Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

First thing on our agenda when we arrived in Puerto Vallarta was to visit Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

We then walked along the beach where there was a strip of sand sculptures. Some were really good, some were so-so and some of them we couldn't tell what they were. There was one of The Last Supper in progress, which was probably my favorite.

Rob really liked the the sculpture of the Mayan calendar, which was almost finished.



We did a little more shopping in the city before we took a coach ride to Hacienda Doña Engracia for a Tequila factory tour and tasting. In order to be true tequila it has to be made in the state of Jalisco from blue agave, which is the shorter blue plant on the left.

After growing for 12-15 years they cut off all the stems until there is just core left, which looks like a pineapple. They cut them up put them in a oven and cook them, or something. I lost interest after this point because the smell of the distillery was making me feel a little funny.

We had a few sips then braved the cantina for a late lunch. We were a bit hesitant about their taco bar, but our grumbling bellies made us brave and we gave in.

There was the cutest little chihuahua running around that kept coming up to Rob.

We then boarded the lovely air conditioned motor coach and headed back to the port. And that was Puerto Vallarta, in a nutshell.