On our last full day in Mexico, we decided to take it easy. We’d been running around pretty hard for most of the trip, trying to pack in as much as possible, so we figured one day of rest was well-deserved. After stopping at Xocodiva to buy some chocolates as gifts to take back (we [...]
If it weren’t for Yelapa, our trip to the coast might have been a bust. Though I’m not a fan of boats, we had done our research beforehand and knew that we wanted to spend a day in Yelapa. A small village forty-five minutes south of Vallarta by boat, there are no roads that lead [...]
From the moment we arrived in Puerto Vallarta, we had been accosted by offers of booze cruises, snorkeling excursions, canopy tours and mass-produced souveneir knick-knacks. To get away from it all (and to kill time while we waited for our correct hotel room to materialize), we took a cab to Mismaloya, a small village where [...]
We woke up early on our last morning in Guadalajara to catch the ETN bus to Puerto Vallarta. The journey ended up taking over seven hours intead of five because of bad traffic in Guadalajara. Our bus fare included “lunch,” which turned out to be a limp white bread sandwich with mayonnaise and ham inside, [...]
On our last day in the Guadalajara area, Dominic and I took a bus to Tlaquepaque, opting first for a quick stop in Tonala. What a mistake that turned out to be. I lost track of how many times we got on and off the bus thinking that we had reached the city center. When [...]