Los Arcos - The Arches - have been standing on the southern end of the mile-long Malecon for many, many years. They were quite old when we first saw them in the 1970's.
Bob has kindly sent some of his favourite
photographys from the holiday in Mexico. Thankyou.
Here is the trip.
Puerto Vallarta is one of our favorite places in all of Mexico. Living in Southern California and owning timeshare weeks in a number of towns on the Mexican Riviera - and loving cruises - we go down there a lot.
We were in Mexico five times last year, and will visit the country three times in 2008. We've taken more than a dozen cruises down the Mexican Riviera in the past 35 years, each including a day in Puerto Vallarta. And we've probably enjoyed our timeshares a week at a time in PV six or eight times as well.
There are a lot of day excursions available here - a city tour, cultural tours, trips into the jungle, boat trips to Yelapa beach to the south and Nuevo Vallarta to the north. But our favorite day in PV is spent just walking around town, mainly on the ocean front.
The Spanish word for 'ocean front' is malecon. But when most of us use the word, we're talking about The Malecon in Puerto Vallarta, a mile of beach front on Bandaras Bay, the largest bay in all of Mexico.
Just a block up from the Malecon is the most famous landmark in Puerto Vallarta, the church of Our Lady of Guadelupe with the very distinctive crown on top
Back on the Malacon, a guide explains a very exciting event that takes place here every day.
These are the flyers, high up on a pole and about to descend
Very spectacular!
Lots of applause. Then the hat is passed around, and a few of us give them some pesos. And sometimes some will buy one of these flutes. The flyers are a very colorful addition to the Malecon, and we never cease to enjoy them.
