Melaque to Puerto Vallarta
Jan 2-3, 2010

Bev in PV by the banyan tree
RV site in PV
Sunset along the way
Coastal road
Roadway


Yesterday was spent just relaxing in Melaque. We got the laundry done and I went for a swim in the ocean. The water here is still warm and the waves in this bay are just right. Not too rough. Then a stroll around the center of town and some shopping for little things.
We had lunch at a pallapa restaurant on the beach owned by a man from British Columbia who use to own an ashphalt company. Really an interesting person. As always our RV park which is on the beach here is filled with Canadians. Most again are from Quebec and the others from British Columbia and maybe one or two from Ontario. Oh, and one from Alaska. The US certainly does not seem to come to Mexico.
After our dinner we strolled the streets to look in the shops again and to have dessert. This seems to be a town that has more little dessert cake vendors and ice cream parlors than almost anywhere else we have visited. Bev got flan and I had chocolate cake with strawberries. During the day I even had a Thrifty’s ice cream cone. Now you just can not top that.
Today is Sunday and we are moving north again. Traffic was very light but the road was mostly narrow mountain again. Gee will I be glad to be finally out of the mountains. The vegetation was greatly small trees but we are defiantly moving away from the tropical areas. Very nice to drive with the trees forming a canopy over the road though.
We went thru one area called Tomatan and as you can guess the largest crops there were tomatoes. Lots of tomatoes.
The last 50-70 Km to Puerto Vallarta the road surface just got worse and worse. Why is it that a hugely tourist mecca with multiple high rise hotels and condos has to have some of the worst roads we have driven on in Mexico? You would think that with all of the money in this economy here that they could provide and want to provide a road with just a few less pot holes.
Finding the RV park here was the easiest we have encountered in all of those from the guidebook. Maybe we are just getting better at deciphering the book or maybe we were just lucky. Anyway, it is a lovely park (the Puerta Vallarta Trailer Park) with lots of palm trees for shade, nice grassy sites with brick patios. It looks more like a park than an RV park. It is also nice that it is situated close to town.
So tonight we should go out for dinner in town and tomorrow do some sightseeing.