Starting March 2nd, 2008 we left Spokane through Denver to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We were a little late leaving Spokane because of icing conditions and the need to de-ice the airplane before takeoff. We arrived in Denver just in time to catch our next flight and then spent almost an hour on the tarmac waiting for de-icing there before we could take off. It was really nice to land in Puerto Vallarta and not see any snow. The only problem was that our luggage didn't arrive on the same flight as we did. It took a little while to convey that our luggage wasn't there and we gave them the name of our hotel and they said they would deliver the luggage when it arrived.
We had packed a change of clothes and other important stuff in a carry-on so weren't really in too much of a panic. We were quite hungry after spending all day on airplanes and in airports so found a nice restaurant down the street and had a nice meal... the margaritas were excellent! When we got back to the hotel, our luggage had arrived. It had been a long day but our room was over the street and it was quite noisy that night. Corrine talked to the hotel the next morning and they moved us to another room with a bit of a view of the ocean and off the busy street so we were much more comfortable. While she was doing so well with making changes, she called the airline to tell them how disappointed we were with them losing our luggage and changed our flight to a week later, extending our vacation to two weeks.
We spent the first week in Puerto Vallarta at the south end of the Malecon, walkway, and just south of the downtown area. There were a lot of shops and things to see within a short walking distance. We saw lots of sunsets and had some really good meals. We went to a couple of timeshare presentations to receive free breakfast and some other tours. We did buy into one timeshare so now we will have to take a vacation every year.... darn the luck. We went on a cruise across the bay, saw a nice Mayan show and had a very nice dinner on the beach. One other night we went to a show and dinner on the beach and observed some guy falling off the stage after a dance competition.... good thing he was drunk and apparently didn't hurt anything although I bet he felt it the next morning.
The next week we spent in Bucerias, a small community north of PV on Banderas Bay. The pace is a bit slower and much less traffic up there. The beach is much nicer and about seven miles long so we did a bunch of beach walking. We had a nice room with a balcony and view of the beach. There was a flea market area downtown with several shops and eating places. We were able to have dinner on the beach and see the sunset every evening even though the sun set over the mountains instead of the ocean from this location.
The whales put on a show for us on several occasions but getting a picture of them proved to be difficult. We got some pictures of the white water but no whales. We also got to see lots of dolphins from the beach in Bucerias. We had some fish, an eel and a small ray wash up on the beach while we were there. We walked the beach most every day and picked up shells and beach glass that had been smoothed by the action of the waves and sand.
It was a very relaxing holiday. The sunshine was abundant and the food was very good. It was a struggle to leave 'paradise'... and a bit of a shock to arrive in Spokane to snowfall and reality. We got back on the 15th near midnight so it was a long day after leaving PV about noon. We are looking forward to going back.
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