Another photo

Photo I tried to upload in Mexico

Sunwing delayed-sigh

Well everything looked good as we arrived and checked in at PVR and  watched the arriving Calgary passengers disembark. After too much time waiting for us to board we knew something was wrong and soon came the announcement we were delayed at least one hour. And as it turned out we were late by about 1.5 hours (similiar to when we left Calgary).

Caro and I were separated for the return flight.She got a window seat near the back while I was given an aisle seat nearer the middle. Turns out my seat was one that normally costs more because of the extra leg room. No way I was going to give that seat up! It was awesome.

Some final thoughts. When we first arrived at the Crown Paradise Club we were a little disappointed but as the week progressed we started to really enjoy it.The grounds were always kept clean,the staff were always pleasant and helpful. The food at the buffet was not as international as I would have liked but Caro loved the Mexican food. The international restaurants were all great and we never had a meal we didn't thoroughly enjoy.

The ocean was close as this resort was not a big one and the turtle sightings were amazing.

We found the distance to down town not far on the bus and there were numerous buses for coming and going. Puerto Vallarta has a lot of things to do and many good restaurants. Maybe we will consider staying longer once we retire. Time will tell I guess.

We landed almost 2 hours late and as I write this we have been waiting an hour for our luggage..Sunwing.   SIGH

Saturday evening

Our vacation is almost over. SIGH

We spent most of the day reading under a palapa on the beach.

This evening we watched a wedding take place in a gazebo that juts out over the water. The sunset with gazebo photo below was taken during the ceremony.

Just after the sunset photo was taken we heard that there was going to be a hatchling release from the turtle preservation group so we watched that. Neat to see how the eggs we saw buried last night will be released in about ninety days  (the biologists came to dig up "our" nest sometime in the night).

Friday,what a fantastic day!

Caro mentioned to me that while I was catching my beauty rest this morning she had been on the beach and saw freshly hatched turtles making their way to the ocean after hatching. I wished I could have seen that!

After solving the blog upload issues we sat at the beach then went for another awesome meal at the Italian restaurant. Loved it!

In the evening it was my turn to see an amazing sight. I was by myself  at the beach about 8:30 when I noticed a couple of people looking at something. It was a large turtle moving out of the ocean and going up to lay her eggs. Several of us moved beach chairs until the turtle had found her spot to dig her nest. I quickly ran and got Caro and together with a dozen other people we watched the turtle dig,lay her eggs, then cover up before returning to the ocean..WOW. TOO COOL.

Unfortunately it was too dark to take photos and a flash would have affected the turtle

At Starbucks uploading

Found the reason I couldn't upload was the photos I had included.I deleted where I had to,to get the upload completed.

I will have to upload them when I get home

In the meantime I changed the settings of the camera!

Wednesday

Now today is what a vacation paradise is supposed to be like!

Sunny and more sunny!

We caught the local bus into the city center and we walked around for a couple of hours. We have made tentative plans for tomorrow which required a visit to a bank for more funds. Our first stop was a Scotia bank but its instructions in the ABM were not easy to follow so we carried on without a withdrawal.

We decided to catch the bus back to the resort which was a neat experience. The bus was at least 20 years past its best before date. No shocks or suspension of any kind judging by the tank like ride.The passenger  seats had been repaired numerous times and one had rebar welded to give it support. I swear my plant was quieter than being inside that bus. All was well as we arrived back near our resort in one piece (if not partially deaf)!

We were able to get money from a Banamex machine in the Walmart (and of course we bought more Oaxaca cheese!).

After an afternoon of beach reading and swimming we caught a taxi and went to a nearby small town that had a restaurant with pozole (for Caro of course). The restaurant was busy and the area was sketchy so we had the taxi driver take us to downtown P.V. where we found a great restaurant overlooking the Malacon. We had a great supper and walked  the Malacon again before we caught the bus back.

A wonderful day (and we also got our massages).