We seldom need an excuse to go to Puerto Vallarta. This last weekend was no different.
Well, we were invited to a wedding...as if we needed an excuse!
The long weekend was reason enough to drag our butts to the sandy beaches of PV. Aside from the first day we managed to find our way to the beach each day. There were the usual restaurants facing the beach and we tried out Mi Pueblito ( 3 times) and La Palapa and another (don't remember it's name) on the other days. We also met up with the happy couple and friends at Apache (or The Blind Donkey) for dinner the last night in town.
The new beach spot was Sapphire Ocean Club. Two hundred pesos each got us a lounger, umbrella, iced water, and fruity water for the day. They also had a terrific restaurant which we used on two days. There was a small suite hotel attached to it - which we'll probably not be able to afford on future trips, either. Located between the old Green Chairs location (being re-done when La Palapa took over the locatoin) and the Blue Chairs of Blue Chairs fame.
The highlight, of course, was teh wedding, held in a wonderful smallish restaurant perched on a hillside that served wonderful food as well of three types of margaritas (watermelon, 'Green', and regular) as well as straight tequilla (almond flavored as well as a Reposado). Lovely wedding service, great food and drink service, and wonderful food as well as friendly folks as fellow guests.
Beginning at 7:00 pm, we (and many guests) called it a night before the second part of the party started.
The menu was dated 2017 and it took a while for the guests around us to determine whether it was 2016 or 2017. Guess we'd had too many margaritas by the time someone noticed the misprint.
Eventually we made our way to the airport and caught our return flight to Queretero on TAR airlines, where we had the same cabin attendant who recognized us from our earlier flight to PV.
While we may upgrade ourselves a step or two on our next trip to PV, (not to the level of the Sapphire Ocean Club - it was several steps higher) our hotel was basic but well maintained with friendly staff and squeaky clean.
And the shuttle home used the cuota, not the libramentos that our tip to the airport used. Guess there was a development in roads that were available as the result of a horrific accident on the day we returned from Cabo that required some time to correct.
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