| Page Views: 19,684 Last Visit to Puerto Vallarta: November, 2002 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! by jamiesno - last update: Dec 18, 2004 |
| Traveling to the Water Fall! |
|  | Quick Synopsis I travelded to Puerto Vallarta with wife Holly, her twin sister and her husband Jamie. Yes I know, that is funny! Danette and Jamie already had the all inclusive packaged booked and we just signed up not knowing where we were going to at all!
Well we trekked across Canada and flew south from Edmonton, Alberta and we were happy with the adventure to say the least. It was very relaxing and I think everyone should take the time out to enjoy the sun and beach like this more often!
I tried my best to explore around and experience the culture the best I could but this trip was without a doubt more laid back oriented! Here is some stuff I did discover.
PV is located in the "Bahia de Banderas" meaning Bay of Flags.
Back in the 1500's the Bay was named the "Bahia de Banderas" (Bay of Flags) by a Spanish sea adventurer who's arrival was greeted by thousands of natives waving feathered flags.
The area surrounding the Bay was on time called "Ciutla" (meaning feathers and grassland) by the Indians until about 1850, when Guadalupe Sanchez Torres, a salt-shipper from inland Jalisco, decided to move his family to live here. He named the small fishing village "Las Penas de Santa Maria de Guadalupe" because the day that he arrived (December 12) marked the day of the traditional celebration and procession honoring the Virgin of Guadalupe, which continues to be a tradition today.
By 1900, Las Penas had grown to nearly 2000 residents, and in 1918, it became a municipality and was named "Puerto Vallarta" after Ignacio Vallarta, the former Governor of the State of Jalisco.
So as you can see this was not a planned resort, the city has a lot of history. It wasn't until the 1960s when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton filmed "The Night of the Iguana" that things changed here in Puerto Vallarta :-)
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Thoughts on Puerto Vallarta Visit my Mexico page where I highlighted the people of Mexico who were friendly, kind and give you a much better picture of what life is like in Mexico.
I strongly recommend you take a genuine interest in talking to them and you will tap into a wealth of information!
The sun sets at Puerto Vallarta were amazing every day at about 6:00 pm. You can beleive this was the view from our room!! Right on the beach was amazing, listening to the waves all night.
I have a special travelogue dedicated to the great sun sets! I hope you enjoy!!
Puerto Vallarta offers endless opportunities for excursions, I recommend Los Arcos, Las Animas and Quiximto!
You can check out my extra travelogue of an excursion to Quiximto!
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| Pros: | "The sunset, Flamingo Beach, Los Arcos, the food, people and the peso!" | | In A Nutshell: | "Simply the best beach and sunset I have ever seen!" |
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michaelj72 Mon May 25, 2009 07:58 UTC
possession of small amounts of several drugs including marijuana, for personal use, are now legal in mexico - i believe it's up to 5 grams. just enacted and signed this month. | geriangel Fri May 15, 2009 14:31 UTC
This church looks amazingly beautiful. I really want to see it in person. I'm putting Our Lady in my novel so I'm researching. | madoja Sun May 11, 2008 03:38 UTC
Hi, question for you. As an older female traveling solo, is it safe to take taxis to downtown and elsewhere? Thank you so much. m | kryden Tue Apr 22, 2008 23:03 UTC
Can you walk to malecon from the cruise ship dock? |
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