Day 5 – November 18, 2010

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Good news, the elevator floor guy is still on top of things.

We spent the entire day docked at the cruise ship port in Puerto Vallarta,  Look what was right across the street.

Yup……that’s Wal-Mart right there, mocking us to come for a visit.   Well you know what we did don’t you?  Of course, we walked over there along with most of the other passengers.  We just bought a few toiletries but I saw quite a few people buying suitcases.  I guess they got a little carried away with souvenir shopping. 

We also headed to town for lunch and to find the fabric/craft shop Parisina.  As it turned out it was just a block off the main road and was easy to find.

John was a good sport while I wandered through the entire store.  BTW, I didn’t buy anything but I had fun looking. 

Back on the main street we walked along looking at the sites and figuring out where to have lunch.

Here are just a few of the sights.

Then we came upon this guy stacking rocks.  It was fascinating to watch him. 

We both loved watching him, but maybe for different reasons.  John was amazed at how the guy was able to feel the balance through the rocks, and me??????? Well I had trouble focusing on the rocks.

My goodness he was a cutie. 

Back to searching for a place for lunch and boy we hit the jackpot.  It was called ______Paloma.  We both got enchiladas smothered in the best Mole sauce we’ve ever had.

As hard as we tried, neither one of us was able to finish.  Both of us wish there was someplace near home that served this.  Yum, Yum!

Here’s our view from our upstairs lunch table.

And then this zoomed by.

The Mexican Military with their machine guns at the ready.  It was really going fast and was surprisingly close to shore.

Back at the ship, there was a little shopping area setup, including a few portable bars.  We decided to sit down and have a couple of Pacifico’s. 

This was our before dinner cocktail and this was our view looking up.

The most important thing today had nothing to do with our vacation…….it was our beautiful granddaughter Natalia’s 21st birthday.  Tali, we thought about you all day long and send you lots of hugs and kisses on your special day.

Tomorrow we are headed home and will be at sea all day. 

We love you all,

John and Robin