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Small Changes

29 Monday Feb 2016

Posted by Louise in Gallery, Travel

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El Cólera, La Caipirinha, Puerto Vallarta

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Graphic of Freda Kahlo hanging in our room

We’re back in Puerto Vallarta!

(Well, not for long. Ten days is all. We came down here to attend to a dental issue but when we got here we were told there really was no issue, so now our visit is entirely pleasure. We’re not disappointed. There’s no disappointment in Puerto Vallarta.)

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Peeping Tom and Louise

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Louise in Gallery, Short, Travel

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Conchas Chinas, International Friendship Club, Puerto Vallarta

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There are all sorts of houses in Puerto Vallarta, from dirt-poor shacks to glamorous, sprawling sea-view mansions. We are all curious about how people live, especially the wealthy. What would life be like with a lot of rooms and a big staff and a perfect kitchen?

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Oscar Party

05 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Tom in Gallery, Travel

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Academy Awards, Oscars, Paradise Community Center, Puerto Vallarta

P1050402 Julia is small, maybe five feet, and a spry seventy-something — the perfect candidate for  a Charlie Chaplin costume. The day she penguin-walked into our living room the applause was loud enough for the neighbors to hear. Continue reading →

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The Night With the Iguana

03 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Louise in Accommodations, Travel

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Puerto Vallarta, Rhythms of the Night

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Approaching Las Caletas beach from Banderas Bay. Credit: Vallarta Adventures

Approaching Las Caletas beach from Banderas Bay. Credit: Vallarta Adventures

Marcia and I were happy to get seats in the front row for the outdoor show. Friends forever, we were catching up during her first trip to Puerto Vallarta, when suddenly she let out a shriek of sheer horror. Inches away from her knee was an iguana, its ruffled scaly crown waggling, its long rubbery tail slashing about. And it was big. As big as a man.

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Chair Wars

20 Thursday Feb 2014

Posted by Louise in Accommodations, Travel

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Los Tules, poolside, Puerto Vallarta, travel

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Our front yard here at Los Tules is a swimming pool. Right now, at 10 a.m., all of its 24 lounge chairs are occupied, as usual.

Five are occupied by people, one by a teddy bear, and eighteen by towels. The towels are meant to reserve the chairs for people who won’t come until later — people who don’t want anyone else to use these chairs until they’re good and ready to do it themselves. It’s not uncommon in resorts and along parade routes world wide, but here in Los Tules it is a very touchy subject.

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Things With Scales Rather Than Feet

13 Thursday Feb 2014

Posted by Tom in Accommodations, Travel

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ATV, jungle, Puerto Vallarta

P1050336_20140213095626986 Snakes and lizards slithering through the jungle, slitted eyes tracking prey, anticipating nourishment fanged into deadly submission. That’s what my stepson Ted and I signed up for when we parted with our money to take the “Jungle ATV Tour” that was offered by a local agency here in Puerto Vallarta. Continue reading →

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Full-Time Travel is a Bargain

07 Friday Feb 2014

Posted by Tom in Short, Travel

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Finance, full-time travel, Puerto Vallarta

20140201_082207 I’ve never stopped to think about it, but now that I do, I find it surprising that for people who travel as much as we do, we hardly ever talk about money. We didn’t meet each other until we were in our sixties, so we each brought our own finances to the relationship. As time went on we never merged our finances, electing instead to establish a joint bank account to which we contributed whenever it got low. The joint account pays for rent, food, and other common expenses. Other than that, we each have our own checking and investment accounts to do with as we please. The other night, during our customary cocktail at sunset, we just happened to mention our individual savings accounts: They have grown considerably since we began our travels. Continue reading →

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You Can Hardly Get There From Here

03 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by Louise in Accommodations, Travel

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Boca de Tomatlan, Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, travel, Yelapa

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“Pie lady! I’m the pie lady!”

She said this as though she were the Statue of Liberty. Yes, I’m what you’re looking for! We had indeed heard that when we got to the beach at the ancient town of Yelapa, fifteen miles southwest of Puerto Vallarta, we would find the pie lady roaming the beach, selling slices out of Tupperware. We bought a lemon meringue slice and ate it from our hands (she doesn’t offer forks) while walking down the beach.

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The Accidental Tourists

20 Monday Jan 2014

Posted by Louise in Accommodations, Travel

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Boca de Tomatlan, Casa de Piedra, Puerto Vallarta

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(The beach at Boca de Tomatlan. Click to enlarge)

As in real life, which this is not, sometimes we set out to have a certain adventure, and then we have another adventure instead, which is probably better than the adventure we didn’t have. So it was with our trip south to the coastal village of Mismaloya. We didn’t know much about Mismaloya, including where to get off the bus.

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You Think We’d Turn It Down?

15 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by Tom in Gallery, Travel

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Los Tules, Puerto Vallarta

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“I have been authorized to offer you the villa next year at the same price.”

That was Brissa, our real estate agent. We told you about her in an earlier post. She was the miracle worker who found our home in Puerto Vallarta and made it available for six months this year.

And now, as it turns out, next year too, for we paid our deposit two days ago. We will return to Puerto Vallarta and our Los Tules villa in January, here to stay for another two months in the winter of 2015.

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