Our goal was to go somewhere warmer and do some paragliding and scuba diving. We ended up flying to Puerto Vallarta. Mostly because we could get a direct flight from Saskatoon, which at least minimizes the fossil fuel and carbon cost of air travel. And it's within driving distance of most of the paragliding sites, if not ideal for diving.
We had no desire to hang around P.V. but we stayed a couple of nights just to get organized. We stayed in a small unassuming hotel in the old town, away from the beach, but easy walking distance. The hotel turned out to be close to the riverside park, which was run down and littered with garbage, but at least a little bit of nature, which I far preferred to the endless tourists and bars on the malecon. (Let alone the mega resorts and high end malls.) Near the beach the river splits and forms an island which is pedestrian only (no cars) which is a nice. The restaurants are quieter since they're away from the beach. And some overlook the river so you can watch the egrets while you drink your local Luba beer.
I love the rampant greenery and flowers of warm countries. So different from the prairies.
Considering it was in the middle of a city, there were quite a variety of butterflies. But with the warm temperatures and the abundance of flowers, they were in constant motion. I didn't spend much time chasing them, but managed to catch a few shots.
And I think this one is a moth.
I didn't see any geckos or lizards other than a few iguanas on the trees over the river.
It was good to see the usual brown pelicans and frigate birds. And the Snowy egrets along the river with their black legs and yellow feet.
And a few token tourist shots.
We managed to get out running both mornings we were in P.V. I thought the malecon would be deserted first thing, but that's the coolest part of the day and it was full of old gringos out walking. As opposed to us old gringos out running :-)
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We had no desire to hang around P.V. but we stayed a couple of nights just to get organized. We stayed in a small unassuming hotel in the old town, away from the beach, but easy walking distance. The hotel turned out to be close to the riverside park, which was run down and littered with garbage, but at least a little bit of nature, which I far preferred to the endless tourists and bars on the malecon. (Let alone the mega resorts and high end malls.) Near the beach the river splits and forms an island which is pedestrian only (no cars) which is a nice. The restaurants are quieter since they're away from the beach. And some overlook the river so you can watch the egrets while you drink your local Luba beer.
I love the rampant greenery and flowers of warm countries. So different from the prairies.
Considering it was in the middle of a city, there were quite a variety of butterflies. But with the warm temperatures and the abundance of flowers, they were in constant motion. I didn't spend much time chasing them, but managed to catch a few shots.
And I think this one is a moth.
I didn't see any geckos or lizards other than a few iguanas on the trees over the river.
It was good to see the usual brown pelicans and frigate birds. And the Snowy egrets along the river with their black legs and yellow feet.
And a few token tourist shots.
We managed to get out running both mornings we were in P.V. I thought the malecon would be deserted first thing, but that's the coolest part of the day and it was full of old gringos out walking. As opposed to us old gringos out running :-)
See all 18 photos in this batch
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