Puerto Vallarta

 

We had a great day in Puerto Vallarta after finding a taxi. We had a little trouble navigating the port to find a regular taxi. All the taxis inside the port area were shuttles to the Malecon or taxi drivers who wanted to provide day long tours. We finally figured out you had to walk the fence to find taxi drivers who would take you to exactly where you wanted to go. They were all parked in the mall parking lot.

It was an easy ride to Dreams Vallarta Bay. We had a great tour and then enjoyed the day in the swim up bar. 

We ate lunch on the adults only Secrets Side at Oceana seafood restaurant. The shrimp and fish tacos were very good. Glenn also had the steak sandwich. Glenn got to play pool volleyball. Getting a taxi back was easy. We had a decent dinner with Ruth and Bill. Glenn loved the meatballs appetizer.

After dinner, we hung out at Pig and Anchor for a while with Andrei and Danini. They are always fun.

Today is Mazatlán, but it’s a work day for me so we’ll stay on board. Glenn is up in the Serenity area.

5.12.16 - 5.15.16 Grand Palladium Vallarta Resort and Spa

For our 7th anniversary, we headed to Grand Palladium Vallarta just north of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  I was so impressed with the Puerto Vallarta airport. We zipped through customs and immigration and were on our way to the resort.

Grand Palladium is a family resort. The staff was SO friendly. We really felt like they would do anything for us. Every staff person we passed said hello. It was a little weird being at the Swim Up Bar and having a kid swim right next to me.

We'd start the day at the buffet. It was amazing!! It had everything you possibly want for breakfast. We loved it! Then, we'd head to adults only infinity pool to watch  the surfers.

We spent the afternoons at the main pool because we really like the activities: trivia, the music, dance lessons, and live music.

We even won trivia!

This was quite a challenge since many of the questions were in Spanish. The demographics at the resort were mostly Mexican citizens, Canadians, and a couple Americans.

In the evenings, we would go to dinner. The restaurants were a la carte. The food was okay. Nothing was terrible, but nothing wowed us. We liked we didn't need reservations. The house wine was drinkable and the service was slow, but friendly. Then we would go to the adults only bar that had the top shelf cocktails before the evening show. The evening show was an A for effort. It was as full hour long production with acrobatics, multiple costume changes, and lots of dancing.  I think because we'd just come from a dance competition, we were a little more critical of the dancing than we would have normally been.

Overall, we really enjoyed the trip.