relaxing week will be spent at Ocho Cascadas, the most amazing spot ever.

Tile work on our condo's lanai.

The new pier on Los Muertos Beach is nearing completion. We are not sure if we are loving it yet. It seems so massive. I want to see what they do with the sails they are going to install later. Verdict is out on this

The new pier on Los Muertos Beach

On Sunday we headed to the Plaza in front of the church of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Every Sunday at 6:00 pm the Civic Band plays dance music and the citizens come out for dancing. It is very fun to watch them enjoy the beauty of their city. We saw a little gal following her grandfather (maybe). He was playing a percussion gourd and she was banging two sticks together to help out. Very cute.

Helping the Band

Dancing in the Park

Rick and I have been looking forward to seeing our friends from Canada, Kathe and Jorgan. We have Skyped a couple of times before the trip. They will be staying two weeks in Conchas Chinas at their timeshare. It is a beautiful location. For our first get together, they came by our condo on Monday for drinks and snacks before heading out into Old Town for dinner. Amazingly enough, Kathe and I had very similar outfits on, down to our (cheap) white watches. Mine cost $10.48 and hers was $15.00. Too funny! We all had great mariscos at Mariscos Polo...red snapper, shrimp, mahi mahi...yum!