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David and I set out early to go to the Vallarta Adventures canopy tour.  We got there early and I began looking through the gift shop......  I was surprised that I couldn't find anything I needed.  The Vallara Adventures have quite a few different tours available: Scuba Diving, Whale Watching, Dolphin Encounters, Canopy Tours, Swimming with Dolphins,, America Cup, Jeep Safari, Rhythms of the Night, Snorkling adventures,Kayaking,  Sierra Madre Jeep Tours and Las Caletas (ho...

This was a truly sad day. After being here for an entire week you would think we would be happy to get back to our lives. Well, I can only speak for myself, really, but I wasn't too happy! I didn't want to leave. But boo hoo, right? I had to go. I did miss my nieces and nephew. A lot! They are what keep me sane in my life. I woke up and started to pack all of my things. I even put some stuff in to my sisters luggage. I didn't leave with more things then what I came with. It was the fact that ...

 So I leave the hotel to us the payphone outside to ring home and brag that im in Mexico whilst its snowing back home and after i finish with the phone get talking to a group of gay guys in the courtyard who are from Phoenix, AZ, their names are David, Eric, Tim, Jeff, Phil, Albert, and they are staying at the top suite right on the roof! so we all have some drinks and i get to use their super jacuzzi! By the end of the night I have some great new friends and a place to stay in Phoenix!

My familys first trip to Nuevo Vallarta and surrounding area.

So didnt go to Manzanillo today. I had packed my bags and was literally walking out the door... Kinda late, and decided it'd be best to stay one more day. I had to find an ATM, so I went to the ONE that they had in town. A couple Canadians had warned me about some other bank in Mexico where someone had somehow ripped 7k off them. That sux. So while at the ATM I met 3 cool American girls that offered me to come hang out w/ them at their apt later in the day. At the time I wasn't sure what I wa...

So... it would appear that the reason that the trip from Phoenix to Cancun was taking me 9 hours flight time (12 hours door to door) was because there was a "secret stop" that no one at AeroMexico wanted to admit to - a three hour layover in Guadalajara, Mexico. That makes the tally for the trip if anyone is paying attention 2000 miles, 3 planes, and 12 hours.  Just to get to Cancun!  We landed on the tarmac and walked into a strange holding tank, where we were divided up by peop...

Guadalajara is a beautiful city with lots of culture, nice people and a lots of Mariachis! I was sitting in a restaurant waiting for my order of Tacos al Pastor and a cold Michelada when a 6 year old kid asked me if I wanted to buy a pack of gum. I kindly responded, "No Thank You", and he went away. Two minutes later he came back and asked me again if I wanted to buy a pack of gum because he really needed to sell of of the candy he had. So I gave him 10 pesos ($1) and asked him to please go a...

amazing how i could take a bus for .20-.40 cents, and take a taxi to the same locations for $4-$12. the buses are death on wheels, methinks. perhaps that is why they are so cheap. i took a bus back to the airport, with my suitcases. the bus driver doesn't care if you have even found a seat, he takes off with a jerking start, thereby causing me to go tumbling over my suitcase. these guys drive like mad. but, not as bad as the taxi drivers. they are above the law. they ride on other's bumpers, ...

My few days in Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta & Nuevo Vallarta.

It's all in the Name According to history; Guadalajara comes from the Arab word "Wad-al-hidjara", which means "River that runs between rocks". The city is named after the native city of Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán.  This city was capital of the kingdom of New Galicia.  On February 14th 1542, the first city council of the actual Guadalajara was established. The Emperor Charles V of Germany and I of Spain, granted it the title of City and gave it its Coat of Arms that up unti...

Dear friends, enemies, free masons of the world and followers of Coach Ditka,   I am writing you all from a rainy day in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.  Evidently there is some hurricane messing everything up in the Yucatan peninsula, and it stretches all the way to the southwestern part of Mexico. Aahhh....but what a trip it has been thus far.....it has been full of futbol (viva las chivas!), Orozco murals, dancing, cervesas, pozoles (food), the legendary Luna family of Guadalajara, ...

After staying in Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico for nearly 6 months, I decided to spend a weekend in Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, with Nancy, Elvira and Fernando, and also to meet with their friends, our hosts, in this historic city. Backgrounder: Guadalajara is the capital city of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the western-Pacific area of Mexico. With a population of over ...

Exploring the little town of Vallarta, and some rural areas north and south of this charming area of Mexico.

The place with so many a's in it's name!  This where I spent the majority of my time, stopping with friends who have a long history with my family.  In 1970 the Football World Cup was hosted by Mexico and as part of a program for British fans to stop with Mexican Families my dad and my grandparents met a wonderful family who we have kept in contact with ever since.  We try to go to Mexico when we can and they come to England when they to, have the chance.  The family is BI...

I had fun out on the boat here... : P