Direct flight from Seattle! 4Hr 40 min
 

Most days were spent walking the beach, swimming or enjoying the umbrella shade

Here's the Vallarta Torre Condos
eighty or ninety units

Condo had an inner courtyard
with restaurant, two Jacuzzis, pool with raised thatched roof bar
Note the "parasailer" top center

 

Walking the beach
Downtown Puerto Vallarta in the distance

Beach was alive with activities to watch
 

Dave enjoying the hot sand

 

Jan returning to her chair after jumping waves
We  sat under a thatched umbrella for part of every day

Jan is set for the day at the beach
The attendant would set you up with chairs, a little table and woven mat
 

Coconut purchased from beach vendor

We decide to rent a Hobie-Cat
 

That's Carlos and his friend Leo launching it

 

Jan holding on tight
 

Cruise Ship entering the harbor one morning.
We saw no mass of people on the beach.

Here's Jan negotiating with a beach vendor

 

It was great fun watching the parasail launches
Here's someone getting the final instructions

They'd get the sail filled with wind and then blow a whistle for the boat to "hit it"
 

Power Boat would sit just outside the breakers
 

Recovery required good skill on the part of the driver

The sunsets were just awesome
 

Pirate Ship going out for nightly dinner cruise

The last moments of a Sunset

Making Tracks in the sand

We saw several weddings on the beach
 

Here's another one being professionally photographed

Musicians
 

Take out dinners on the beach every evening

We take a water taxi to a small village named Yelapa about 40 minutes from PV
There are no roads to this village of 1,500... only access is by water.
 

We pass some snorkelers near the turtle rocks
It was a 40 minute ride

We stop to drop off a guy at this dive boat
 

One of the stops along the way
Another small village called Los Animas
 

Arrival and departure from the beach

We decide to do a walking tour of the village
Here's our self-appointed guide "Ernesto"
 

Colorful and interesting village
Note the Tsunami sirens
 

There was a Margarita stop at this guy's outdoor bar
 

Here's the falls and the focal point of the tour
 

Nice shot of the small bay

Dave's chatting with a guy he met

Girl with Iguana
You could hold it and have your picture taken for a few pesos
 

Lunch at the beach restaurant
Shrimp Tacos

Jan meets a dog-friend
 

We head home after a fun day trip to Yelapa
 

Two friends from the day run into difficulty with Ernesto
He wanted a bigger tip. Note his hand is out and the worried looks lin the girls faces
 

We rescue them and buy another round

Jan checking out the goods for sale down the beach

 

Rented a Jetski
It was great fun!
 

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