Day 6 : Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta was a very modernized city. Right outside our port was a Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, and their local mall. Talk about convenient!

Since we like the city tour so much in Mazatlan, we chose to do the city tour here as well. If we had time and still felt like spending money (man it went quick on this trip) we were going to do a zip-line.

We traveled up a very large mountain! I though we were going to die! But in the end it was worth the scare. Our driver took us up to view the city. It was beautiful! As we watched over the ocean we saw some whales hovering close. We never saw their tails, but you could definitely see something in the water and the guide said this is the time they see them.

After roaming the modern part of this cit, he took us up into what the call the "canopy," basically it was their rain forest. Many poor houses. It was quite humbling.

We ended up in a little village. We were able to see the kids coming home from school. One boy was riding his donkey! The boy's name was Philemon and his donkey's name was Philomena! Very clever!

In this village was a tequila factory. It was interesting to see the process this fruit goes through to become alcohol. They started with a HUGE pineapple and ended up with a bottle of liquor. Part of the tour was to taste the drink. People were surprised when we refused. they pressured a little more and we told them we don't drink. then a little more pressure! We told them it was a religious conviction and right away we heard, "You're Mormon, huh?" We said yes and then we heard, "Mormons? Oh, I've heard about them! Don't you have more than one wife?"

Dustin was quick to reply," No. I can only stand to have one!" So sweet, isn't he? I then explained to the lady (Elizabeth) the whole history and all. So our religion came up and we did a little missionary work. If you can really call it that...

We ate lunch at the only village restaurant, boy do they take advantage of that! Dustin and I split a piece of chicken and rice. It still cost us $22! But, right next door was a little store, the owner was a potter. He made beautiful dishes! I fell in love with the Mexican art work! i decided I need some little bowls as thank you gifts for my sisters-in-law who were tending the kids. So I was quite happy after that.

We headed back to the boat. It took us about an hour. We still had plenty of time to do the zip-line, but we really didn't feel like spending more money. Next time.

This city was beautiful!! I wouldn't mind going back, but Mazatlan was still my favorite!

on the boat after we arrived

couple pic on the boat, see the mall in the background?

can you see the whales?

view from the top

pineapples!!

village home

restaurant

hand made bowls I bought

tile I bought for my kitchen, by Jorge Lopez, done by hand