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Puerto-Vallarta aerial view |
You have arrived ! |
Holiday Inn ( front and rear buildings on the left) |
From my room balcony |
From my room balcony 2 |
From my room balcony 3 |
Puerto Vallarta by day |
The long entrance to Holiday Inn from Las Palmas Avenue. |
From cruise ship marina looking toward downtown Puerto Vallarta |
From cruise ship marina looking inland |
From cruise ship marina looking out to the sea |
Inside Holiday Inn |
Holiday Inn's tennis court and Puerto Vallarta inland |
Cruise ship at marina and Pittiyal river |
Pittiyal river joins the bay |
Uninvited guest |
Seaside spa |
Seaside spa at sunset |
The man-made reef at Fiesta Americana hotel beach |
where no snorkeling needed, just stand and watch |
The tasty soft-shelled prawns of Puerto Vallarta |
The hugging/kissing seal at the marina |
Spanish is easy to learn ! |
One of the tour boats |
A dolphin is chasing our boat |
The 3 islets of Los Arcos |
2 islets have sail-through tunnel |
A good spot for snorkelling |
A seaside resort |
The beach of Las Animas |
Las Animas waterfall |
Mobile musical band |
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Puerto Vallarta has Ḥn Chồng (promontory) too |
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A street in El Pitillal town |
The bus network |
The bus coin box |
Downtown |
The bamboo trees thrive here |
Stone standing artist at work |
The land of tequila of all kinds |
Deep fried banana, unbattered, and mango |
The famous Vallarta Dancers on Malecon walkway |
1 more week till Independence Day |
A different kind of bus bench (cobblestone and steel) |
Flora: Antigonon Leptopus (hoa Tigôn) |
Flora: Mimosa Pudica (hoa Mắc Cở) |
Flora: Bougainvillea (bông Giấy) |
Fauna: parrots |
Fauna: iguana |
Sand iguana |
Fauna: Snake for hire |
Fauna: heron |
Fast food with nice view |
A different kind of sidewalk (cobblestone) |
de Santos Steakhouse restaurant |
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La Leche (milk) restaurant |
KFC home delivery fleet |
Make and sell on the spot |
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Mexican furniture: un-elegant but solid |
An East Indian patio restaurant |
Artistic Bougainvillea Sheraton hotel walls |
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When there is no ocean breeze ... |
Underwater lounge chaises |
Downtown |
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A very Mexican restaurant |
The land of Catholics: churches are everywhere |
Downtown |
Malecon walkway at night |
Malecon |
Malecon 2 |
On Malecon |
On Malecon |
A streetside bar |
The sidewalk can be 1 feet high from the street |
Downtown at night: quite safe here, no worry |
Downtown |
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A different kind of Mercedes |
Mercado flea market |
Dowtown |
Downtown |
Shoe shop |
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Isla Cuale market |
Cuale riverbank |
Houses along Cuale riverbank |
Aztec king costume |
Gringo Gulch municipal theatre on Cuale islet |
Former Elizabeth Taylor's house is under contruction |
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Day of the Dead dolls |
32 miles of uninterrupted beach of Nuevo Vallarta |
Paradise Village resort hotel lobby |
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Nuevo Vallarta townhouses by the sea |
No air conditioning needed for this resort theatre |
Real estate office right on Nuevo Vallarta beach |
Huge balconies for ocean view partying |
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5-star Riu resort |
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You can have this oceanfront 2-bedroom highrise concrete condo for US$350,000 |
The Puerto Vallarta shoreline, from North(Marina) to South(downtown) |
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'Our Lady of Guadalupe' church |
Malecon walkway near Cuale rivermouth |
The bridge over Cuale rivermouth |
Los Muertos beach |
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Modern Villa Paraiso |
Cuale river divides Downtown North (left) and Downtown South(right) |