Mexico

October 2017 – Puerto Vallarta Life

Puerto Vallarta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto βaˈʎaɾta] or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean’s Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. The City of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta which comprises the city as well as population centers outside of the city extending from Boca de Tomatlán to the Nayarit border (the Ameca River). The city is located at 20°40′N 105°16′W. The municipality has an area of 1,300.7 square kilometers (502.19 sq mi). To the north, it borders the southwest part of the state of Nayarit. To the east, it borders the municipality of Mascota and San Sebastián del Oeste, and to the south, it borders the municipalities of Talpa de Allende and Cabo Corrientes.^[1]

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Every day since our arrival on Saturday has been hot and very humid. Days start off clear but clouds arrived after lunch which has developed into some pretty serious thunderstorms tonight’s being the worst so far (October 13th). We are dry both while barbecuing a steak in the pool/fitness center/barbecuing area or sitting on our street side balcony watching the very wet people make their way from their condos or beach to the evening’s activities, dinners at restaurants, bars, or whatever is happening that night.

In short, life here does not stop because of some rain, people pass by wet or dry, from Mexico or just some wet tourist from somewhere else in the world. Taxis prowl the streets looking for tourists to drive somewhere, tourists wander the streets going somewhere or looking for something, and life here just continues.

Sitting here tonight, a Sunday night (October 15th) close to 7:30, and the foot traffic seems to have picked up, at least for the moment.