Puerto Vallarta

Mexico

2004

Riu Jalisco Hotel

Our FunJet Reps.

Breakfast at the Hotel was terrific.

  You name it and they had it.

Always something going on at Poolside. 

  Drinking,  water aerobics, water polo, scuba diving lessons, and did I mention drinking.

We had a wonderful meal and view from the Panorama Restaurant on the hillside above Puerto Vallarta.   We saw the city, a sunset, some fireworks and had music played at our table.   Most of the meal was made at our table.   A very romantic dinner.

We also took a cruse to a part of the Sierra Madre Jungle that did not have electricity.  It was all candles.   We had a tasty Oceanside meal and a short show all by candle light.

We visited downtown Puerto Vallarta often.   Hit the flee markets, some bars and  listened to some great music.   The urinals in some of the bathrooms had a flush peddle.  

We took a sailboat trip to watch the whales.   We saw some sting rays, a huge turtle and a whale with a young one.   No whales jumping out of the water this year.   We snorkeled by a reef and saw some amazing fish.  I steered the boat on the way back.  Bota was our friendly guide.

We rented two scooters and zipped around all day.   Drove to a small town a few miles away.   We had lunch, bargained at the local flee market and drove back.   We talked with this couple during our ride.

The Blue Shrimp.  A top notch restaurant in downtown Puerto Vallarta.   Very friendly people - Natalia was our beautiful waitress and Xochitl was our sexy hostess.   The chefs name was Jose Alvaro.   If you are ever in Puerto Vallarta visit the Blue Shrimp - you will love it.

Hooters in downtown Puerto Vallarta put the TV show Survivor on all the TVs for us.   It seems that a number of people were asking for it throughout the week.  

A few pictures from around the Hotel and downtown.  

Midwest Airlines treated us great.   Love those freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

This young lady was parasailing on the beach next to our Hotel.   Her line hooked on the small rope of buoys for our Hotel's swimming area.   It took about a half an hour to unhook her.